Listening to albums in their entirety...

jaxwired · 09-19-2010, 06:53 PM

I'm a purist in the sense that I believe a recording should be listened to all the way through. Many recordings ebb and flow in a way that is lost when songs are cherry picked. The journey the artists wants to take you on is missed. I know that with the advent of buying by the song many people never listen to entire albums anymore. I really think it's a shame. I pretty much only listen to entire recordings. This also makes me a very picky buyer as I won't buy anything that I don't like the majority of.

Some recordings will blow you away, but only when the impact of the entire recording is experienced. There's so much to this idea. Often a slow ballad is the perfect rest from a blasting song that preceeded it. Other times, the entire recording will be themed and the theme goes unnoticed with just a song or two. I know there are advantages to the cherry picking method, but I'd never switch.

Thoughts?

09-19-2010, 06:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
jaxwired Groupie Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 23	Listening to albums in their entirety... I'm a purist in the sense that I believe a recording should be listened to all the way through. Many recordings ebb and flow in a way that is lost when songs are cherry picked. The journey the artists wants to take you on is missed. I know that with the advent of buying by the song many people never listen to entire albums anymore. I really think it's a shame. I pretty much only listen to entire recordings. This also makes me a very picky buyer as I won't buy anything that I don't like the majority of. Some recordings will blow you away, but only when the impact of the entire recording is experienced. There's so much to this idea. Often a slow ballad is the perfect rest from a blasting song that preceeded it. Other times, the entire recording will be themed and the theme goes unnoticed with just a song or two. I know there are advantages to the cherry picking method, but I'd never switch. Thoughts? __________________ HiFi - Bryston/Dynaudio Twenty First Century Music Only. Folk, Alt Country, Acoustic Rock, Indie...