Yes, I almost always listen to entire records during a listening session. I think it goes back to my childhood because that’s how I listened back then. I didn’t have a lot of records so I guess the listening experience developed that way because I didn’t have the selection of albums or 45’s to go from track to track. This rule doesn’t apply when I have other audiophiles over for a listening session.
My brain feels comfortable with two sides of an album. Although I have some because of amazing SQ, generally I don’t prefer albums that have been remastered to 45rpm where I have to get up four times to listen to the album, it messes with the flow.
My criteria for bringing an album into my discography is very strict. I must like 90% of the music on the album or else I won’t have it in the discography. Unfortunately that has eliminated a lot of great tunes from great artists but it’s also a way to keep my discography limited. Currently my discography is under two hundred albums and there are still records I haven’t listened to in over a year.
Streaming probably makes up about 30% of my listening sessions now.