In Praise of : Albums with Three Tracks per side (i.e. 6 tracks)

So, double albums don't count...

i.e. The entirety of the album has six tracks, three per side for old fashioned LPs.

Because, come to think of it (as I did yesterday), although at first glance it seems to be stimping on the song-writing effort, it's harder to make that quantity of 'medium-length' songs...

The Move "Shazam", one of my favourite all time albums, three per side, some with added-on instrumentals, and some not.

Wizzard's "Wizzard Brew", cheating at one point as one track is a two-song medley but hey, and a short marching band track to finish side 1.

And, of course, "Station to Station" DavidBowie, as was...

"Rock Bottom" by Robert Wyatt.

"#1 in Heaven" by Sparks.

Stimping?

Sparks, yes. Rob, didn't know that..

Van der Graaf Generator, The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
Kraftwerk, The Man Machine, Electric Café
King Crimson, Islands, Larks' Tongues in Aspic

Rush - A Farewell to Kings

Stimping, yeah, only writing three songs and calling that a years work (which was my initial thought regarding the Bowie album, and actually one of those is a cover)...

But actually, I wrong.

Sorry, that should be six songs, obv.

Slint - Spiderland

Master Of Reality wins this although they cheat a bit by naming two of the little instrumental bits

In a Silent Way, if you go by the broken up tracks

Side one
1."Shhh/Peaceful" (Miles Davis) – 18:16
1."Shhh" – 6:14
2."Peaceful" – 5:42
3."Shhh" – 6:20
Side two
1."In a Silent Way/It's About That Time" (Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis) – 19:52
1."In a Silent Way" (Joe Zawinul) – 4:11
2."It's About That Time" (Joe Zawinul & Miles Davis) – 11:27
3."In a Silent Way" (Joe Zawinul) – 4:14

Not much praising going on itt

Jonzun Crew - Lost in Space is pretty good

Three albums by Felt: Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty, The Splendour of Fear, Poem of the River.

Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome
Do 10" records count? The Fall - Slates
Cave - Psychic Psummer
I think that three songs per side is a very nice distribution.

10" records count, especially if it's "Slates"

As long as they go 33rpm.

Talk Talk-Spirit Of Eden and Laughing Stock

east river pipe - "even the sun was afraid"

War-All Day Music
Kano-Kano
The Isley Brothers-The Heat Is On
Tim Buckley-Happy Sad
Barry White-Let The Music Play

tonto's - zero time

These are kinda scarce, aren't they? Here's what comes to mind:

Yoko Ono - Plastic Ono Band
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Thunderpussy - Documents of Captivity
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
The Time

This was pretty common in the 80s:

Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving To Late etc
B-52s - Mesopotamia and Party Mix
The Unholy Trinity - S/T
Cramps - Smell of Female
Human League - Fascination
Bogshed - Let Them Eat Bogshed
The Fall - Slates
Stump - Quirk Out
Devo - Dev-o Live and b-stiff

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xpost: Lots of those are really EPs, though. I was going to nominate Oh-OK's "Furthermore What" until I realized it's about 8 minutes per side.

Yeah, I'd love to accept "Quirk-out" but it wouldn't be right to.

Devo - Dev-o Live and b-stiff

Funnily enough, there is a "Various Artists" Stiff promo where their acts all do versions of "Be Stiff", for the most part like it's a really lousy idea lets do awful versions. Suffice to say, it's great.

FWIW Quirk Out spent 26 weeks in the UK indie album chart.

The cassette version added "Mud on a Colon", but that made it 10 tracks...

I can think of a number of applicable live albums but (as with Mark's "Songs that CLOSE the album" thread) refused to consider them.

approx 75% of all late 50s/60s Blue Note LPs to thread (if jazz counts)

Jazz counts a one, a two, ...

Horace Andy - Dance Hall Style

Traffic - The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys

Incredible String Band - Changing Horses
Incredible String Band - I Looked Up

the new cut copy and the lindstrom from last year

War-All Day Music

― Kitchen Person, Monday, February 28, 2011 12:48 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

was gonna suggest this, LOVE that album

wrong thread xp

Neu! - Neu!

^Good Call! Also
Neu! - Neu!75

Ashra - Blackouts

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Trouble Funk - Drop The Bomb
Yes - The Yes Album
James Brown - Sho Is Funky Down Here
Wipers - Youth Of America
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Budgie - Bandolier
Return to Forever - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
Zapp

The Time-What Time Is It?

Labradford - E Luxo So