What makes an album a double?

This may sound silly as the answer may be for it to cover two separate vinyl discs. But I have a few albums that cover two separate discs that aren't considered double albums. For example, my Oasis debut album has two and I have never heard anyone refer to it as a double album.

Correct me if I am wrong, but for something to be classed as an EP, I believe it should ~25 minutes at length and have more than 4 songs on it. (Although, I am aware this requirement hasn't been used very strictly with some of Kanye's recent work, such as Kids See Ghosts' debut being classed as an album with it being ~23 minutes long.) With this, what are the requirements for something to be a double album? If the answer is simply that there isn't much of a rule in place, it's just a combination of a long album with more songs than average, fair enough.

I am struggling to find an answer online, so any replies would be much appreciated.

What makes an album a double?

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  1. Double album

    A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs. A double album is usually, though not always, released as such because the recording is longer than the capacity of the medium. Recording artists often think of double albums as comprising a single piece artistically; however, there are exceptions such as John Lennon's Some Time in New York City and Pink Floyd's Ummagumma, and OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Since the advent of the compact disc, albums are sometimes released with a bonus disc featuring additional material as a supplement to the main album, with live tracks, studio out-takes, cut songs, or older unreleased material. An innovation is the accompaniment of a CD with a DVD of related material, such as video related to the album or DVD-Audio versions of the same recordings. These could be regarded as a new form of double album; some such discs were also released on a two-sided format called DualDisc. The same principles apply to the triple album, which comprises three units. Packages with more units than three are often packaged as boxed sets.

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Is a double album considered 2 albums?

A double album is a collection of two LP records or Compact Discs bought as a single unit. This allows a performance longer than the standard running time of the medium to be presented as a single package. Until the mid-1960s, double albums were rare and not considered significant.

How does the RIAA count double albums?

The RIAA's rules stipulate that some kinds of albums, say, a double album or a box set, can be counted as double towards certification. However, SoundScan doesn't not double-count a two-disc set, or even a box set. With SoundScan, one sale is one sale.

Who had the first double album?

The first double album was recordings from the Carnegie Hall Concert headlined by Benny Goodman, released in 1950 on Columbia Records, that label having introduced the LP two years earlier. The first rock double album was Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde released on May 16, 1966.

Why do artists do double albums?

Because they wanted to release a lot of music on the same album, and long albums are very entertaining if they are interesting enough. Examples of great double albums include Pink Floyd's The Wall, The Beatles' “White Album” and Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life.