Whole album or pick and choose?

afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
edited April 2018 in Music & Movies
Just wondering what is most popular. I never pick individual cuts although I am tempted to skip Noel Readings contributions in Hendrixs albums. Other than that I find it quite satisfying to listen to all of my albums in their entirety. Note: I recently acquired "John Mcglaughlin live at Ronnie Scott's" and there is this dude scatting like Starving Marvin that makes me want to skip the whole album.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,895
    The worst thing about "modern" (starting with CD :p ) random-access recorded music formats is the ability to pick and choose.

    1) I have fallen prey to it to the extent that I own quite a few albums that I've never listened to in their entirety (or is that "entireties"?).

    2) I am under the impression that numerous "modern" (e.g., last 20 years or so) albums were constructed to allow for point 1) above, consisting of more filler than were earlier albums from the days that easy random access play was more difficult.

    :(

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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    ^^ Agreed ^^ I think there is definitely an impression that many modern albums do not have the same care and attention to all songs as some of the older fare, though, I will say, there are many modern(ish) albums that are also flawless as well IMO. Maybe just not as many as there used to be!

    It is one of the things I enjoy about vinyl, (besides the inconvenience, and the expense as the joke goes), you are more obligated to listen to the whole thing, instead of pick and choose.

    All that being said, I have 2000+ songs on a micro SD card in my phone that I play just as frequently as CD's and LP's combined wirelessly to my rig, hey, easy is easy.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    I have always been a pick and chooser or a greatest hits person. I have bought albums for one song, and consider myself lucky if I manage to find a second song on it that I like. All the other songs either sound very similar to the one song I like, or it's just undesirable filler that I spent a lot of money on to just end up with one song.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Whole album.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • daddyjt
    daddyjt Posts: 2,547
    cfrizz wrote: »
    I have always been a pick and chooser or a greatest hits person. I have bought albums for one song, and consider myself lucky if I manage to find a second song on it that I like. All the other songs either sound very similar to the one song I like, or it's just undesirable filler that I spent a lot of money on to just end up with one song.

    Agreed - With everything on a FLAC drive, why listen to stuff you really don’t like? I am a big fan of 70’s rock, and it’s rare to find an album I like front to back.even the classics like DSOTM and Gaucho have some so-so songs...
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    This in one album I can listen in it's entirety over and over.
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  • monepolk
    monepolk Posts: 1,143
    I played the whole album.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    I used to do the "Afternoon Delight" it wasn't nearly as nice as the song.
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  • recoveryone
    recoveryone Posts: 899
    The one hit wonders are the hardest to deal with, I just had this conversation at work. During my youth, when I had a little job, I would spend $100 at the record store to only have a few songs I really liked. The 12" version of club mixes helped cut down on cost, but this has been an issues for decades. Only a few artist put out complete albums ( mainly pop artist) Jazz artist have been the exception to this issue.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I used to do the "Afternoon Delight" it wasn't nearly as nice as the song.

    Or of, ahem, duration? :smiley:
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Evelyn Woodhead graduate.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    edited April 2018
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Evelyn Woodhead graduate.
    Took me a bit, but LOL! :smile:
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    verb wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I used to do the "Afternoon Delight" it wasn't nearly as nice as the song.

    Or of, ahem, duration? :smiley:

    Oooh, look at Mr. Stamina here comparing his duration to several minute long songs. Quit yer bragging.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    LOL! Styx Grand Illusion baby! Both sides! :smiley:
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,772
    Who knew Ram Jam had a Best Of? Anybody name another song besides "Black Betty"?

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,895
    edited April 2018
    maybe that's it? Greatest Hits pressed on a one-sided 7" 45 maybe? The other side blank, for setting anti-skating.

    :|
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    ken brydson wrote: »
    Who knew Ram Jam had a Best Of? Anybody name another song besides "Black Betty"?

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    Yeah this:

    https://youtu.be/mOYZaiDZ7BM
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  • Jaybeez
    Jaybeez Posts: 748
    With vinyl, it's alway full album, both sides. Pretty much the same with CD.
    ALAC files are played somewhat randomly, and usually bounce around via Apple's Remote app
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,108
    Don't mess with "Epic Beard Guy" or you'll wind up in a Ram Jam video unable to say the word "ambulance". :p

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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    whole album's

    there are so many that are worth listening too all the way thru.
    like Gordon Lightfoots sundown LP (not 1 bad song)
    or dire straits 1st LP and brothers in arm or most Super-tramps LP's or Moon-dance by Van Morrison or the Door 1st LP and LA women. or the list goes on!

    Also jethro tull " Thick as a Brick" If your not listen to the whole LP then why in the world did you buy it to begin with?????????????????
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,108
    ^^^ That....was this: :'(
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited April 2018
    ^^^That ...was "Lost in Translation"

    I thought it was Funny B)

    Ever listen to Thick asa Brick? its one song like Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant.

    I guess that is why I am bald on top...everything keeps going over my head!
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,387
    I have discovered more good music that never really got air play by getting entire albums. I recently got Spotify but even there I like to listen to entire albums.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,120
    With digital, I like the flexibility.
    With records, I try to buy only the ones that lend themselves to full play.

    Note re: DSOTM - I ALWAYS skip "Time", or at least the intro. Too alarming. Upsets the mood for me. I had it in rotation in my Sony 5-disc carousel in high school and used to program a playlist going to sleep sometimes. You only forget to skip "Time" once or twice.
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  • msg
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    Viking64 wrote: »
    Don't mess with "Epic Beard Guy" or you'll wind up in a Ram Jam video unable to say the word "ambulance".
    And *that's* why you never mess with good natured people with their t-shirts tucked into stretch waist shorts, wearing their hip packs around front. [smh] I've seen it go wrong a million times.

    Side note: every time I hear Black Betty, I'm always reminded of this scene from "Blow". First time I heard that song. It's perfect for struttin' through an airport carrying two giant suitcases full of ladies underwe, I mean, Colombia's Finest Coffee.
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  • Msabot1
    Msabot1 Posts: 2,098
    Back in the day..it was easy to listen as the albums were engineered for one track to lead you into the next,then the next,and so on till the conclusion..Nowadays it is very rare to find recordings that are offered with "100% beat..no filler"...I think that has to do more with marketing than actual talent...
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