Having grown up late 90s into the 2000s I went from buying cds to lime wire to spotify.

In the last 6 months I have found such a greater appreciation for just putting on a whole album and listening to it front to back.

I feel there is a huge loss when going from one artist to another to another all random.

Today I am listening to Refused, The Shape Of Punk To Come

  • GorGor@startrek.websiteEnglish
    711·
    16 hours ago

    Yes and no. You gotta listen to the whole thing all the way through at least once. Some albums require repeat listening. Some, you just take the good, toss the bad.

    • somebody_to_love@lemmy.today
      4·
      5 hours ago

      Yep. Nothing felt worse than spending 20€ in a CD and realizing that, apart from the hit single, the rest of it was pretty bad.

    • Deebster@infosec.pub
      6·
      12 hours ago

      Sometimes it takes several listens for me to appreciate a track; sometimes those tracks become my favourites from the album.

    • Almacca@aussie.zoneEnglish
      151·
      15 hours ago

      If an album only has a couple of songs I enjoy, I tend not to continue following that artist.

      For artists that I do enjoy, and I discovered this 40 years ago, I find the best songs on the album are generally not the ones they release as singles.