Triple album

A triple album is a music album that - in contrast to a double album - consists of three records or three CDs . As a rule, there are two reasons for a band or an artist to release a triple album; either the music material intended for publication is too extensive to fit on the capacity of only one or two sound carriers, or the artists have a recognizable musical theme (concept) and therefore publish a concept album as a triple album .

The most famous triple albums in popular music history include:

• All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
• Decade by Neil Young
• Yessongs by Yes
• Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends by Emerson, Lake and Palmer
• Sandinista! by The Clash
• Lotus of Santana (band)
• Consequences from Godley & Creme
• 69 Love Songs from The Magnetic Fields
• The Hits / The B-Sides by Prince
• Emancipation from Prince
• Lotusflow3r from Prince

In Germany, the triple live album Nach uns die Sintflut by the band Die Ärzte was very successful commercially.