double albums

[Piper]

There are these three double albums out there I want to get and I'm quite divided over which one I should buy - The Wall, The Beatles (white album), and the Who's Quadrophenia. I've heard The Wall before a few times but not the other two, and if I do decide on the Wall I'm equally split over whether it's better to buy the album or the movie (which I've never seen). What's anyone think which of these is the best purchase?

[Pugs on the Wing]

There are these three double albums out there I want to get and I'm quite divided over which one I should buy - The Wall, The Beatles (white album), and the Who's Quadrophenia. I've heard The Wall before a few times but not the other two, and if I do decide on the Wall I'm equally split over whether it's better to buy the album or the movie (which I've never seen). What's anyone think which of these is the best purchase?

All good choices.

Here's what I'd do in order:

1) The Wall (start out with the studio version)
2) The Beatles white album
3) The Who Quadrophenia (I still don't have this on CD yet...had it a long time ago on vinyl)
4) ITAOT (The Wall live version 1980-81)
5) The Wall (the movie)

[mosespa]

Or...you could start with

The White Album

Quadrophenia

The Wall

ITAOT (The Wall Live)

The Movie

And get a sort of chronological progression of how much music in general changed over a period of time.

Maybe it's just me...........

[SomeGhostsStepOut]

The White Album

Quadrophenia

The Wall

ITAOT (The Wall Live)

The Movie

Great list, another double album, well it was when it was on vinyl is Gentle Giant's Playing The Fool, it is a good live album.

[Real Pink in the Inside]

My recommendation:

1. THE WALL (How can you not have it already, man? GET IT ASAP)
2. The White Album
3. ITAOT?
4. The Wall (Film on DVD)

[quicksilver]

You should add Zeppelins "Physical Graffiti" to the list as well.

But since it wasn't on your list here is my order:

1- Wall
2- White Album
3- quadrophenia
4- ITAOT
5- Movie

My list would have Zeppelin at the 3 spot

[David Smith]

The Wall
The White Album
Physical Graffiti
Melon Collie And The Infanite Sadness
Quadrophenia

[mosespa]

Melon Collie And The Infanite Sadness

Hmmm...mixed emotions. Love the early Pumpkins, but I really think that this one could have been a single album.

[David Smith]

Melon Collie And The Infanite Sadness

Hmmm...mixed emotions. Love the early Pumpkins, but I really think that this one could have been a single album.

Probably had this conversation earlier, personally i loved it though just because Billy Korgan managed an almost 2 and a half hour album without letting the standard on it drop to much (Tales Of A Scortched Earth is the only truely bad song IMO) and although it could have been shoter i feel for sheer musicianship it's a land mark title and although a lot of songs could be cut (if it was a single cd it could only be about 14 songs long) a number of those cut would still have been brilliant songs.

I didn't actually like their early stuff much, well i didn't like Gish much i guess, when Billy began playing with production on Siamese Dream they improved no end IMHO.

[Stiggs]

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is a fantastic album. I got it the day it came out and I still have it. I really don't listen to it anymore but the occasions when I do, I just put in the 2 cds in my 5-disc and push play.

Phish did a good cover of Quadrophenia. I haven't heard all the songs originally performed by The Who but they sounded good when I heard Phish doing them so I'm sure the original songs are good as well.

[JML]

Nobody's repeating anything, anymore, ever....

1 The Beatles (White Album)
2 ITAOT? (80-81)
3 The Beatles (Blue Double (only a collection but...))


BTW: I thought that Quadrophenia is only one disc. At least in Rovaniemi Library there's one-CD Quadropehia