Two is always more than one, and one is always the loneliest of numbers (Thank you Three Dog Night), so when you were a teenager it was a great fortune to be buying a double album.
“Blonde on Blonde” by Bob Dylan was an adventurous effort being that it was a double album released in 1966. Neither record companies nor artists did things that way back then. “Blonde on Blonde” was Bob’s ninth studio album, with its beginnings in New York, finishing in Nashville. “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35,” “Just Like a Woman” and “Most Likely You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine” were all tracks on the double album that would later define Bob’s soul.
In February of 1975, the super double album “Physical Graffiti’ by Led Zeppelin was released to open arms. “Houses of the Holy,” “Kashmir,” and “Black Country Woman” all came from this offering. The album won a Grammy for ‘packaging,’ and insiders say it was a response to the ‘Who’s Tommy.
In what may be considered a tie for the greatest double album release of all time, we’ll point to Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” the “White Album” by the Beatles, and “Exile on Main Street”.” “Another Brick in the Wall” solidified Pink Floyd, while “Hey Jude” and “Revolution” (singles from the album) from the Beatles blew the doors off. “Exile” is the effort of the Stones actually being in exile from the British government for tax evasion.
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