Daydream Nation is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth , released on October 18, 1988. The band recorded the album between July and August 1988 at Greene St. Recording in New York City, and it was released by Enigma Records as a double album .
64-642: DDN may refer to: Arts, media and entertainment [ edit ] Daydream Nation , a music album by Sonic Youth Dayton Daily News , a daily newspaper in Dayton, Ohio, US Digital Delivery Network , a service of the Community Radio Network in Australia Digital Distribution Netherlands , a Dutch digital music distributor Double Down News , an alternative media outlet in
128-504: A double album . Sonic Youth recorded Daydream Nation at New York's Greene Street basement studio. The studio's engineer, Nick Sansano , was accustomed to working with hip hop artists. Sansano did not know much about Sonic Youth, but he was aware the band had an aggressive sound, so he showed the band members his work on Public Enemy 's " Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos " and Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock 's " It Takes Two ". The group embraced
192-854: A 45 RPM single . The Sunlandic Twins by Of Montreal features a third side officially called a "bonus EP ", essentially offering an alternate definition of an EP, a single 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 RPM side instead of a two-sided 45 RPM record. The 1992 Julian Cope album Jehovahkill contained three sides, or "phases", with a laser-etched fourth side which was unplayable, which also occurred with Norwegian band Motorpsycho 's vinyl releases of Motorpsycho presents The International Tussler Society and Heavy Metal Fruit , and Excepter 's 2014 album Familiar (the third side, with only one track, being shorter). Seattle band Alice in Chains released their first two EPs, Jar of Flies , and Sap on two vinyl discs in 1994, with three sides on vinyl, while
256-561: A double LP, remained split across two units for both its cassette and CD reissues, with the tracks in a different order on the pair of cassettes to ensure equal tape length. Meanwhile, 1988's He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince was released on both vinyl and cassette. At 85 minutes, the vinyl record was released as a double album, making it the first double vinyl LP release by hip hop artists, while its single CD release
320-414: A double album globally with All Eyez on Me , becoming his best selling album by the time he died in 1996. With regard to records , most double album sets are organized by manual sequencing, where the order of sides played are laid much as they are on a single LP; Side one and two are organized back-to-back on the first disc, as are three and four on the second disc and so on. However, some releases up to
384-513: A drawing of a demonic–angelic baby holding drumsticks for Shelley. Daydream Nation was released on October 18, 1988, in compact disc, cassette and double vinyl formats. It did not chart in the United States, but reached No. 99 on the British albums chart . Three singles with accompanying music videos were also released: " Teen Age Riot " (in 1988 on 12-inch vinyl and CD), "Providence" (in
448-469: A five-out-of-five rating, enthusing that Sonic Youth were "the best band in the universe". At the end of 1988, Daydream Nation appeared in several lists of the year's best albums, being ranked at No. 2 by Rolling Stone , No. 1 by CMJ , and No. 9 by NME . It was also voted the year's second best record in The Village Voice ' s annual Pazz & Jop poll, which made the band realize that
512-471: A half albums) and one side of studio recordings. The vinyl reissues of two albums by The Tragically Hip , Trouble at the Henhouse and Music @ Work , are on two discs, but the fourth side is blank. In the 2010s and 2020s, as more digital era albums from the 1990s and 2000s were issued on vinyl, often for the first time, blank sides became more common and often included etchings into the fourth side, such as
576-498: A more efficient use of space could be made; for example, reducing a double album in LP format to a single cassette tape . The same principles apply to the triple album , which comprises three units. Packages with more units than three are often referred to as a box set . The introduction of the long-play or LP record in 1948 allowed longer tracks or a greater number of tracks per record, with approximately 22 minutes of music per side, for
640-558: A sesquialbum (i.e. one and a half records). Johnny Winter released what would be the first three-sided rock album, Second Winter , on two 12-inch discs, with the flip side of the second disc being blank. A 1976 live concert recording by Keith Jarrett and his quartet, released as Eyes of the Heart by ECM Records in 1979, Joe Jackson 's 1986 release Big World , and Pavement 's Wowee Zowee are other examples of this. In 1975, jazz artist Rahsaan Roland Kirk released The Case of
704-513: A single-disc edit exists omitting the 19 minute track, "Old Dreams Waiting To Be Realized"). Swallow the Sun 's 2015 album Songs from the North I, II & III is divided into Gloom , Beauty and Despair . In total, each disc contains no more than 8 tracks and no less than 40 minutes. In April 2021, Eric Church released a triple album set, Heart & Soul . Each album Heart , & , and Soul ,
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#1732859137580768-402: A total of 44 minutes. Despite this, recordings of entire classical or operatic pieces were often too long for one LP disc, thus albums of two or more discs were made. As they were costly to make and sell, double albums and multi-record releases were largely limited to long works such as classical music and, later, to live recordings and compilations. One of the first live double albums, and one of
832-486: A triple album, composed of discs titled "Everywhere", "Nowhere", and "Down Here". Joanna Newsom 's 2010 album Have One on Me is a triple album; due to the unusual length of the songs, there are only six tracks on each disc. Escalator over the Hill , Carla Bley 's jazz opera (lyrics by Paul Haines ), was originally released in 1971 as a triple album in a box which also contained a booklet with lyrics, photos and profiles of
896-420: A two-sided format called DualDisc . Depending on the media used, some releases were double albums in one format and single albums in another. For example, a gramophone record (vinyl LP) consisting of two discs of less than 80 minutes in total could be fit onto a single standard-length compact disc (CD). Other times, track order could vary between two different media by rearranging the tracks in one medium, or
960-460: Is a similar Richter painting from 1982. The vinyl version's four sides and the compact disc inner tray contain four symbols each representing one of the members of the band, in an homage to—and parody of—the four symbols from the fourth Led Zeppelin album . The symbols are infinity (∞) for Ranaldo (referencing his 1987 album From Here to Infinity ), female (♀) for Gordon, uppercase omega (Ω) for Moore (referencing Leo , his zodiac sign), and
1024-666: Is an audio album that spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically either records or compact disc . A double album is usually, though not always, released as such because the recording is longer than the capacity of the medium. Recording artists often think of double albums as being a single piece artistically; however, there are exceptions, such as John Lennon 's Some Time in New York City (which consisted of one studio record and one live album packaged together) and OutKast 's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (effectively two solo albums , one by each member of
1088-574: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Daydream Nation After Daydream Nation was released, it received widespread acclaim from critics and earned Sonic Youth a major label deal. The album was ranked high in critics' year-end lists of 1988's best records, being voted second in The Village Voice ' s annual Pazz & Jop poll. Daydream Nation has since been widely considered to be Sonic Youth's greatest work , as well as one of
1152-499: The " Holy Trinity " of early indie rock double albums with Hüsker Dü 's Zen Arcade and Minutemen 's Double Nickels on the Dime , judging that the three works "together mark a period of unprecedented creative expansion in terms of the possibilities of underground (or otherwise) American rock music". In a retrospective review for AllMusic , Stephen Thomas Erlewine deemed it "a masterpiece of post-punk art rock " that demonstrated
1216-552: The "Trilogy" both as a reference to ZZ Top and because it is the closing piece on the disc. Daydream Nation ' s title came from a lyric in the song "Hyperstation". Sonic Youth had also considered the title Tonight's the Day , from a lyric in "Candle", which made reference to Neil Young 's 1975 album Tonight's the Night . The cover for Daydream Nation features the 1983 Gerhard Richter painting Kerze (" Candle "). The back cover art
1280-500: The "influential quartet", while presenting "the definitive American guitar band of the Eighties at the height of its powers and prescience". The British music press also embraced Daydream Nation : Q magazine said the record made an "enthralling noise"; the NME called it the "most radical and political album of the year" and awarded it a maximum score of ten; and Record Mirror gave it
1344-449: The 1968 Reprise Records release, Electric Ladyland , by The Jimi Hendrix Experience which was still sold in automatic sequence well into the late 1980s. Other common examples include Frampton Comes Alive! by Peter Frampton , Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder , Tommy and Quadrophenia by The Who , and Bad Girls by Donna Summer . There are only a few examples of
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#17328591375801408-400: The 1970s are optimized for automatic sequencing. On a double album, this would have had sides one and four on one disc and sides two and three on the other. This sequencing, used previously in multi-disc albums in the 78rpm era, let the listener play through the entire double album and only need to flip over the records once, compared to manual sequencing where the listener would have to change
1472-458: The 1980s with its combination of "hypnotic guitar jams and some of the band's best, straight-ahead tunes". Reviewing the 2007 deluxe edition, Christgau credited Daydream Nation for making alternative rock "a life force" and remarked that, along with the "vital" bonus disc, the album remained an honest and thrilling listen because of its musical tunings and anthemic songs about post-irony and "confusion-as-sex". In Spin , Will Hermes said it
1536-527: The 1980s" and No. 45 on the Rolling Stone list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s. The Spin Alternative Record Guide (1995) named it the ninth best alternative album, and it was ranked 11th on Guitarist ' s 2000 list of the 101 essential guitar records. In 2003, the album was placed at No. 328 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 greatest albums ever , and again in 2012, with
1600-509: The 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color which apparently had only three sides, but on closer inspection, there were a small number of grooves pressed on side four with a few short "hidden" conversation snippets; the CD reissue includes all of them. In 1982, Todd Rundgren and his band released the self-titled album Utopia featuring one full LP of 10 songs, and a second 12-inch disc with five bonus tracks,
1664-534: The 80-minute CD limit, and a number of popular studio albums were released as double albums on these formats at this time, such as the Smashing Pumpkins ' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) and Michael Jackson 's HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995) which sold over 20 million copies (40 million units) worldwide. The following year, Tupac Shakur became the first rapper to sell
1728-490: The Rain King —and the aforementioned "Eric's Trip". " Providence " consisted of a piano solo by Moore recorded at his mother's house using a Walkman , the sound of a Peavey Roadmaster amp overheating and a pair of telephone messages left by Mike Watt , calling for Moore from a Providence, Rhode Island payphone, dubbed over one another. The title of "The Wonder" comes from crime fiction writer James Ellroy 's phrase about
1792-631: The UK Dustin's Daily News , a comedic current affairs TV show Computing [ edit ] DataDirect Networks , a data storage company Defense Data Network , a separate instantiation of the ARPANET used by the U.S. Department of Defense from 1983 to 1995 Dot-decimal notation , a human readable way to write IPv4 internet addresses Other uses [ edit ] Dehradun railway station (station code), India Digital Divide Network , an online community of activists Topics referred to by
1856-494: The United Kingdom in 1989), "Candle" (October 1989 on 12-inch vinyl), and a live version of " Silver Rocket " for subscribers to Forced Exposure . The song "Teen Age Riot" was popular on alternative radio and reached No. 20 on Billboard 's newly created Modern Rock Tracks chart. Sonic Youth also promoted the album with a North American tour from October to December 1988, concentrating almost exclusively on material from
1920-442: The album an "A" grade in The Village Voice , Robert Christgau believed that while the band were embracing a "happy-go-lucky careerism and four-on-the-floor maturity", their relentlessly discordant music was "a philosophical triumph". Rolling Stone ' s Robert Palmer rated it three-and-a-half stars out of five and said it demonstrated "the broad harmonic palette, sharply honed songwriting skills and sheer exhilarating drive" of
1984-522: The album as "our first non-econo record". Daydream Nation is generally considered an avant-rock , alternative rock , indie rock , art punk , and post-punk album, with the record being notable for its unorthodox guitar tuning and song structure, with many songs concluding with lengthy instrumental sections. The album is especially notable for being a significant influence for later alternative and indie rock efforts and genres, including well-known grunge band Nirvana . Lyrics include topics of burnout,
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2048-545: The album being ranked number 171 in the 2020 edition. Daydream Nation was one of 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry in 2006. PopMatters included it in their list of the "12 Essential 1980s Alternative Rock Albums", saying it was "an ambitious double album that saw Sonic Youth's various influences coalescing into a striking, searing whole". The album
2112-435: The album had made an impact. Christgau, the poll's creator and supervisor, named it the fourth best album of 1988 in his own list. Daydream Nation has continued to earn acclaim and accolades. According to Matthew Stearns, writer of the 33⅓ book dedicated to the album, it has been "resoundingly canonized as a breakthrough landmark in the chronicles of avant-rock expression". Stearns wrote that Daydream Nation comprised
2176-636: The album. In 1989, they took the tour to New Zealand, Australia, Japan, the USSR and Europe, finishing the year with their first network television appearance—on the syndicated Night Music —playing "Silver Rocket". In 2007 they played the album live as part of the Don't Look Back concert series, and then toured with it through Europe and Australia into 2008. Daydream Nation received overwhelming acclaim from contemporary critics. Billboard called it "the supreme fulfillment" of Sonic Youth's "fullbore technique". Giving
2240-499: The center of an empty field/Joni's in the tall grass/She's a beautiful mental jukebox, a sailboat explosion/A snap of electric whipcrack". This song also alludes to the works of William Gibson's Neuromancer with the line "In this broken town, can you still jack in/And know what to do?" These feature similarly on Ranaldo's two other songs on the album, the rarely played "Rain King"—an homage to Pere Ubu and perhaps Saul Bellow 's Henderson
2304-543: The degree of which "noise and self-conscious avant art can be incorporated into rock, and the results are nothing short of stunning". Jon Matsumoto of the Los Angeles Times called it the band's masterpiece and said they had developed first-rate songwriting skills to complement their penchant for dissonant instrumentation. Greg Kot , writing in the Chicago Tribune , called it one of the most recognizable albums of
2368-445: The duo). Since the advent of the compact disc, albums are sometimes released with a bonus disc featuring additional material as a supplement to the main album, with live tracks, studio out-takes , cut songs, or older unreleased material. One innovation was the inclusion of a DVD of related material with a compact disc, such as video related to the album or DVD-Audio versions of the same recordings. Some such discs were also released on
2432-447: The earliest double albums featuring non-classical music, was The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert by Benny Goodman , a concert recording released in 1950 on Columbia Records . Studio recordings of operas have been released as double, triple, quadruple and quintuple albums since the 1950s. As record costs reduced over time and greater thought was given to the album as an artistic piece, double albums became more common. One of
2496-419: The end, when Paul Smith , the head of the band's British label Blast First , had set a mastering date of August 18. As a result of the time pressure, Kim Gordon was not happy with some of her vocal takes. The band spent a whole night creating a final mix for the three-song "Trilogy" so it could be mastered the following morning. The record ultimately cost $ 30,000 ($ 79,765 in 2024), which led Moore to refer to
2560-519: The first examples consisting of new studio recordings is 1956's Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book . Bob Dylan 's Blonde on Blonde , released on June 20, 1966, is widely considered to be one of the first double albums in popular music with complete original recordings by the artist. It was followed just a week later by the Mothers of Invention 's debut album Freak Out! , which
2624-609: The first successful triple albums (or triple records ) were Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More , released August 15, 1970, and George Harrison 's All Things Must Pass , released November 27, 1970. A triple album may be live, such as The Band 's The Last Waltz (1978) and Led Zeppelin 's How the West Was Won (2003); or a compilation of an artist's work, such as Stevie Wonder 's retrospective anthology Looking Back . Yes 's live album Yessongs
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2688-640: The fourth side contained a laser etching of the Alice in Chains logo. The vinyl pressing of the My Chemical Romance album The Black Parade also has three sides worth of content, with side four being a laser etching of a portion of the limited edition album art. Genesis' Three Sides Live , Kiss' Alive II , Donna Summer's Live and More , and the Moody Blues' Caught Live Plus 5 are examples of double albums with three sides of live recordings (i.e. one and
2752-432: The greatest albums of all time, specifically having a profound influence on the alternative and indie rock genres. It was chosen by the Library of Congress to be preserved in the National Recording Registry in 2005. Sonic Youth's standard songwriting method involved Thurston Moore bringing in melody ideas and chord changes that the band would spend several months fashioning into full-length songs. Instead of paring
2816-462: The ineffable mystery at the heart of Los Angeles; in Moore's words, "the wonder" is what "for better and worse, inspires [Ellroy] to keep going, to get out of bed every day." The closing track "Eliminator Jr." was inspired by the "Preppie Killer", Robert Chambers . It was thus titled because the band felt it sounded like a cross between Dinosaur Jr. and Eliminator -era ZZ Top . It was given part "z" in
2880-553: The latter half of the 1970s, as technology advanced, the Philips corporation's compact cassette tape began to supersede LPs as the dominant pre-recorded music format. The tapes allowed for a much longer 30 to 45 minutes per side, for a total of 60 to 90 minutes total, doubling the length available for music storage. In 1982, Philips introduced the compact disc , with a continuous length of 74 minutes (later developed to have 80 minutes). Artists could put far more on one unit, rarely exceeding
2944-594: The music industry, and the crack epidemic of the late 1980s . "The Sprawl" was inspired by the works of science fiction writer William Gibson , who used the term to refer to a future mega-city stretching from Boston to Atlanta (specifically from the Sprawl Trilogy ). The lyrics for the first verse were lifted from the novel The Stars at Noon by Denis Johnson . "'Cross the Breeze" features some of Gordon's most intense singing, with such lyrics as "Let's go walking on
3008-514: The musicians. The Great Concert of Charles Mingus by Charles Mingus was recorded in 1964 and released in 1971. The Weeknd's compilation album Trilogy was released as a triple album in 2012, comprising his critically acclaimed 2011 mixtapes House of Balloons , Thursday , and Echoes of Silence . The Knife 's 2013 album Shaking the Habitual is spread across three LPs and two CDs, being an hour and forty minutes in length. (Although
3072-427: The reissues of Earthling by David Bowie (previously released on 1LP in 1997), Alice by Tom Waits and soundtrack albums such as The Crow and School of Rock . Some performers have released two or more distinct but related albums simultaneously (or near-simultaneously) which could be seen together as a double album. Moby Grape 's Wow/Grape Jam (released in 1968) is an example. Others include: Among
3136-470: The rise of progressive rock at the time, which often involves complex and long tracks akin to classical music, and concept albums often made a second disc necessary. Notable examples include Yes 's 4-track Tales From Topographic Oceans from 1973 and Genesis 's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway from 1974. The best-selling double album of all time is Pink Floyd 's The Wall , from 1979 with over 30 million copies (60 million units) sold worldwide. In
3200-424: The runtime available on a cassette tape or CD, and double albums became uncommon. The extra space also allowed many earlier double albums to be reissued on a single disc: Blonde on Blonde , for instance, was reissued on a single cassette and a single CD. Despite the greater length, there were some issues with the length and track order of albums, both reissues and new releases. The Beatles , originally released as
3264-581: The same lineup on each side. The Monty Python album Matching Tie and Handkerchief was originally issued with two concentric grooves with different programs on the second side, but this was done for comedic rather than practical reasons. The 2019 vinyl issue of Monty Python Sings (again) comprises two discs, with the flip side of the second disc featuring exclusive Monty Python 50th Anniversary artwork. The Stranglers , Elvis Costello and The Clash (amongst other 1970s/80s acts) would sometimes release early pressings of their albums with extra material on
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3392-465: The side or record three times. The use of automatic sequencing gradually declined during the 1970s as automatic record changers fell out of favor. High quality manual turntables became more affordable and are often preferred because they cause less record wear. After a company decided on manual or automatic sequence, production of that title generally stayed in the same configuration indefinitely. Notable examples of albums using automatic sequence include
3456-400: The songs down as the group did with previous records, the months-long writing process for Daydream Nation resulted in long jams , some lasting over half an hour. Several friends of the band, including Henry Rollins , had praised the band's long live improvisations and told the group that its records never captured them. With Moore on a writing spree, the album ultimately had to be expanded to
3520-413: The sound of the records. Sonic Youth booked three weeks of recording time at Greene Street's Studio A, starting in mid-July 1988. The band paid $ 1,000 (about $ 2,659 in 2024) per day of studio time, which was the most they had paid to record an album up to that point. Due to the amount of preparation the band put into composing its music, the recording process was efficient. The session became rushed near
3584-518: The water/Now you think I'm Satan's daughter/I wanna know, should I stay or go?/I took a look into your hate/It made me feel very up to date". "Eric's Trip" has lyrics pertaining to Eric Emerson 's LSD -fueled monologue in the Andy Warhol movie Chelsea Girls . "Hey Joni" is titled as a tribute to rock standard " Hey Joe " and to Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell . It is sung by Ranaldo, and has surrealist lyrics such as "Shots ring out from
3648-441: Was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . " Daydream Nation ," remarked David Bowie , "is an extraordinary album." All tracks are written by Sonic Youth ( Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley ) A deluxe edition of Daydream Nation was released in 2007, containing live versions of every track on the album, plus studio recordings of some cover songs. A 4-LP vinyl version
3712-546: Was made a triple album owing to its inclusion of many of the band's longer compositions. With the longer time available on compact disc, many albums that spanned three vinyl discs are able to fit on two compact discs (an example being Nine Inch Nails ' The Fragile ). Triple albums are released across genres, including punk with The Clash 's Sandinista! ; alternative rock with Pearl Jam 's 11/6/00 – Seattle, Washington ; and mainstream pop with Prince 's Emancipation . Frank Sinatra 's Trilogy: Past Present Future
3776-445: Was originally released as a three LP set in 1980. Compact disc pressings of the album combine the triple vinyl set onto two CDs, with "Past" and "Present" taking up the first disc. The first triple hip-hop album was American Hunger by New York City rap artist MF Grimm which was released in 2006. It contains 20 songs on each disc. American hip hop artist Lupe Fiasco 's canceled third studio album release LupEND would have been
3840-443: Was perhaps "the greatest art-punk statement ever", while John Mulvey from Uncut called it a still radical "avant-rock masterpiece". In 2002, Pitchfork ranked Daydream Nation No. 1 on its list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1980s (the album dropped to No. 7 in the 2018 list ). It also placed at No.13 on Spin magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums from 1985 to 2010, No. 30 on Slant Magazine ' s "Best Albums of
3904-431: Was released on July 17, 2007. The four-LP vinyl release of the deluxe edition has a slightly different track listing than the CD release. The first two LPs have the same track listing as the original double-LP release. However, the home demo of "Eric's Trip" is at the end of the fourth LP, rather than falling immediately after the original album. Bibliography Double album A double album (or double record )
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#17328591375803968-435: Was released on June 27, 1966. In the years following, original double albums from pop and rock artists became more common, and were often released at the height of the artists' careers. Notable examples include Jimi Hendrix 's Electric Ladyland from October 1968, The Beatles ' eponymous 1968 album , Elton John 's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road from 1973, and Led Zeppelin 's Physical Graffiti from 1975. Additionally,
4032-400: Was released separately, with & being a vinyl -exclusive release. Christina Aguilera 's Spanish-language ninth studio album, Aguilera (2022), was separated into three parts: La Fuerza , La Tormenta , and La Luz . Each part received its own independent release as a separate project, before being included as separate discs in the album's digital version. Physical versions of
4096-602: Was truncated by 13 minutes. Other albums originally issued as double LPs, such as Fleetwood Mac 's Tusk (1979), Prince 's 1999 (1982), and The Minutemen 's Double Nickels on the Dime (1984) were likewise shortened for their 74-minute CD release, though both were later reissued in their entirety when 80-minute CDs were available. While not as common since the advent of these formats, particularly for studio albums, double albums continued to be released, particularly for live recordings, classical music, soundtracks, compilations, reissues of double-LP albums that still exceeded
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