Zoë Blade's notebook

Double album

A double album is simply an album that was originally sold on two 12" 33⅓ RPM vinyl records instead of one. As such, it consists of four roughly 20 minute sides instead of two, totalling at closer to an hour and 20 minutes than 40 minutes.

For example:

Album Released A side B side C side D side Total
The Wall 1979 20:27 18:55 20:25 22:03 1:21:50
Dangerous 1991 17:35 19:07 16:21 23:57 1:17:00
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 1992 17:39 17:27 20:01 19:13 1:14:20
Dubnobasswithmyheadman 1994 20:43 20:03 18:20 13:35 1:12:41
The Downward Spiral 1994 15:46 16:42 15:33 17:01 1:05:02
Music for the Jilted Generation 1994 21:17 19:52 16:57 20:36 1:18:42
Leftism 1995 20:26 17:12 19:29 12:37 1:09:44

Album: Concept album | Double album