TWENTY ALBUMS EVERYONE SHOULD OWN – In the form of Ten Great Double Albums

September 30, 2017

LET'S LIST AGAIN

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This list is respectfully dedicated to my friend Mike Robinson who sadly passed away last year. I discussed most of these albums, particularly ‘Quadrophenia’ with Mike – who I will always think of by ‘The Sea and the Sand.’ 

  1. QUADROPHENIA – The Who: Complex, creative, never less than compelling.
  2. PHYSICAL GRAFFITI – Led Zeppelin: No other band has ever captured their sound on record like these guys – this is the physical proof.
  3. THE WHITE ALBUM – The Beatles: Not the most accessible work in the Fabs canon, but no less fascinating for that.
  4. EXILE ON MAIN STREET – Rolling Stones: Sex, swagger and chicanery? Its all here.
  5. ELECTRIC LADYLAND – Jimi Hendrix: The concept of electric guitar playing taken to a whole new level. The songs are pretty astonishing as well.
  6. MANASSAS – Stephen Stills: Rock, country and blues combine in a potent mix at a time when Stills was a force to be reckoned with.
  7. SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE – Stevie Wonder: Lyrically profound, musically innovative, culturally significant.
  8. BLONDE ON BLONDE – Bob Dylan: The entire notion of the ‘rock’ record and whole aspect of song writing changes direction in the space of 73 minutes.
  9. LONDON CALLING – The Clash: Due to its 1980 US release was declared the best album of that decade – no argument from SAMTIMONIOUS.com on that score.
  10. TOMMY – The Who: The Who popularise the term ‘rock opera.’ For that do we condemn or compliment of Pete Townshend?

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This article was first published on 30/9/2017.

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NEIL SAMBROOK is the author of MONTY’S DOUBLE – an acclaimed thriller now available as an Amazon Kindle Book.