2. music
  3. 154718-10104

Albums that you listen to straight through / start to finish whenever you put them on!

So I have a few albums that whenever I play them I listen to the whole thing in sequence from beginning to end.
Of course some albums are meant to be that way, they are called concept albums. However, my question is not just for the obvious concept albums per se but for any album you play start to finish because it is strong throughout. All genres are included here so no limits on music preferences.

I’ll start with a few that come to mind -
The Moody Blues - The Days of Future Passed 
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Alan Parsons Project- I Robot 
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Weather Report - Black Market 

Doug 
dougsat
116 responses Add your response
slaw's avatar
slaw
21,402 posts
 
All, I thought everyone did.  Well at least they should.
edcyn
1,876 posts
 
It's rare when I don't listen to an entire LP side. It goes down to fifty/seventy-five percent for both LP sides. Listening to an entire multi-disk opera? Rarely.
Post removed 
Ag insider logo xs@2x
tonykay
1,301 posts
 
Steely Dan-"Aja"
Joni Mitchell-"Court and Spark"
Bob Dylan-"Blood On The Tracks"
Beatles-"Rubber Soul"
Jethro Tull-"Thick as a Brick"
Paul Simon-"Hearts and Bones"
REM-"Greatest Hits"
David Bowie-"Ziggy Stardust"
Rolling Stones-"Through the Past, Darkly"
Cat Stevens-"Tea for the Tillerman"
...just to name a few!
Post removed 
emailists
923 posts
 
I tend to listen to the latest Springsteen album Western Stars all the way through.  One night I listened to it then the live film soundtrack version.

A double Album I sometimes listen to all the way through is Sufjan Stevens Illinois.  

These are both the digital versions.  I have found since getting the EtherRegen in my system I listen more often to the complete album, since it seems disrespectful to interrupt the performers in my room.  




klimt
164 posts
 
Luna Live

Best of Chet Baker Sings

Best of Big Joe Turner


johnto
1,023 posts
 
The Beatles ( any lp ) how could you shut off or skip music this great.
rpeluso
1,049 posts
 
August And Everything After, always plays right through here, and many more do too.  
bdgregory
1,712 posts
 
All of them, except for double lp's where I don't have enough time to finish.

noromance's avatar
noromance
9,769 posts
 
Almost always play both sides. Doubles generally one disk on a given day. Exceptions are when the music isn't worthy and It goes back in the bag.
reubent
6,985 posts
 
I almost always play all of my vinyl LPs all the way through, front to back. Sometimes if its a double album, I'll do it in two sittings....

I don't do this with streaming digital. Well, at least not very often.
mahgister's avatar
mahgister
13,011 posts
 
Trio sonatas of Bach on organ by Helmuth Walcha….It is as if heaven would have a living flowing ceiling....


I will add " spotlight on Keely Smith".... In the golden era of female jazz singers....
big_greg
6,623 posts
 
I almost always listen to the entire album. My A.D.D. often kicks in when I'm streaming and I'm all over the place. One of the reasons I prefer vinyl. 
tooblue
1,927 posts
 
All of them.
arcticdeth's avatar
arcticdeth
1,572 posts
 
Love this !

 Will play about %98 of my LPs’ front to back.
cds, I tend to skip only slightly more, as it’s easier.

 This is an LP talk, so most of mine get the full side and full side b, unless I’m interupted for supper, or a doorbell, or something else, the album will play through.

 If not done spinning, tonearm gets lifts up, and left there, power off the TT, Then return to where I left off,
Log in to respond
More to discover