Advent 19

The double album is problematic in the compilation of a list like this one, prcdicated as it is on the forty minute shot of sound that is the kernel of the form. We have had one double album thus far (Out of the Blue) and today we have another. There will be just one more.

It used to be said that even the greatest double album had only three sides of good tracks but this offering belies that rule. Bruce Springsteen's 1980 The River is chock full of excellence. The soundtrack to my final year at King's, culminating in seeing him live with IW in the summer of 81. And just remember - everybody has a hungry heart. I certainly do.