"Better as a Single": The Complete Set

 I have a poor, lonely, sad blog. It's called "Better as a Single" and it languishes unloved at http://betterasasingle.blogspot.com. The main logic behind it is that every 'double album' (which means an album which is actually two seperate records or CDs bundled together) inevitably is overstuffed and would inevitably be a stronger release at only half the length. So what I do, then, is look at 'double albums' throughout history and boil them down to 'concentrated' normal length albums.

I do it in a lot of detail. Each one takes hours of listening and hours of writing. So I only do one each month - which is probably why it never brings viewers in from Google - they consider a blog that only has one entry a month to be moribund, though I see it as very much a living, breathing thing. I actually enjoy doing it a lot and take a lot of pride in it. Even if nobody even knows it exists.

Anyway, here in one place are the tracklistings of all of the sixteen albums I've done so far, in chronological order of their release (not in order of my doing them; I hop all around chronology). In each case, clicking on the 'modified' cover will send you to the page in question.

Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (June 1966)   Side one I Want You (3:07) Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine) (3:30) Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (7:05) Visions of Johanna (7:33) Side two One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (4:54) Just Like a Woman (4:52) Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (11:23)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience   Electric Ladyland (October 1968)   Side one Crosstown Traffic (2:25) Gypsy Eyes (3:43) Long Hot Summer Night (3:27) House Burning Down (4:33) All Along the Watchtower (4:01) Side two Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland) (2:11) 1983... (A Mermaid I Should Turn to Be) (13:39) Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (5:12)
The Mothers of Invention Uncle Meat (April 1969)   Side one Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme (1:55) The Voice of Cheese (0:26) Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague (3:59) Zolar Czakl (0:54) Electric Aunt Jemima (1:46) The Legend of the Golden Arches (3:27) Cruising for Burgers (2:18) Side two A Pound for a Brown on the Bus (1:29) Mr. Green Genes (3:14) The Dog Breath Variations (1:48) Sleeping in a Jar (0:50) The Uncle Meat Variations (4:46) The Air (2:57)
Bob Dylan Self Portrait (June 1970)   Side one All the Tired Horses (3:12) Days of '49 (5:27) Let It Be Me (3:00) Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go) (3:03) Take a Message to Mary (2:46) I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know (2:23) Side two Copper Kettle (The Pale Moonlight) (3:34) Living the Blues (2:42) It Hurts Me Too (3:15) Blue Moon (2:29) Gotta Travel On (3:08) Wigwam (3:09)
Yoko Ono Fly (March 1971)   Side one Mind Train (16:52) Don't Count the Waves (5:24) Side two Mind Holes (2:47) Midsummer New York (3:51) Mrs. Lennon (4:12) Hirake (3:31) You (8:59)
Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (October 1973)   Side one Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (3:13) Candle in the Wind (3:49) Roy Rogers (4:08) The Ballad of Danny Bailey (1909-1934) (4:23) I've Seen that Movie Too (5:58) Side two Bennie and the Jets (5:23) Grey Seal (4:00) Harmony (2:46) Social Disease (3:43) Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting (4:53)
Marvin Gaye Here, My Dear (December 1978)   Side one I Met a Little Girl (5:03) Anna's Song (5:56) You Can Leave, but It's Going to Cost You (5:32) When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (6:17) Side two Sparrow (6:12) A Funky Space Reincarnation (8:18) Falling in Love Again (4:39) When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You (Reprise) (0:47)
Public Image Ltd. Metal Box (November 1979)   Side one Albatross (10:34) Memories (5:05) Graveyard (3:07) Side two Poptones (7:46) The Suit (3:29) Swan Lake (4:11) Radio 4 (4:24)
The Clash London Calling (December 1979)   Side one London Calling (3:23) Death or Glory (3:57) Spanish Bombs (3:21) Hateful (2:46) Brand New Cadillac (2:10) Clampdown (3:52) Side two Lost in the Supermarket (3:50) Wrong 'em Boyo (3:13) I’m Not Down (3:07) Train in Vain (3:11) The Card Cheat (3:53) The Guns of Brixton (3:13)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood Welcome to the Pleasuredome (October 1984)   Side one Welcome to the Pleasuredome (13:38) (Tag) (0:35) Relax (3:56) Born to Run (3:56) Side two Two Tribes (3:23) San Jose (the Way) (3:09) Black Night White Light (4:12) The Ballad of 32 (4:47) The Power of Love (5:28) Bang (1:08)
Prince Sign 'o' the Times (March 1987)   Side one Sign 'o' the Times (4:56) Housequake (4:42) The Ballad of Dorothy Parker (4:01) Forever in my Life (3:30) Slow Love (4:22) Side two I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (6:29) Starfish and Coffee (2:50) If I Was Your Girlfriend (5:01) Adore (6:30)
Prince Rattle and Hum (October 1988) Side one Van Diemen's Land (3:05) Desire (2:59) When Love Comes to Town (4:15) Hawkmoon 269 (6:22) God Part II (3:15) Side two Angel of Harlem (3:49) Love Rescue Me (6:24) Heartland (5:03) All I Want is You (6:30)
Sonic Youth Daydream Nation (October 1988)   Side one Teen Age Riot (6:57) Kissability (3:08) Hey Joni (4:23) Candle (4:58) Side two The Sprawl (7:42) Eric's Trip (3:48) Providence (2:41) Hyperstation (7:13)
The Orb The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (August 1991)   Side one Little Fluffy Clouds (4:27) Perpetual Dawn (9:31) Outlands (8:23) Side two Earth (Gaia) (9:48) Spanish Castles in Space (15:05)
2Pac All Eyez on Me (February 1996)   Side one Ambitionz az a Rider (4:38) California Love (Remix) (6:25) How Do U Want It (4:47) 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted (4:06) Picture Me Rollin' (5:14) Run tha Streetz (5:16) Side two Only God Can Judge Me (4:56) Heartz of Men (4:43) Shorty Wanna Be a Thug (3:51) No More Pain (6:14) I Ain't Mad at Cha (4:53) Life Goes On (5:01)
Miley Cyrus Hannah Montana 2 / Meet Miley Cyrus (June 2007) We Got the Party (3:32) See You Again (3:10) East Northumberland High (3:24) Old Blue Jeans (3:23) Right Here (2:44) One in a Million (3:56) Let's Dance (3:02) Clear (3:03) Bigger Than Us (2:57) True Friend (3:09) I Miss You (3:58)