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I play vinyl! There’s something special about the the experience of taking a record out of its sleeve, the white noise while you wait for the pin to pick up, an

I play vinyl! There’s something special about the the experience of taking a record out of its sleeve, the white noise while you wait for the pin to pick up, and then listening through the entire album. It’s not something I do every day. Most of my music is streamed. But I find when I stream I rarely listen to a full album. Apple killed the full album.

samatman 6y ago
Did they, though? I guess we never know if we're typical or not, but I tend to add an album at a time to my collection and listen to them that way as well. If anything is killing the album, it's that it is a somewhat artificial medium, dictated by the constraints of records and later, CDs. It seems like it's surviving on its own merits, there are a couple of albums from this year I really enjoy. But it's bound to be less popular now that it's just another way to listen to your choice of music, instead of the only way.
- asutekku 6y ago
  You can go to last.fm to check any album you like and really likely you will find out that the plays are not spread evenly.
- coldtea 6y ago
  Well, everything in art is artificial, and most things are dictated by this or that physical constraint. That doesn't make it less important once they materialize.
- agotterer 6y ago
  Nothing you are saying is inaccurate. People bought albums because that’s how music was historically sold and they had no alternative. My understanding is that artists also embraced that constraint and created albums to create a specific experience (vibe, song order, etc). Apple started selling individual songs and for the first time people were able to buy music without buying the whole album. So yes, Apple killed the album.
  - samatman 6y ago
    Alright, fair enough. Though I gotta say: I was around and listening to music at the time, and it was Napster which struck the death blow. Apple came along a couple years later to put the album out of its misery. The album doesn't seem dead, so much as diminished, but I know a harmless rhetorical flourish when I see one...

samatman 6y ago

Did they, though? I guess we never know if we're typical or not, but I tend to add an album at a time to my collection and listen to them that way as well. If anything is killing the album, it's that it is a somewhat artificial medium, dictated by the constraints of records and later, CDs. It seems like it's surviving on its own merits, there are a couple of albums from this year I really enjoy. But it's bound to be less popular now that it's just another way to listen to your choice of music, instead of the only way.

asutekku 6y ago
You can go to last.fm to check any album you like and really likely you will find out that the plays are not spread evenly.
coldtea 6y ago
Well, everything in art is artificial, and most things are dictated by this or that physical constraint. That doesn't make it less important once they materialize.
agotterer 6y ago
Nothing you are saying is inaccurate. People bought albums because that’s how music was historically sold and they had no alternative. My understanding is that artists also embraced that constraint and created albums to create a specific experience (vibe, song order, etc). Apple started selling individual songs and for the first time people were able to buy music without buying the whole album. So yes, Apple killed the album.
- samatman 6y ago
  Alright, fair enough. Though I gotta say: I was around and listening to music at the time, and it was Napster which struck the death blow. Apple came along a couple years later to put the album out of its misery. The album doesn't seem dead, so much as diminished, but I know a harmless rhetorical flourish when I see one...