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rozap  ·  4313 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Great "listen straight through" albums

Andrew Bird - The mysterious production of eggs St Vincent - Strange mercy Fruit Bats - Mouthfulls Ratatat - Ratatat Outkast - Southerplayalisticcadillacmuzik Common Market - Common Market Tobacco - Fucked up Friends Dosh - The Lost Take Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

To name a few. So many more. But I can agree with the original sentiment, perhaps a well put together album that you can listen to all the way through is becoming less relevant due to the fact that the album is no longer atomic, but rather the song is, and generally you mix and match songs.





thenewgreen  ·  4313 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I like your list rozap, in particular Mouthfuls. I don't think it enough people know that album. There is no doubt that the single has taken over as the dominant force in music. Not a lot of people listen to albums anymore. But I bet people have been saying that ever since they started releasing singles on vinyl. There will always be people that gravitate towards great bodies of work the the complete album. And there'll always be artists celebrate the album as a total body of work. I would put a couple predictable ones on my list:

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot -Wilco Sea Change- Beck Beatles- Abby Road Also Oui -Sea and Cake Oh Inverted World -the Shins The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust -David Bowie Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys Eureka- Jim O'Rourke

And on and on and on.... Sooooo many.

Those are the first to come to mind. Love all of them.