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* Music/KateBush's 2005 album ''Music/{{Aerial}}'' was released across two [=CDs=]. Taking after ''Music/HoundsOfLove'' twenty years prior, it takes the form of a DistinctDoubleAlbum split between a collection of individual but thematically related songs and a unified suite of SiameseTwinSongs.

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2005 album ''Music/{{Aerial}}'' was released across two [=CDs=]. Taking after ''Music/HoundsOfLove'' twenty years prior, it takes the form of a DistinctDoubleAlbum split between a collection of individual but thematically related songs and a unified suite of SiameseTwinSongs.SiameseTwinSongs.
** The LP release of ''Director's Cut'' is split across two discs. The collector's edition CD release additionally tosses in two bonus discs containing remastered versions of ''Music/TheSensualWorld'' and ''The Red Shoes'', the latter of which is deliberately sourced from an analog copy tape rather than the digital master due to Bush's belief that the original 1993 release sounded too "edgy."
** ''Music/FiftyWordsForSnow'' is spread across two [=LPs=] for its vinyl release, owed to its 65:29 runtime.



* Music/NewOrder's ''Music/{{Substance|NewOrderAlbum}}'' compilation, in its double-LP and double-CD configurations. Their previous incarnation, Music/JoyDivision, also has a compilation titled ''Music/{{Substance|JoyDivisionAlbum}}'' that's a double album in its 2015 LP reissue. The New Order double-CD and Joy Division double-LP both devote each disc to A-sides and (mostly) B-sides.

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* Music/NewOrder's ''Music/{{Substance|NewOrderAlbum}}'' compilation, 12" singles compilation ''Music/{{Substance|NewOrderAlbum}}'', comprises two discs in its double-LP LP and double-CD CD configurations. Their UK DAT and cassette releases additionally comprise two tapes (with the latter format including exclusive bonus tracks), while many international cassette releases only feature the first tape. New Order's previous incarnation, Music/JoyDivision, also has a compilation titled ''Music/{{Substance|JoyDivisionAlbum}}'' that's a double album in its 2015 LP reissue. The New Order double-CD and Joy Division double-LP both devote each disc to A-sides and (mostly) B-sides.



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** ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' was released as a double album in its initial vinyl version, but it was short enough to comprise one disc for its later CD release.

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** ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' was released as a double album in its initial vinyl version, but it was short enough to comprise fit on one disc for its later CD release.when it was reissued on CD.
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** Initial CD releases of ''Broken'' came with a mini-CD in addition to the EP's main 6-track disc. This bonus disc was unavailable in vinyl versions until the 2017 definitive edition, which featured it in the form of a 7-inch record (in addition to comprising the whole tracklist into a single disc for the CD version).

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** Initial CD releases of ''Broken'' came with a 2-track mini-CD in addition to the EP's main 6-track disc. This bonus disc was unavailable in vinyl versions until the 2017 definitive edition, which featured it in the form of a 7-inch record (in addition to comprising record. Said edition also rearranged the whole tracklist CD version into a single disc for wherein there were a large number of silent tracks (tracks 7-97) between the CD version).main tracks and bonus ones (placed as tracks 98-99).
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** Initial CD releases of ''Broken'' came with a mini-CD in addition to the EP's main 6-track disc. This bonus disc was unavailable in vinyl versions until the 2017 definitive edition, which featured it in the form of a 7-inch record (in addition to comprising the whole tracklist into a single disc for the CD version).

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** Because ''[[Music/AndJusticeForAll1988 ...And Justice for All]]'' was Metallica's first to be recorded with the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc format in mind, its 65:25 runtime is too long to fit on a single vinyl record. Consequently, LP releases spread the album across two discs. ''Music/{{Metallica|Album}}'', ''Music/LoadAndReLoad'', ''Music/StAnger'', ''Death Magnetic'', and ''72 Seasons'' would continue the trend, featuring CD-oriented lengths that require them to be divided among two [=LPs=] each.

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** Because ''[[Music/AndJusticeForAll1988 ...And Justice for All]]'' was Metallica's first album to be recorded with the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc format in mind, its 65:25 runtime is too long to fit on a single vinyl record. Consequently, LP releases spread the album across two discs. ''Music/{{Metallica|Album}}'', ''Music/LoadAndReLoad'', ''Music/StAnger'', ''Death Magnetic'', and ''72 Seasons'' would continue the trend, featuring CD-oriented lengths that require them to be divided among two [=LPs=] each.each.
** Despite being able to fit on one CD without issue, the 77:42 ''Hardwired... to Self Destruct'' is a two-disc studio album on CD and vinyl releases alike as an artistic decision.



** Despite being able to fit on one CD without issue, the 77:42 ''Hardwired... to Self Destruct'' is a two-disc studio album on vinyl and CD releases alike as an artistic decision.
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** A few of their {{Greatest Hits Album}}s were also multi-disc ones, such as ''Forty Licks'' (which has 40 songs spread across two discs on CD and three on vinyl) and the CD-exclusive ''GRRR!'' (including a standard edition with 50 tracks spanning three discs and a deluxe version with 80 tracks across four discs).

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** A few of their {{Greatest Hits Album}}s were are also multi-disc ones, such as ''Forty Licks'' (which has 40 songs spread across two discs on CD and three on vinyl) and the CD-exclusive ''GRRR!'' (including a standard edition with 50 tracks spanning three discs and a deluxe version with 80 tracks across four discs).

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* Music/TheRollingStones' ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' was a double album. In the CD era there were a few {{Greatest Hits Album}}s, such as the 40 songs of ''Forty Licks'' spread across two discs and the 50 of ''GRRR!'' in three (and that album also had a deluxe version with 80 tracks across 4 discs!).

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* Music/BobDylan's ''Music/BlondeOnBlonde'' was the first double-album in rock music to be released, coming out just one week before Music/FrankZappa's later-produced double-LP ''Music/FreakOutAlbum''.

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* Music/BobDylan's ''Music/BlondeOnBlonde'' was the first double-album in rock music to be released, coming out just one week before Music/FrankZappa's later-produced double-LP ''Music/FreakOutAlbum''. Because of its 73-minute runtime, however, CD releases are able to fit the album on one disc.



* Music/PeterGabriel's ''Music/{{Us}}'' and ''Music/{{Up|PeterGabrielAlbum}}'' were released on two [=LPs=] out of necessity, as both were recorded with the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc format in mind. Gabriel's still-in-DevelopmentHell follow-up to ''Up'', tentatively called ''I/O'', was also first conceived as a double-CD album, though he reconsidered the idea as its production dragged on.

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* Music/PeterGabriel's ''Music/{{Us}}'' ''Music/{{Passion}}'', ''Music/{{Us}}'', and ''Music/{{Up|PeterGabrielAlbum}}'' were released on two [=LPs=] out of necessity, as both were recorded with the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc format in mind. Gabriel's still-in-DevelopmentHell follow-up to ''Up'', tentatively called ''I/O'', was also first conceived as a double-CD album, though he reconsidered the idea as its production dragged on.



** Because ''[[Music/AndJusticeForAll1988 ...And Justice for All]]'' was Metallica's first to be recorded with the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc format in mind, its 65:25 runtime is too long to fit on a single vinyl record. Consequently, LP releases spread the album across two discs.

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** Because ''[[Music/AndJusticeForAll1988 ...And Justice for All]]'' was Metallica's first to be recorded with the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc format in mind, its 65:25 runtime is too long to fit on a single vinyl record. Consequently, LP releases spread the album across two discs. ''Music/{{Metallica|Album}}'', ''Music/LoadAndReLoad'', ''Music/StAnger'', ''Death Magnetic'', and ''72 Seasons'' would continue the trend, featuring CD-oriented lengths that require them to be divided among two [=LPs=] each.


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** The Music/LouReed collaboration ''Lulu'' is spread across two discs on both CD and vinyl.

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** ''Hardwired... to Self Destruct'' is a two-disc studio album on vinyl and CD releases alike.
** ''Music/GarageInc'' is a DistinctDoubleAlbum [[CoverAlbum of covers]], the first disc being new covers and the second existing ones.

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** Because ''[[Music/AndJusticeForAll1988 ...And Justice for All]]'' was Metallica's first to be recorded with the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc format in mind, its 65:25 runtime is too long to fit on a single vinyl record. Consequently, LP releases spread the album across two discs.
** ''Music/GarageInc'' is a DistinctDoubleAlbum of [[CoverAlbum covers]], the first disc containing newly-recorded covers and the second featuring previously released ones.
** Despite being able to fit on one CD without issue, the 77:42
''Hardwired... to Self Destruct'' is a two-disc studio album on vinyl and CD releases alike.
** ''Music/GarageInc'' is a DistinctDoubleAlbum [[CoverAlbum of covers]], the first disc being new covers and the second existing ones.
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** A few of their live releases also fit, such as the double album ''S&M''.

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** A few of their live releases also fit, such as the double album ''S&M''.albums ''S&M'' and its sequel ''S&M2''.
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** ''Music/GhostsIIV'' has four discs in its vinyl release, with each disc corresponding to one of the "volumes" within the album. Its CD version, meanwhile, consists of two discs with two volumes each.

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** ''Music/GhostsIIV'' ''Music/GhostsIToIV'' has four discs in its vinyl release, with each disc corresponding to one of the "volumes" within the album. Its CD version, meanwhile, consists of two discs with two volumes each.
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** ''Ghosts I-IV'' has four discs in both its vinyl and CD releases, with each disc corresponding to one of the "volumes" within the album.

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** ''Ghosts I-IV'' ''Music/GhostsIIV'' has four discs in both its vinyl and CD releases, release, with each disc corresponding to one of the "volumes" within the album.album. Its CD version, meanwhile, consists of two discs with two volumes each.
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** When Creator/{{Rykodisc}} released the first round of remasters of Bowie's catalog in the early '90s, each album included several bonus tracks appended to the end. When Ryko released ''Music/SpaceOddity'', ''Music/TheManWhoSoldTheWorld'', ''Music/HunkyDory'', and ''Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars'' on vinyl, they were each made sesquialbums, with the third side containing the bonus tracks. Creator/{{EMI}}'s international LP releases of the remasters and Ryko's LP releases of the post-''Ziggy'' albums simply bumped some of the songs from side two up to side one to make space for the bonus tracks.

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* Music/{{Genesis|Band}}'s ''Music/TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'' was released as a double-LP, and its length was great enough for the band to consider [[DividedForPublication releasing it as two separate single-disc albums]] before settling on putting all of it out at once. Cassette releases initially came on two tapes as well, but technological improvements allowed reissues from 1977 onward to store the full 94 minutes on one tape, with each side storing a full disc (albeit with the tracklist slightly adjusted). US 8-track releases additionally managed to store the entire album on one tape from the outset. Genesis wouldn't release another double-LP until ''Music/WeCantDance'' and ''Music/CallingAllStations'', and only out of necessity due to both of them being recorded with the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc format in mind (the latter album only occupies three sides, with the fourth featuring a stylized etching of the band).

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''Music/TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'' was released as a double-LP, and its length was great enough for the band to consider [[DividedForPublication releasing it as two separate single-disc albums]] before settling on putting all of it out at once. Cassette releases initially came on two tapes as well, but technological improvements allowed reissues from 1977 onward to store the full 94 minutes on one tape, with each side storing a full disc (albeit with the tracklist slightly adjusted). US 8-track releases additionally managed to store the entire album on one tape from the outset. Genesis wouldn't release another double-LP until outset.
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''Music/WeCantDance'' and ''Music/CallingAllStations'', and only ''Music/CallingAllStations'' were [=double-LPs=] out of necessity due to necessity, as both of them being were recorded with the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc format in mind (the mind. The latter album only occupies three sides, with the fourth featuring a stylized etching of the band).band.
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* Music/{{Genesis|Band}}'s ''Music/TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'' was released as a double-LP, and its length was great enough for the band to consider [[DividedForPublication releasing it as two separate single-disc albums]] before settling on putting all of it out at once. They wouldn't release another double-LP until ''Music/WeCantDance'' and ''Music/CallingAllStations'', and only out of necessity due to both of them being recorded with the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc format in mind (the latter album only occupies three sides, with the fourth featuring a stylized etching of the band).

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* Music/{{Genesis|Band}}'s ''Music/TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'' was released as a double-LP, and its length was great enough for the band to consider [[DividedForPublication releasing it as two separate single-disc albums]] before settling on putting all of it out at once. They Cassette releases initially came on two tapes as well, but technological improvements allowed reissues from 1977 onward to store the full 94 minutes on one tape, with each side storing a full disc (albeit with the tracklist slightly adjusted). US 8-track releases additionally managed to store the entire album on one tape from the outset. Genesis wouldn't release another double-LP until ''Music/WeCantDance'' and ''Music/CallingAllStations'', and only out of necessity due to both of them being recorded with the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc format in mind (the latter album only occupies three sides, with the fourth featuring a stylized etching of the band).
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* Music/MikeOldfield:
** ''Incantations'' was a double-LP release that ended up being short enough to fit on one CD. Initial CD releases cut down Part Three from 17 minutes to just under 14, but the full song would be restored from the US CD release onwards.
** ''Light + Shade'' was released as a two-CD work.


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** ''[[Music/NineteenNinetyNineAlbum 1999]]'' was Prince's first double album on LP, though it was short enough to fit on one CD. Initial CD releases removed "D.M.S.R." despite Redbook-compliant discs being able to include it without a hitch; it would eventually be restored from 1990 onward.
** ''Music/SignOTheTimes'' was originally meant to be the ''triple'' album ''Crystal Ball'', but was cut down to two discs at the request of Creator/WarnerBrosRecords. Unlike ''1999'', it was long enough to remain split across two [=CDs=].


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* Music/{{Queen|Band}}:
** While the band never put out a studio double-album, both ''Music/{{Innuendo}}'' and ''Music/MadeInHeaven'' were reissued as [=double-LPs=] in 2015, owed to their long lengths (which required the original vinyl releases to cut down and, in the case of the latter, omit tracks to fit the albums onto one disc each). Likewise, the version of ''Music/QueenII'' included in that year's BoxedSet ''Queen - Studio Collection'' splits the album across two discs, despite the album being able to fit on one.
** The CD releases of the 2011 remasters came in both one-disc {{Vanilla Edition}}s and two-disc deluxe editions, with the second discs featuring various B-sides, remixes, live performances, demos, and outtakes.
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* Music/BobDylan's ''Music/BlondeOnBlonde'' was the first double-album in rock music to be produced. Whether or not it was the first to be ''released'', however, is a trickier matter, as a possible ReleaseDateChange potentially means that it was released shortly after Music/FrankZappa's later-produced double-LP ''Music/FreakOutAlbum''.

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* Music/BobDylan's ''Music/BlondeOnBlonde'' was the first double-album in rock music to be produced. Whether or not it was the first to be ''released'', however, is a trickier matter, as a possible ReleaseDateChange potentially means that it was released shortly after released, coming out just one week before Music/FrankZappa's later-produced double-LP ''Music/FreakOutAlbum''.
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** ''Ghosts I-IV'' has four discs in both its vinyl and CD releases, with each disc corresponding to one of the "volumes" within the album.
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** The video album closure was only released in VHS format, wherein it was split between two tapes.

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** The video album closure ''Closure'' was only officially released in VHS format, wherein it was split between two tapes.

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* Music/NineInchNails' ''[[Music/TheFragile1999 The Fragile]]'' is split between two discs or tapes in its CD and cassette releases, respectively. Meanwhile, the album's LP release consists of three discs.

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* Most of Music/{{Slipknot}}'s video albums starting from ''Disasterpieces'' are split between two tapes/discs on VHS/DVD releases.
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* Music/KanyeWest's 2021 album ''Donda'' was released across two discs when it saw release on CD, owed to its immense, streaming-oriented length.

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* Music/KanyeWest's 2021 album ''Donda'' was released across four and two discs when it saw release releases on vinyl and CD, respectively, owed to its immense, streaming-oriented length.
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** ''Hardwired... to Self Destruct'' is a two-disc studio album on vinyl, CD and cassette releases alike.

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* Music/{{Metallica}}'s ''Hardwired... To Self Destruct'' is a two-CD work. ''Music/GarageInc'' is a DistinctDoubleAlbum [[CoverAlbum of covers]], the first disc being new covers and the second existing ones. And a few of their live releases also fit, such as the concert double album ''S&M''.

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* Music/IronMaiden's ''The Book of Souls'' is a two-disc work where [[EpicRocking every song is over 5 minutes long]]. Follow-up ''Senjutsu'' goes the same way, shortest track being 4 minutes long.

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* Music/IronMaiden's ''The Book of Souls'' is a two-disc work where [[EpicRocking every song is over 5 five minutes long]]. Follow-up Its follow-up ''Senjutsu'' goes the same way, with the shortest track being 4 four minutes long.
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** The 2014 retrospective compilation ''Nothing Has Changed'' was released as both double-CD and triple-CD sets. The former organizes tracks from throughout his decades-long career in chronological order, while the latter features them in reverse-chronological order, starting with the new track "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" (later re-recorded for ''Music/BlackstarAlbum'') and ending with his debut single from 1964, "Liza Jane". A modified version of the two-CD version would later be released as ''Bowie Legacy'' to cash in on his PosthumousPopularityPotential after his death in 2016.

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** The 2014 retrospective compilation ''Nothing Has Changed'' was released as both double-CD and triple-CD sets. The former organizes tracks from throughout his decades-long career in chronological order, while the latter features them in reverse-chronological order, starting with the new track "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" (later re-recorded for ''Music/BlackstarAlbum'') and ending with his debut single from 1964, "Liza Jane". A modified version of the two-CD version set would later be released as ''Bowie Legacy'' to cash in on his PosthumousPopularityPotential after his death in 2016.
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** Since 2014, LP reissues of ''Music/TheDivisionBell'' split the album across two discs due to the sheer length of the album; the original 1994 vinyl release used a single disc with multiple tracks heavily truncated.

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** Since 2014, LP reissues of ''Music/TheDivisionBell'' split the album across two discs due to the sheer length of the album; its CD-oriented length; the original 1994 vinyl release used a single disc with multiple tracks heavily truncated.
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** ''Music/TheWall'' was released across two discs, and unlike ''Ummagumma'', all the material was brand new and recorded in the studio. As of 2018, it is the highest-selling double-album of all time.

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** ''Music/TheWall'' was released across two discs, and unlike ''Ummagumma'', all the material was brand new and recorded in the studio. As of 2018, it is the highest-selling double-album double album of all time.
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* ''Film/Titanic1997'' famously released on two VHS tapes, with the first one ending just as Jack is falsely arrested for stealing.

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* ''Film/Titanic1997'' was famously released on two VHS tapes, with the first one ending just as Jack is falsely arrested for stealing.
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* Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/HistoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI'' was released as a DistinctDoubleAlbum, with the first CD being a GreatestHitsAlbum and the second CD consisting of new material mostly based around the allegations of child molestation levied against him two years prior. For a while, the album held the position of the best-selling double-album of all time before eventually being outsold by Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'' in 2018. The first disc eventually saw a standalone release in 2001 as part of that year's MilestoneCelebration for Jackson's career, but the second disc remains exclusive to the two-CD set.

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* Music/MichaelJackson's ''Music/HistoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI'' was released as a DistinctDoubleAlbum, with the first CD being a GreatestHitsAlbum and the second CD consisting of new material mostly based around the allegations of child molestation levied against him two years prior. For a while, the album held the position of the best-selling double-album double album of all time before eventually being outsold by Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'' in 2018. The first disc eventually saw a standalone release in 2001 as part of that year's MilestoneCelebration for Jackson's career, but the second disc remains exclusive to the two-CD set.
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* Music/LeylandKirby: Each tracklist of Stages 4 to 6 of ''Everywhere at the End of Time'' consists of four tracks spanning entire sides between what would comprise two vinyl discs, which is the format under which the entire album series was made in mind.

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