Albums where every track on side 1 has an analogue on side 2

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(Apologies for the confusing/awkward thread title.) Inspired while listening to the Sisters of Mercy's Floodland -- I find it fascinating when albums have this kind of symmetry, it adds another creative dimension to sided media that can't be easily replicated on CD's, mp3s, etc. I know that this was done purposefully on Loveless and I'm assuming it was on Floodland as well.

The Sisters of Mercy, Floodland
1. Dominion/This Corrosion
2. Flood I/Flood II
3. Lucretia/Driven Like the Snow
4. 1959/Never Land

My Bloody Valentine, Loveless
1. Only Shallow/Come in Alone
2. Loomer (& Touched)/Sometimes
3. To Here Knows When/Blown A Wish
4. When You Sleep/What You Want
5. I Only Said/Soon

― Curt1s Stephens, Sunday, 1 July 2007 00:52 (eighteen years ago)

I'm pretty certain, come to think of it, that Ride's Nowhere does this.

Seagull/Dreams Burn Down
Kaleidoscope/Decay
In A Different Place/Paralysed
Polar Bear/Vapour Trail

The 'equivalents' have similar track-times as well!

― Just got offed, Sunday, 1 July 2007 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

It probably works best when the album is attempting to convey a certain state of mind or music rather than a journey through different states, hence why there have been two classic shoegaze albums (in many eyes THE two classics) already mentioned.

― Just got offed, Sunday, 1 July 2007 01:33 (eighteen years ago)

Although if you were a REAL smartass you could probably do this with something like Electric Ladyland (conveniently forgetting to pair anything with 'Little Miss Strange' while you're about it).

― Just got offed, Sunday, 1 July 2007 01:36 (eighteen years ago)

Also this works best when there are actual easily perceptible differences between songs, as opposed to a constant sound a la the Ramones

― Curt1s Stephens, Sunday, 1 July 2007 02:04 (eighteen years ago)

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