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Originally Posted by CerialKillah
With certain albums yes however there are some where it really doesn't matter.
TOOL's album Lateralus come to mind with this thread, the original order of the tracks on the album are not the order in which they're supposed to be listened to, there's a specific arrangement (not at all random) where when you play it each song flows perfectly into the next and there's a Fibonacci sequence not only in the time scales of the music but also lyrically.
It's quite amazing, if you ever want to check it out, go to Youtube and type in Tool The Holy Gift.
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Originally Posted by sidewinder
I haven't heard of this, and have been listening to the album since it came out. I'll have to try that order next time, thanks!
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Yeah this is true, I did it once and it is very cool.
I think it depends on the album but also the mood you are in. Some albums were created with a sequence in mind, for example something like Tool's
Lateralus where a specific order of tracks listened to in sequence enhances the album. Or, Tesseract's new album
Altered State where each section and track flows into one another.
However, this is not to say that you can't listen to individual songs from these albums and not enjoy them separately. I do this all of the time as well. Just because they were created with a specific sequence and flow in mind doesn't mean you can't enjoy the tracks separately.
I also think some albums don't rely on their track sequencing as much - even though the artist obviously put thought into the order, they don't necessarily flow into one another and don't rely on a sequence for ultimate enhancement (Karnivool is one band I can think of who are a little progressive yet not all tracks on albums deliberately flow into one another...)