I think it's one of the main problems with many albums I feel. Very common that I thoroughly enjoy an album, but sometimes feel that it's dragging or could have quite easily cut a bit of filler out. I feel it happens quite a lot in hip hop albums, although a few tracks are usually skits, there's often a decrease in quality before a few of the better tracks later on, a sort of 50-75 percentile dip you might say.
I think some of the better albums are, like someone has already put, ones which leave you wanting more rather than trying to make an album a certain length. I'd much rather have a series of shorter but more cohesive EPs than more sparse lengthy releases which maybe drag or lack cohesion.
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