History Main / DistinctDoubleAlbum

* The two-disc ''Woodstock 1999'' companion album roughly separated its performance highlights by genre: ''The Red Album'' focused on the more aggressive bands on the bill -- mainly PostGrunge, RapRock, and AlternativeMetal (with a token nod to HipHop in the form of a Music/{{DMX}} track). ''The Blue Album'' was mainly the mellower acts, but also threw in basically everything else that wouldn't have fit on the other disc, be it HipHop (Music/TheRoots), ElectronicMusic (Music/TheChemicalBrothers), or swing revival (Brian Setzer Orchestra). The two discs were originally made available as one set, but were later released separately too.

* In the physical soundtrack for ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue: [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueSeason15 Season 15]]'', the tracks written by David Levy and Trocadero are split into their own discs.

* Music/{{Beyonce}}'s ''[[Music/IAmSashaFierce]]'' had the ''I Am...'' disc being filled with introspective ballads and ''Sasha Fierce'' with Beyonce's signature R&B/Pop style complete with a new persona, Sasha Fierce.

* Music/{{Beyonce}}'s ''I Am... Sasha Fierce'' had the ''I Am...'' disc being filled with introspective ballads and ''Sasha Fierce'' with Beyonce's signature R&B/Pop style complete with a new persona, Sasha Fierce.

* {{Beyonce}}'s ''Music/IAmSashaFierce'' is this. The singer showcases her more vulnerable side on ''I Am...'', and her dynamic stage persona on the eponymous ''Sasha Fierce'' side.

* Music/{{Beyonce}}'s ''I Am... Sasha Fierce'' had the ''I Am...'' disc being filled with introspective ballads and ''Sasha Fierce'' with Beyonce's signature R&B/Pop style complete with a new persona, Sasha Fierce.

* Blue Amazon's ''The Javelin'' has two double-CD editions, the first disc of both containing the main continuously-mixed album. The Australian edition's second disc includes the full-length 12" mixes of "No Other Love", "Four Seasons" and "The Runner", along with the otherwise non-album single "Star of David", the BSide "The Blessing Part II", and two bonus remixes of "And Then The Rain Falls". The German edition has the RemixAlbum ''Spearhead'', which contains previously unreleased remixes of "Four Seasons", "And Then The Rain Falls", "No Other Love", Skunk Anansie's "Twisted", and Music/{{Placebo}}'s "Nancy Boy", along with "Trip To Heaven", a track originally only available on the album's vinyl edition.

* For Music/{{Metallica}}'s 1998 compilation CoverAlbum, ''Garage Inc.'', Disc 1 consists of new covers, while disc 2 consists of covers recorded by the band over the years.

* Music/Hanson's 2022 album ''Red Green Blue'' can be described as a blend of ''three'' 5-song mini albums, each one crafted by each individual brother: Taylor's ''Red'' portion tends to lean more towards a rootsy Americana sound, while Isaac's ''Green'' portion has more of an intimate and vintage sound, and Zac's ''Blue'' portion has a more contemporary sound, mixing in pop, rock and alt-country. Each portion got its own single, accompanied by their respective music videos.

** ''[=W FACE (inside)=]'' (more introspective, with most of the tracks being ballads) and ''[=W FACE (outside)=]'' (composed almost entirely of dance tracks), in 2017
** ''[=angeL=]'' (bubblegum pop tracks and soft ballads) and ''[=monsteR=]'' (dance tracks with hip-hop and trap elements), in 2020

* Music/{{Buzzcocks}}' ''Singles Going Steady'' compilation is another Distinct Single Album variant, similar to Music/NewOrder's and Music/JoyDivision's compilations above, with the "A" side featuring the A-sides of their singles and the "B" side featuring their B-sides.

* Music/TheSmashingPumpkins' ''Music/MellonCollieAndTheInfiniteSadness'' is one of these. They're even titled differently - Disc 1 is 'Dawn to Dusk', and Disc 2 is 'Twilight to Starlight'.

** Although it is only a single album, ''Music/AppetiteForDestruction'' has the same dichotomy. Most of the vinyl and cassette versions are split into Sides G (hard-rocking songs about the L.A. nightlife and hedonism - "Welcome to the Jungle", "Nightrain", "Mr. Brownstone"), and R (pensive songs about relationships, often of the self-destructive kind - "My Michelle", "Think About You").

* Music/{{Cornelius}} simultaneously released two remix albums, ''CM: Cornelius Mix'' and ''FM: Fantasma Mix'': ''CM'' compiled seven remixes Cornelius had done of other artists, while ''FM'' had most of those same artists remixing seven songs from his album ''Fantasma'' [[hottip:*: The exception is the group Salon Music, who were remixed on ''CM'' but didn't contribute to ''FM'' - instead, ''FM'' included a remix of "Starfruit Surfrider" by Damon Albarn]].

* Kamasi Washington's second full-length album, ''Heaven and Earth'', manages to be a Distinct Double Album twice over: the first half, ''Earth'', contains songs dealing with more, well, down-to-earth issues; while the second half, ''Heaven'', has a more abstract/utopian theme to it...but then there is also an entire extra album, ''The Choice'', on a disc hidden inside the album's packaging - making the entire package a Distinct Double Album ''with another Distinct Double Album inside it''!

* Music/MichaelJackson's ''[=HIStory=]: Past, Present and Future, Book I''. The first disc (''[=HIStory=] Begins'') was a GreatestHitsAlbum, and the second disc (''[=HIStory=] Continues'') was all new material.

** ''The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever'' and ''LOVE YOURSELF: Answer'' are compilation albums of their respective album series. Both have a disc one with specific (old and new) tracks sequenced in a way that conveys the overall message of each series, particularly intros and main singles [[note]]Disc one of ''LOVE YOURSELF: Answer'' in particular follows the order of the 4 chapters of the series with a general "intro track by one of the vocalists - title track - original 'Trivia' song by one of the rappers - outro by all three rappers" format[[/note]]. Disc two contains some other notable side-tracks that don't necessarily focus on the series' concepts, plus remixes of the singles.

* While released separately, Music/{{Eminem}}'s ''Relapse'' and ''Recovery'' (originally ''Relapse 2'') were conceived as partner albums for each other and recorded around the same time. ''Relapse'' is a {{Horrorcore}} album with Music/DrDre production (apart from one song) and [[RevisitingTheRoots a return for]] Slim Shady, allegorising Eminem's drug addiction and CareerResurrection [[ConceptAlbum through the concept]] of a MedicalHorror SlasherMovie. ''Recovery'' is a poppy RapRock album using various new producers, filled with inspirational [[SincerityMode Marshall]] [[BoastfulRap boasts]], allegorising Eminem's drug addiction and CareerResurrection through the concept of a [[LowerClassLout trailer-trash]] boyfriend Slim [[DomesticAbuse picking on a string of unfortunate girlfriends]].

* Actress Laura Bell Bundy did a variant with her debut ''Achin' and Shakin'''. The album, though only one disc, was separated into "Achin'" and "Shakin'" sections, the former being heartbreak ballads and the latter being more cheery upbeat material, exemplified in lead single "Giddy On Up". Both halves even had separate liner notes and producers.

* Music/{{Opeth}}'s ''Deliverance'' and ''Damnation'' albums sort of count, as they were recorded together but released a year apart: ''Deliverance'' contains some of the band's heaviest metal songs, while ''Damnation'' consists entirely of mellow ProgressiveRock. When they were remastered, they were re-released together as the band intended them to be.

** The twin ''Music/UseYourIllusion'' albums. It would seem most of the harder stuff went on the first one (yellow and red cover) while the second one, to match the mood of the violet and blue-tinted cover, had more melancholy songs. Guess which of the albums produced more singles? If you said the hard-rocking one, you'd be absolutely right (although II had ''You Could Be Mine'', which had been solicited for the ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' soundtrack).
** Although it is only a single album, ''Music/AppetiteForDestruction'' has the same dichotomy. Most of the vinyl and cassette versions are split into Sides G (hard-rocking songs about the L.A. nightlife and hedonism ("Welcome to the Jungle", "Nightrain", "Mr. Brownstone"), and R (pensive songs about self-destruction and ruined lives ("My Michelle", "Think About You").

* Creator/CoreyFeldman's infamous album ''Angelic 2 the Core'' has two distinct sides: "Angelic Funkadelic" and "Angelic Rockadelic." While the second half is pretty consistently a rock album, the first half has an array of different collaborators and genres. The ConceptAlbum aspects dissolve by the second side, however.

* Blue Amazon's ''The Javelin'' has two double-CD editions, the first disc of both being the main continuously-mixed album. The Australian edition's second disc includes the full-length 12" mixes of "No Other Love", "Four Seasons" and "The Runner", along with the otherwise non-album single "Star of David", the BSide "The Blessing Part II", and two bonus remixes of "And Then The Rain Falls". The German edition has the RemixAlbum ''Spearhead'', which contains previously unreleased remixes of "Four Seasons", "And Then The Rain Falls", "No Other Love", Skunk Anansie's "Twisted", and Music/{{Placebo}}'s "Nancy Boy", along with "Trip To Heaven", a track originally only available on the album's vinyl edition.

* Blue Amazon's ''The Javelin'' has two double-CD editions. The Australian edition's second disc includes the full-length 12" mixes of "No Other Love", "Four Seasons" and "The Runner", along with the otherwise non-album 12" single "Star of David", the BSide "The Blessing Part II", and two bonus remixes of "And Then The Rain Falls". The German edition has the RemixAlbum ''Spearhead'', which contains previously unreleased remixes of "Four Seasons", "And Then The Rain Falls", "No Other Love", Skunk Anansie's "Twisted", and Music/{{Placebo}}'s "Nancy Boy", along with "Trip To Heaven", a track originally only available on the album's vinyl edition.

* Blue Amazon's ''The Javelin'' has two double-CD editions. The Australian edition's second disc includes the full-length 12" mixes of "No Other Love", "Four Seasons" and "The Runner", along with the otherwise non-album 12" singles "Star of David" and "The Blessing", and two bonus remixes of "And Then The Rain Falls". The German edition has the RemixAlbum ''Spearhead'', which contains previously unreleased remixes of "Four Seasons", "And Then The Rain Falls", "No Other Love", Skunk Anansie's "Twisted", and Music/{{Placebo}}'s "Nancy Boy", along with "Trip To Heaven", a track originally only available on the album's vinyl edition.

* Blue Amazon's ''The Javelin'' has two double-CD editions. The Australian edition's second disc includes the full-length 12" mixes of "No Other Love", "Four Seasons" and "The Runner", along with the otherwise non-album 12" singles "Star of David" and "The Blessing", and two bonus remixes of "And Then The Rain Falls". The German edition has the RemixAlbum ''Spearhead'', which also includes "Trip To Heaven" from the album's vinyl edition.