Listening to albums in their entirety...

SATCHMO · 09-19-2010, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by OctaneHugo

AN ALBUM IS MADE OF A COLLECTION OF SONGS
SONGS VARY IN QUALITY AND SOME ARE VERY GOOD WHILST SOME VERY BAD
WHILE LISTENING TO AN ALBUM IS COOL SOMETIMES A SONG IS STUCK IN MY HEAD OR I WANT TO LISTEN TO IT WITHOUT LISTENING TO 4800 MINUTES OF OTHER SONGS THAT I HAVE NO DESIRE TO LISTEN TO AT THAT PRECISE MOMENT
FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER I MAY WANT TO LISTEN TO A SPECIFIC SONG OR A WHOLE ALBUM

HOWEVER WHEN FIRST APPROACHING AN ARTIST IT IS BEST TO LISTEN TO ONE OF THEIR ALBUMS ALL THE WAY THROUGH* TO GAIN FAMILIARITY WITH IT BUT AFTER THAT YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH IT

*UNLESS THE FIRST FEW TRACKS ARE GARBAGE THEN YOU CAN PROBABLY TOSS IT AND RANT ABOUT YOUR INCOMPARABLE HATRED OF ARTISTNAME - ALBUMNAME

Is there a reason why you've decided to shout this?

OctaneHugo · 09-20-2010, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jaxwired

I think you're missing out because many times a song transforms into a favorite only after repeated listening.

Of course, the opposite is also true. I'll be damned if I could ever listen to the entirety of Synchronicity anytime soon, and I only grew to despise many of those songs after listening to them for a couple of years.

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Is there a reason why you've decided to shout this?

It just felt right.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 09-21-2010, 10:28 AM

I prefer listening to whole albums myself. At least, at first. I honestly think that the dramatic effect created from the relationships between songs can heighten the experience as a whole. Then again, I also have deeper respect for bands that aim to focus on full albums than hit songs, make videos from their hit songs, and then pad down whatever else the artist has to package with it.

I occasionally listen to albums in abridged mode when I've heard them enough times. This means usually 4-5 songs. Usually though, it's only if I've listened to the album 5000 times already.

I do occasionally listen to singular songs but rarely. Usually only when they're in my head, and I'm not already listening to something.

Raust · 09-24-2010, 10:08 PM

That's the whole point in purchasing an album. It's a collection of songs that you can bask in and listen to and thoroughly enjoy them from begining to end. That's how albums should be listened to, in there "entirety".

09-21-2010, 10:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra \/ GOD Join Date: May 2010 Location: Nowhere... Posts: 2,179	I prefer listening to whole albums myself. At least, at first. I honestly think that the dramatic effect created from the relationships between songs can heighten the experience as a whole. Then again, I also have deeper respect for bands that aim to focus on full albums than hit songs, make videos from their hit songs, and then pad down whatever else the artist has to package with it. I occasionally listen to albums in abridged mode when I've heard them enough times. This means usually 4-5 songs. Usually though, it's only if I've listened to the album 5000 times already. I do occasionally listen to singular songs but rarely. Usually only when they're in my head, and I'm not already listening to something.

09-24-2010, 10:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
Raust Music Addict Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,411	That's the whole point in purchasing an album. It's a collection of songs that you can bask in and listen to and thoroughly enjoy them from begining to end. That's how albums should be listened to, in there "entirety".