10 Greatest Double Albums In Music History

10. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

From a songwriting perspective, you really had to feel for George Harrison towards the end of the '60s. Since the songwriting enterprise of John Lennon and Paul McCartney steered the ship for the Beatles most of the time, it was always an uphill battle trying to get great songs like While My Guitar Gently Weeps brought onto a proper album. When they decided to call it quits though, The Quiet One had an endless supply of classics on All Things Must Pass.

Although this technically counts as a triple record accounting for the record filled with jams, the proper double album is where we see George really expanding his horizons as a songwriter. Most of these songs were originally intended as Beatles tracks, only to be left on the cutting room floor. Being a perfectionist though, George brought in Phil Spector to make sure the album reached its full potential, hitting you like a brick wall on songs like Wah Wah and What Is Life along with the more mellow cuts like Isn't It a Pity or Behind that Locked Door.

Considering the power behind some of these tracks, it's mind boggling how some of these couldn't have become Beatles songs, with the band choosing bluesy scraps like For You Blue for Let It Be instead of something like Beware of Darkness. While Paul got into DIY and John cleansed himself of his demons on their respective solo debuts, George got a reputation of being the most worldly Beatle with this record. He may have been the youngest, but these lyrics feel like sage wisdom in rock and roll clothing.