The shuffle mentality vs the full album

Rhovanion · 06-06-2010, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

Right but honestly one or two full listens to an album isn't enough time to get to know it. Many of my favorite songs throughout my life weren't the ones that initially caught my attention.

Still, to each their own, some people don't have any patience.

It's not a patience issue for me, it's about quality songs. A good song (in my opinion) shouldn't need five or ten listens before it might 'grow on you'.

That being said, when listening to an album for the first time, I sometimes repeat a track a couple of times before moving on to the next one if I'm on the fence about it.

Unrelenting · 06-07-2010, 12:43 PM

For the most part, I like listening to a full album, skipping songs. But when I want just background noise, I shuffle my library.

slimfire · 06-07-2010, 02:41 PM

Sadly, more albums aren't complete anymore due to the digital revolution and itunes. In general artists attempt to get noticed by putting most their effort into a few "pop" songs and the rest of their album is either trash or completely different. Nowadays it is hard to listen to and or like a whole album.

FETCHER. · 06-07-2010, 05:01 PM

i put shuffle on, then skip all the songs. I just create my own playlist of songs im in the mood for

Antonio · 06-07-2010, 11:38 PM

when i get a new album, i'll listen to it all the way through, and other times i will listen to full cds i really like when i can.

most of the time, though, i just shuffle everything.

dankrsta · 06-08-2010, 02:48 AM

I always listen to full albums and I never change the order of the songs. I view albums as wholes. I've never used the shuffle (that I can remember), but I admit that it can be interesting and surprising. So I might start using it, but only sometimes.

boo boo · 06-08-2010, 02:52 AM

I shuffle sometimes when I feel random and adventurous. But mostly I listen to full albums.

noise · 06-08-2010, 03:10 AM

it all depends on my mood. i often listen to complete albums. but other times i'll shuffle all 4- and 5-star tracks from a particular artist. or from a particular genre. sometimes i listen to carefully constructed playlists. sometimes i just hit random and take whatever comes my way...

clutnuckle · 06-08-2010, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhovanion

It's not a patience issue for me, it's about quality songs. A good song (in my opinion) shouldn't need five or ten listens before it might 'grow on you'.

That being said, when listening to an album for the first time, I sometimes repeat a track a couple of times before moving on to the next one if I'm on the fence about it.

That's a pretty bad approach to listening to music. Most good music isn't completely satisfied with giving you everything you want on the first listen. Pop music is really the only genre that 'gives' up everything it has immediately, and often even it doesn't do that.

Immediate satisfaction is a terrible thing to demand from music, because good music is often slightly abstract and needs time to show its true messages/beauties/etc.

Rhovanion · 06-08-2010, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by clutnuckle

That's a pretty bad approach to listening to music. Most good music isn't completely satisfied with giving you everything you want on the first listen. Pop music is really the only genre that 'gives' up everything it has immediately, and often even it doesn't do that.

Immediate satisfaction is a terrible thing to demand from music, because good music is often slightly abstract and needs time to show its true messages/beauties/etc.

Music for me is all about the music, meaning the actual melody. If a song doesn't have a good melody, it's not a good song in my opinion. And I can tell whether or not I like a melody on the first few listens because I know what speaks to me and what doesn't. I know my own taste.

For me it's a great approach, because I don't have to waste my spare time (which I have very little of) trying to get songs to grow on me after 10-20 listens or so.

Just because I only listen to a song a couple of times before deciding whether or not I like it, doesn't mean I won't ever listen to it again to give it another try. I have gone back to songs I've discarded in the past lots of times to give them a second chance but every time I've done this I only realized why I discarded it in the first place.

View Poll Results: The shuffle mentality vs the full album experience
shuffle mentality; I Pick and chose my favourite songs, and hit "shuffle"	9	20.93%
I can only listen to the full album	21	48.84%
Other (just in case there is another option)	13	30.23%
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06-07-2010, 12:43 PM	#32 (permalink)
Unrelenting True to username Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,100	For the most part, I like listening to a full album, skipping songs. But when I want just background noise, I shuffle my library. __________________ My lastfm

06-08-2010, 02:48 AM	#36 (permalink)
dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	I always listen to full albums and I never change the order of the songs. I view albums as wholes. I've never used the shuffle (that I can remember), but I admit that it can be interesting and surprising. So I might start using it, but only sometimes. __________________ Last.fm

06-08-2010, 03:10 AM	#38 (permalink)
noise thirsty ears Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Boulder Posts: 742	it all depends on my mood. i often listen to complete albums. but other times i'll shuffle all 4- and 5-star tracks from a particular artist. or from a particular genre. sometimes i listen to carefully constructed playlists. sometimes i just hit random and take whatever comes my way... __________________ my flac collection

06-07-2010, 02:41 PM	#33 (permalink)
slimfire Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Washington Posts: 52	Sadly, more albums aren't complete anymore due to the digital revolution and itunes. In general artists attempt to get noticed by putting most their effort into a few "pop" songs and the rest of their album is either trash or completely different. Nowadays it is hard to listen to and or like a whole album.