Anyone listen to entire albums?


I assume the answer is yes since many of you run vinyl rigs, but just wondering how many around here listen to entire albums at a sitting?  In the age of instant gratification and playlists I seem to be, recently, gravitating to listening through entire albums.  I don’t have vinyl and only stream or play from a network drive so it’s easy for me to bounce around from song to song, artist to artist.  Maybe it’s a nostalgia thing but I enjoy hearing a record in it’s entirely the way the artist recorded it.  I’ve flirted with the idea of vinyl for the very reason that it seems to be a format that lends itself to listening through an entire album in one sitting.  I seem to be less inclined to make that move though now that I’ve been doing the album thing via streaming. 

jastralfu

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Only records and almost always completely through unless listening time is over or there is a song I can't stand -  luckily very few out of about 350 records. Double albums are the only potential exception. If I have had enough for a while, I will go through the other rotations and start back with the second record for that rotation. I try to listen to all equally to the degree I can - it's OCD trying not to waste any of them. I am not a collector.

Interestingly enough, once in a while I will hear a song I really like while driving listening to Sirius XM and I'll buy the record if it is available, just for the one song. Only once was I not happy with the entire record, but I liked the one song so much it's OK. Example - Paul Simon - One Trick Pony is a great song, but I only listen to the side that song is on - I think the other side stinks - no offense Paul. But One Trick Pony is a great song - not a great album. I think the song is about Art Garfunkel even though I think it is also a movie soundtrack.