Forcing people to buy albums for more money than the single they really want is another way to disguise the concept of charging more for popular singles. That's

Forcing people to buy albums for more money than the single they really want is another way to disguise the concept of charging more for popular singles. That's the iTunes policy they really hate. The reason there are only a few "complete works" for sale on iTunes is that Apple won't let the labels call nine completely unrelated songs a "work" as a sleazy way to charge $6.99 or $9.99 for a Kid Rock single. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/11/18.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2005/11/18.html p.s. Complete works" are not rare in the classical music section. Perhaps the artists should try actually composing a complete work--as prog rock did in the 70s--and seeing if Apple will see things their way? I wouldn't argue if an album like "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" or "Dark Side of the Moon" was packaged as one movement per original LP side or even one big purchase.