Do you still buy physical albums?

Freebase Dali · 05-14-2010, 05:44 PM

I kind of regret that it's so easy to download albums now.
I used to love the anticipation of hearing about an album and going to the shop and finding it, buying it with hard-earned money, unwrapping it and inhaling that new album smell (yes, I used to sniff the booklets) and eagerly reading the album booklet while jamming the CD for the very first time.
Now days, I'm too money-conscious and I'll only buy an album if I absolutely like it... so I download it first to be sure. After that, the anticipation is gone and all you have is the new album smell.
And it doesn't even smell as good when you know what the songs sound like, for some reason.

One thing I want to get back into is vinyl collecting. Before, it was because I did the DJ thing, but when I gave that up and sold all my stuff... I noticed how much I missed finding vinyl and taking care of it.
I'll probably end up getting a decent table and start collecting rare vinyl and make it a slow but long-term hobby.

View Poll Results: How many of your albums are tangible?
None, I download everything.	22	13.75%
A few but mostly I just download	62	38.75%
Its about 50/50	26	16.25%
Most of them but I still download a few.	25	15.63%
I buy all of my albums in hardcopy.	25	15.63%
Voters: 160. You may not vote on this poll

05-14-2010, 05:44 PM	#11 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	I kind of regret that it's so easy to download albums now. I used to love the anticipation of hearing about an album and going to the shop and finding it, buying it with hard-earned money, unwrapping it and inhaling that new album smell (yes, I used to sniff the booklets) and eagerly reading the album booklet while jamming the CD for the very first time. Now days, I'm too money-conscious and I'll only buy an album if I absolutely like it... so I download it first to be sure. After that, the anticipation is gone and all you have is the new album smell. And it doesn't even smell as good when you know what the songs sound like, for some reason. One thing I want to get back into is vinyl collecting. Before, it was because I did the DJ thing, but when I gave that up and sold all my stuff... I noticed how much I missed finding vinyl and taking care of it. I'll probably end up getting a decent table and start collecting rare vinyl and make it a slow but long-term hobby.