Do you listen to single tracks or full albums? |
 Aug 12 2009, 01:44 PM
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When listening to music, do you typically listen to single tracks, or the full (unshuffled album)? I get the feeling that most people listen to a playlist or shuffle their entire library, but I typically listen to a full album at a time. Good albums have cohesion, and I think it's hard -- jarring, even -- to just listen to a track at a time. Take Radiohead, for example: In Rainbows or OK Computer just fits together like a puzzle, and makes more sense when heard together. And I can't imagine listening to a single track from a Dream Theater album.
The flipside is that most mainstream albums consist of one or two good singles and 10-12 crappy songs, and have no cohesion whatsoever. |
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Aug 17 2009, 02:27 PM
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i don't have an mp3 playa :/ no shuffle for me.
i enjoy really listening and analyzing music. ambiance, reverb, texture, lyrics and the way an album flows are often lost in the song when one isn't really paying full attention to everything going on... i try to devote my full attention from the start to the end of an album. |
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mipadi Do you listen to single tracks or full albums? Aug 12 2009, 01:44 PM
serotonin I can listen to Dream Theater singles. Well, I co... Aug 12 2009, 01:58 PM
Joanne QUOTE(serotonin @ Aug 12 2009, 11:58 AM) ... Aug 12 2009, 11:23 PM Buttsex Single tracks. Trance/techno doesn't really h... Aug 12 2009, 09:08 PM kaijubot One of my friends in high school was always super ... Aug 12 2009, 11:19 PM smash QUOTE(mipadi @ Aug 12 2009, 01:44 PM) Whe... Aug 12 2009, 11:34 PM transcendentalism Mostly entire albums... if it's pop, then I... Aug 13 2009, 12:04 AM Gigi When I'm really bored and I'm just listeni... Aug 13 2009, 03:57 AM schizo I'm a single song person. I never like more th... Aug 13 2009, 05:53 PM elletricity Single tracks mostly. I'll give the album a sh... Aug 13 2009, 06:38 PM aliiicimo I shuffle songs but I buy CDs so I always have the... Aug 16 2009, 02:49 PM NoSex always have to have the entire album. don't ne... Aug 16 2009, 08:16 PM libertie I prefer listening to entire albums also. I love w... Aug 16 2009, 10:06 PM mipadi QUOTE(libertie @ Aug 16 2009, 11:06 PM) W... Aug 16 2009, 10:13 PM superstitious Both. It really depends on my mood and what I am ... Aug 17 2009, 12:21 PM |
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