Richey Edwards Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 37 minutes ago, IainMorton said: I always listen to a full album. Even if there is a shite song on it, I will listen to said song. I also do this weird thing where I only listen to a song if I can hear it from start to finish. Like if I’m sitting in work and want to listen to a song as it’s stuck in my head and I’m on my tea break, if the song is six minutes long and my break finishes in four minutes - I won’t listen to it.... Same. I'd rather hear the album as it was intended to be heard rather than take bits out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKTID Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Similar to 8mile albums i can listen to all the way through without skipping or getting bored AC/DC - High Voltage, let there be rock, Back in black, Highway to hell, Powerage and live. Oasis - Definitely Maybe Iron Maiden - First 7 studio albums apart from piece of mind. "Quest for fire is an abomination" Pantera - Cowboys from hell Def Leppard - Pyromania and Hysteria Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance and Defenders of the faith. Van Halen - 1984 and Zero (ep) I'd have included Stone Roses but i can't be doing with that backwards song. Extreme's Pornograffitti i only skip a couple out of the 13 tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Interesting thread. I've started listening to an artist's complete back catalogue in chronological order and reviewing it on Twitter. So far I've reviewed: U2 Largely superb until All That You Can't Leave Behind, when everything starts to get pretty boring Bruce Springsteen Sensational from Born to Run through to Tunnel of Love, then sporadically brilliant, settling into releasing albums that broadly all sound the same post The Rising R.E.M. Really goof for the best part, only the icky post-2000 albums of Reveal and Around the Sun suck Talking Heads A brilliant band; Stop Making Sense is the best live album I've ever listened to! David Bowie Probably the best, most complete artist I've ever listened to, someone who refused to make two records that sounded the same Coldplay Largely bland, especially on their most recent albums, but Viva la Vida is excellent Oasis The first two albums are great, the third veers between superb and stinking, and everything else is mediocre The Streets The first two albums are brilliant; the third is fucking rank; the fourth pretty bad; the fifth is okay Ryan Adams Some very good stuff in there but everything more or less sounds the same - stop releasing so many albums, Ryan! Belle and Sebastian Arguably the best band in the world until they started recording their drums properly (although The Life Pursuit is excellent) Paul Weller The Jam were good; the Style Council were tremendous; Paul Weller's solo stuff all sounds the same - 13 albums that literally all sound the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Alright, I've had a quick flick through the collection. Here's mine: Pretty much any of Black Sabbath's first six Boney M - Nightflight to Venus Brutal Truth - Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses Carcass - Necrotism: Descanting the Insalubrious Dead Kennedys first three (including In God We Trust, Inc.) Death - Human Deicide - Scars of the Crucifix Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing Enigma - MCMXC a.D. Faith No More - Angel Dust Garbage's first two Tom Jones - Reload L7 - Bricks Are Heavy & Hungry For Stink Madonna - Confessions on a Dancefloor Bob Marley - Exodus Mr Bungle - Disco Volante Leonard Nimoy - Highly Illogical The Prodigy - Fat of the Land Repulsion - Horrified Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Soundgarden - Superunknown Therapy? - Troublegum White Zombie - Astro Creep 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sauzee#4 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Generally always listen to albums the whole way through, maybe occasionally skip a track or two but on the whole I don’t really listen to playlists. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is one that sticks out in my mind that I’ll never skip a song from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 B 52's- wild planetRoxy music- StrandedLou Reed - coney Island babyBeautiful south- 0898Simple minds- new gold dream.Regularly play these right through.As for David Bowie Low. I always switch off before art decade, Warszaw, subterraneans and wailing wall come on! Happy if I never hear those 4 again tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieT1314 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Always listen to entire albums, very rarely skip a song. If you need to skip more than two songs it's not a good album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 I do both, depends on the album really. There are some albums which I think lose something if you don't listen to the entire thing, then some where I only like a handful of songs, or perhaps only one song and I wouldn't waste my time listening to songs I don't particularly like for the sake of listening to an entire album. Eminem is a good example, I listened to his newest album in its entirety a couple of times and now would listen to maybe four songs again, and not really bother with the rest. I've therefore got them on a couple of playlists. His first three albums though I absolutely adore and do listen to them in their entirety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bobby Skidmarks Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Off the top of my head, the albums I don't skip are: Ill Communication - Beastie Boys Second Toughest in the Infants - Underworld Revolver - The Beatles Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron The Contino Sessions - Death in Vegas The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub Generation Terrorist - Manic St Preachers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geddyalexneil Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 As a fan of prog music listening to whole albums is normal. Though some bands make you work. The new Therion album is over 3 hours long (3 cd set) and is hard work! Not only finding time to sit down and listen to it all in a oner, but with the story and all the characters it is not easy bloody listening. I must admit that often when out and about and listening to my ipod I will start on shuffle. Eventually a song will come on that I haven't heard for ages and makes me go to that album and listen to it in full. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Are we really at a stage with music when we feel as though we have to justify listening to an album the whole way through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-dee Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 whenever me and my mate get drunk we have tge debate of what is the greatest full album of all time and it has to be radiohead the bends. cant be beaten at all. the album takes you on a journey from start to finish. never skipped a song on it. also damien rices first 2 albums O and 9. great albums! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duszek Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I immediately thought of this King Creosote's From Scotland With Love is one where I won't skip a track. Same for Diamond Mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 9 hours ago, Duszek said: I immediately thought of this King Creosote's From Scotland With Love is one where I won't skip a track. Same for Diamond Mine. Much prefer his late 60s'/70's electric era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I always like to listen to an album all the way through the first time I hear it (some albums as others have said just need to be left alone at all times). An artist or band will likely put a great deal of thought into an album and the running order and how the songs flow together are part of the art for me, rather than just viewing them as 10 or 12 singles flung on the same CD. The first time I heard One Man Dog by James Taylor I thought it was fucking wonderful and the way he links all the songs and musical interludes is a huge part of the enjoyment for me. Any Fleet Foxes album (aside from their new one) falls into the "cannot skip" category for me too. There will be more but I can't quite think of them just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I always like to listen to an album all the way through the first time I hear it (some albums as others have said just need to be left alone at all times). An artist or band will likely put a great deal of thought into an album and the running order and how the songs flow together are part of the art for me, rather than just viewing them as 10 or 12 singles flung on the same CD. The first time I heard One Man Dog by James Taylor I thought it was fucking wonderful and the way he links all the songs and musical interludes is a huge part of the enjoyment for me. Any Fleet Foxes album (aside from their new one) falls into the "cannot skip" category for me too. There will be more but I can't quite think of them just now. I think they used to but listening to a lot of newer music I think artists are putting out music they know will be primarily listened to on streaming platforms and the holistic album aspect matters a lot less than it did. There are exceptions but it feels like the focus of albums has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 On 8 February 2018 at 16:27, Francesc Fabregas said: Talking Heads A brilliant band; Stop Making Sense is the best live album I've ever listened to! I had heard this said a lot but had never heard the live album so I picked it up today....and you're probably correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Deltron 3030. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 I had heard this said a lot but had never heard the live album so I picked it up today....and you're probably correct! The live concert film is even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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