josefJul 11, 2018
do people prefer albums where all the songs are the same, or all different
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'cause i feel like these days, even if people refuse to admit it, most people just want an album to be a consistent 'bed' of music that they can put on, and even if it's not background music, they still want a pretty singular experience, like "oh yes you should listen to this good album because it's solid hype/chillout/moody jam, you can Depend on it"

whereas i dont think that many people go around like "i recommend it, its a solid Uh Collection Of Uh Different Uh Things By The Same Artist,"

Jul 11, 2018 at 12:22amWeb
Show threadjosefJul 11, 2018
also i think... making an album be some kind of engineered cohesive experience with careful track sequencing and gradual changes in mood... well, hopefully people will respect your album if it's like that. and they'll maybe even sit down and listen to the whole thing in one go, give it the time it needs. but then i worry that after that, they won't come back to it, they won't come back to individual tracks they liked, they'll just treat it like a movie they've seen or a game they've Completed
Show threadgabby karJul 11, 2018

@jk iiiiii mean,.... most of the things i think of as, like, "an album" are honestly, like, "one long flow of a thing," ya know?

so, like, they might cover a lot of ground and range, but... in a way... that feels, idk, coherent?

as opposed to, like, just being "well, it's a bunch of singles that happen to have come out at the same time?"

idk.

Show threadgabby karJul 11, 2018

@jk like, anything that i'd be like "oh, yeah, put on <whatever> album" i'd probably feel weird about putting them on on shuffle?

not that a lot of singles is ~bad~, just it's not,... idk,.... album.... like?
but i'm probably not target audiance.

Show threadgabby karJul 11, 2018
@jk ( iiiii also tend to do the "well this is the album i'm listening to this week" *puts album on on repeat for literally a week* sorta thing, so..... 🤷-intensifies )
Show threadKate BarrettJul 11, 2018
@jk Ooh I like this way of thinking. I've definitley moved towards "bed" albums. I usually need something on while I work or do any other activity, and I want something with no tracks I always skip
Show threadTheDaughterOfTyrJul 11, 2018

@jk with very few exceptions you hit the nail on the head for what I prefer.

I went so far as to make a rule for my vinyl collection, the whole album has to be consistently awesome. If it's just a song or two I can purchase it digitally or queue it up in a streaming playlist.

Show threadcelxJul 11, 2018
@jk I think people like albums in which every song is different but all of them have a cohesive sound... I don’t know if that makes sense... 😅