The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (November 30, 2018) Album • Page 87

Don't cut anything ever wtf

 

tusk is so perfect that i sometimes forget it’s a double

 

I know many will disagree but Paramore's s/t is also a double album that totally earns the length by travelling in various moods throughout imo

but that album and ilwys are my favorite albums this decade soooo

 

Paramore is a double album?

 

Anything on 2xLP is now a double album, fools

 

I always viewed it as one but the delineation between a true double album and a double LP has always been nebulous to me

I think you could argue it is one but it's not as clear cut as something like The Lamb Dies Down on Broadway where there are two distinct halves ​

 

Okay double LP is not the same as double album double LP is only regarding the vinyl press, a double album is split up into two distinct discs that each have their own beginning middle and ending. A long run time does not mean something can be a double album unless it's divided into two distinct discs. This doesn't seem confusing at all to me /shrug

 

i agree that the paramore record is technically a double album and great

 

It's not technically a double album lol do none of you know what double albums are

 

i do

 

I feel like this isn't a one sized fits all type distinction bc you have stuff like Daydream Nation or Exile on Main St. are considered double albums and have been for like 30+ years but they don't really fit this definition

 

idk it rides a weird line for me bc when that paramore record came out it *felt* like a double album as i listened to it. if you wanna adhere to rigid distinctions: ok

 

related: it continues to be the worst that The Lamb Dies Down on Broadway is not on streaming

is that a Peter Gabriel thing or what does he hate the internet lol

 

If the track list doesn't start back over at 1 halfway through it's not a double album plain and simple. Older records that were double albums just because of vinyl restrictions is different whatever. In the modern era from at least the 80s onward double albums have a very clear meaning and presentation. An artist releasing two albums at once instead of one. The ape of god by old man gloom? Double album. Yellow and green by baroness? Double album. I like it when you sleep by the 1975? One really long album. Culture 2 by migos? Unfortunately one long album

 

can’t wait til we’re calling them double playlists

 

that's drakes fault

 

I will never call more life a playlist

 

idk i feel like a strict definition of double albums that doesn’t account for how they worked in the ‘60s and ‘70s (and really it only changed bc of how much music you can pack into CDs, so the ‘80s too) is incomplete to me. i like my flexible definition i’m probably gonna stick with it

 

i feel you on your other examples but paramore s/t just got that double album vibe for me in a way that even iliwys doesn’t despite the similar running times

 

i think double albums are all about presentation and the statement the artist is making so it all comes down to what the artist says it is. Paramore never called self titled a double album from what I remember.

 

this is where it comes down for me

the delineation is v nebulous but idk some things just have that double album feel

 

this is also true

if anything I feel like they alluded (not explicitly tbc) to it being a triple album (lol) with the album being divided by the interludes in interviews before the release

 

we break up single albums by thirds on our own all the time though. we discuss albums in terms of the front middle and end around here all the time

 

It's like the EP vs album debate. If an artist declares a 3 song project an album, then it's an album. If they declare an 8 song project an EP, then it's an EP..

 

true

I think @ the end of the day, that album FEELS like a double album to me (and I think @unbornwhiskey) in the way it sees an artist cover a wide swath of styles/influences over the course of the album reminiscent of classic double albums that try out a shit ton of stuff like a Sign 'o' the Times or a Tusk

Idk I see what you're saying on the Double LP does not equal Double Album thing and I dunno if I'm articulating my idea of a double album super well but ya