The Return Of The Album
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Soot and Stars
I AM SOOT!
Good news though it never went away for me! I only own one of the albums they mention. Local Natives, which is really good but not even the close to the main highlight of the year album wise for me! It's funny, with all the whining, paranoia and musical "depressions" all the time I've never had to deal with them! 
METALPRIEST
Senior Member
I never see it myself....It's just another day for me...
I spin CD's from beginning to end, enjoy the ride and that's that!
Every CD I buy is a "good album"
I spin CD's from beginning to end, enjoy the ride and that's that!
Every CD I buy is a "good album"
^^I gather Sooty's comment is aimed at people like myself, who have seen a dilution of the standards we strove so many years to achieve, all because of stupid ass corporations like i-tunes.
That article is simply one guys opinion about a few CD's he likes, it says nothing about the state of the recording industry as a whole, which the last time I looked Downloads were ahead of CD's in sales and the margin is getting bigger not smaller.
We are most likely the last generation that will buy a physical CD, in another 10 years or sooner everything will be digital only. If they offer me lossless format with PNG covers etc., I could handle that, to be forced into Apples proprietary box and accept what they choose to offer I will retire from collecting at that point.
That article is simply one guys opinion about a few CD's he likes, it says nothing about the state of the recording industry as a whole, which the last time I looked Downloads were ahead of CD's in sales and the margin is getting bigger not smaller.
We are most likely the last generation that will buy a physical CD, in another 10 years or sooner everything will be digital only. If they offer me lossless format with PNG covers etc., I could handle that, to be forced into Apples proprietary box and accept what they choose to offer I will retire from collecting at that point.
Soot and Stars
I AM SOOT!
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LG, I don't feel what I said was aimed at what you're saying at all!
What the guy was listing were albums that were constructed to be albums like that doesn't exist anymore. The albums he picked weren't examples that were best sellers but just one's he the author thought represented albums rather than what everyone percieves as a generation that only has albums meant to push that one good song aka the single. I nor the article from my perspective reading was focusing as a whole on whether albums or singles sold better. I ws chiming in that the albums I buy are solid in quality from song 1 to whatever and they are constructed with thought in it's sequencing, musicianship and storytelling to construct a quality "album". I was saying from my standout I don't have the problems others do. I'm always happy and delivered to every year! I just wanted to clear that up! 
LG, I don't feel what I said was aimed at what you're saying at all!
What the guy was listing were albums that were constructed to be albums like that doesn't exist anymore. The albums he picked weren't examples that were best sellers but just one's he the author thought represented albums rather than what everyone percieves as a generation that only has albums meant to push that one good song aka the single. I nor the article from my perspective reading was focusing as a whole on whether albums or singles sold better. I ws chiming in that the albums I buy are solid in quality from song 1 to whatever and they are constructed with thought in it's sequencing, musicianship and storytelling to construct a quality "album". I was saying from my standout I don't have the problems others do. I'm always happy and delivered to every year! I just wanted to clear that up! ^^I get what you are saying Sooty, and I suppose there are still artists that strive to create a complete work on one album, many bands I have found over the last while still do that.
I am just dead set against the selling of individual songs the way i-tunes is set up. Before everyone tells me that is the way it used to be,,,well to a point usually a band/label would launch 1 single to get attention to their new release, and if the album continued to spawn hit singles then the label would release 45's of them as well, but usually it was all about selling the complete record intact, not bits and pieces.
I am just dead set against the selling of individual songs the way i-tunes is set up. Before everyone tells me that is the way it used to be,,,well to a point usually a band/label would launch 1 single to get attention to their new release, and if the album continued to spawn hit singles then the label would release 45's of them as well, but usually it was all about selling the complete record intact, not bits and pieces.
