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