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Do you listen to albums?

I notice that the albums celebrated on this thread all came about prior to the Autotune infections.

Way to go, guys. Good taste here.
 
Pushrod said:
I notice that the albums celebrated on this thread all came about prior to the Autotune infections.

Way to go, guys. Good taste here.
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I can name quite a few that came out afterwards (but also don't feature it)

This one came out a month ago and has been kicking my ass. Every song on here is great.

https://murderbydeath.bandcamp.com/album/spell-bound

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Pushrod said:
I notice that the albums celebrated on this thread all came about prior to the Autotune infections.
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Not all. As much as I loved old music when it wasn't old, most of the must-have albums I can think of now are modern era. Some have no auto tune, but at least one could probably stand to have less. It may be a flaw, it isn't necessarily a big deal.
 
davidji said:
Not all. As much as I loved old music when it wasn't old, most of the must-have albums I can think of now are modern era. Some have no auto tune, but at least one could probably stand to have less. It may be a flaw, it isn't necessarily a big deal.
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I'll go with your signature line. . . something about 'by elimination, dishonesty is the second best policy'.
 
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just put his on and had to, yes had to, listen to the whole thing.

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Perfect waste of 62 minutes and 36 seconds
 
Odd question the young ask. Had to think back on my listening habits. In the old days you could only listen to half an album. You had to get up and turn the vinyl over and start again.

Even tapes had to be turned over until auto-reverse came around on the decks. 8-Tracks don't count, the sound quality was terrible.
 
BITD new music could also be purchased on 1/4" reel to reel tape.

Yeah, there was less commitment to album listening then when at minimum it could be a single side of a physical album (at most around 23min?).

Longest album in my digital library could Red (Taylor's Edition) at 2:11. That would be a vinyl triple album. Or a shelf of shellac 78s, but I guess the concept of an album that we have now was born with the vinyl LP, though it's gone well beyond that today.
 
Pushrod said:
Odd question the young ask. Had to think back on my listening habits. In the old days you could only listen to half an album. You had to get up and turn the vinyl over and start again.

Even tapes had to be turned over until auto-reverse came around on the decks. 8-Tracks don't count, the sound quality was terrible.
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I miss that aspect of cassette tapes and records. I was recently listing to Master of Puppets again (thanks Stranger Things) and I was appreciating how much Sanitarium is like a mini album closer before transitioning to Disposable Heroes.

When I was first listening to that album I'd need to get up and flip the tape over
 
I just ordered the latest Korpiklanni album yesterday, the CD should arrive in a couple of days.

I will rip the CD to my house computer and Car Hard Drive and then transfer the MP3s to my phone over a hardwire connection.
 
Listened through Taylor Swift's new album on my walk today.

She's a brilliant songwriter, which I don't think I realized until I started listening through albums again. Lots of artists have a few good songs, but not an LP's worth. Or good covers, but not originals. Artists who can consistently create albums good from cover to cover are rare.


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ScottRNelson said:
Albums that are not greatest hits that I like to listen to:
  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu
  • Janis Joplin - Cheap Thrills
  • Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing at Baxter's
  • Jethro Tull - Aqualung
  • Jimi Hendrix - Are you Experienced
  • The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  • Simon & Garfunkel - All four of their bigger selling albums
Does that give you a hint of the time period I come from?
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When traveling I put together my own big playlists of stuff that is likely to fit my mood.
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Nice list, I’ll add just a few by album name. If you know, you know.

Houses of the Holy
Boston
Pet Sounds
Tapestry
Strangers in the Night
Book of Love
Beautiful Vision


To the younger generation who have never owned a turntable nor vinyl. The “warmth” of a vinyl is something digital music cannot replicate. If you know, you know.

I still own all my vinyl including a master recording of Here Comes the Sun. I’ve only played it 5 times in 4 decades. It takes 1 or 2 spins for vinyl to “break in” then it degrades. The 2nd to 4th times I played HCTS was beautiful.
 
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Can an album be great if it has a shitty track or two, but is otherwise exemplary? An example of this for me is Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend. 14 stellar tracks, one kinda crappy.

Or does every single track have to be amazing? Precious few would make that cut. The first that jumps to my mind is Los Lobos' album Kiko. Absolutley stunning from start to finish- not a stinker on there. 16 great songs.

Now, both those albums (among others) have stayed in my regular rotation since they came out decades ago, while many others have come and gone depending on mood.

But are they both great, or is one great and the other just really good?
 
lizard said:
Nice list, I’ll add just a few by album name. If you know, you know.
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I had the 1st two on your list as a teenager, though I probably wouldn't listen through either today. I'm sure I'd give some of the others a listen through.

I don't think I had any of their albums back in the day, but when I listen through older albums in modern times, Steely Dan is heavily represented.
Aja
The Royal Scam
Gaucho
Pretzel Logic
Katy Lied
 
Tally Whacker said:
Can an album be great if it has a shitty track or two, but is otherwise exemplary? An example of this for me is Matthew Sweet's Girlfriend. 14 stellar tracks, one kinda crappy.

Or does every single track have to be amazing?
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My criteria is I can enjoy it without skipping any songs. Every track has to be good. Which for example eliminated The Police's Ghost in the Machine & Synchronicity albums for me, though they'd be great otherwise.

A few albums where every track is amazing:
An Ancient Muse - Loreena McKennitt
Badlands - Halsey
Manic - Halsey
1989 - Taylor Swift.

Of course my opinion here is worth as much as you paid for it.
 
davidji said:
My criteria is I can enjoy it without skipping any songs. Every track has to be good. Which for example eliminated The Police's Ghost in the Machine & Synchronicity albums for me, though they'd be great otherwise.
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I never skip any skip any songs when listening to albums.
 
My first media was 8-tracks, learned care & repair to the point of a double tape, 2 Creedence wound into one case and it played. Couldn't fix the case, so I had to try.
Scotch tape for splicing.
Stereo got stolen & tapes, on to cassettes, kids songs started the media, it grew.
I settled into CD's, never got vinyl, miss the difference, but the Ipod got to be top dog, for ease of use and no interuptions.
 
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Joe’s Garage. Frank Zappa. Awesome beginning to end.
 
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