How do you listen to an Album?
 

How does everyone here listain to a new album? Do you skip to the well-reviewed songs, the signals? Do you put it on shuffle? Do you listain to all of it randomly?

I usually do the first. Then forget and come back to it. Its hard to listain to so many songs for so long without losing conceration.

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i put the disc in and press play and listen to it. Thats how the artiste intended it to be listened to.

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Same here. Bung it in the player and press play. Decide for yourself if you like it or not, not some review deciding for you.

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It varies. Some albums are a collection of songs, whereas others are a journey. Some albums have a few good songs and the rest vary from dire to average. Some albums are brilliant from start to finish, with only the one or two dodgy songs, if that.

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:tu:

having met a few artistes I appreciate how much goes into an album, and then how the tracks are arranged - though having paid for some cd's I own I feel free to skip over some tracks sometimes! :p:

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True but you have to listen to it first to find out

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Usually I've heard most of the songs, in one or way or another. I don't often buy modern music, and I'm usually unimpressed when I do.

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Earbuds, lie down. If I still don't like it I give it away.

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I treat it as a future old album. As mentioned, bung it in the player and press play. That's what you will do later on if you decide you like it.

Does anyone ever use shuffle play anyway? I tried it and I hate it. The songs are in a sequence for a reason (usually)

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I use shuffle when I'm listening to stuff on a media player and I've got a pretty ecclectic playlist...

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Oh, I like setting my mp3 player to random play (across all tracks). Just not within an album.

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It is actually quite normal for people not to listain to an album right though from start to end. I often skip if i get bored.

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I listen start to end ;)

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Thats the one! :tu:

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Kids these days! *tsk* :D

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Open the tray, put it in, press play. Take it out again when it stops.

Don't even know how to put my CD player into shuffle, wouldn't really care anyway, sure it does it though.

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I sample it and then listen to it backwards, hoping to hear some secret messages hidden somewhere. :erm:

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I never buy or download full albums, i'm a bit weird like that, i tend to hear a certain song on tv/advert/radio/film etc and think oooh i like that and download a couple more of that artists songs to see if i like them, that's how i got into the White Stripes, i heard a few then built up a collection so now i have all of the songs they ever released, and i never listen to them in order, some of them were recorded years ago, some recent, but i like to figure out the change for myself.

When i used to buy albums i'd be inclined to listen to the ones i knew first, follwed by the ones i heard of, then the new ones i hadn't. Then i'd listen to it all the way through as the artist intended, because i can appreciate the songs more if i've already familiarised myself with them!

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For a new CD, I'll listen to it from start to finish. After that, the next time i play it, I'll skip the stuff i don't like too much.

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... but then I'll probably find there's stuff I like more than the rest, I'll listen to the rest but keep repeating the stuff I do like.

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Yes, but then i'll make a compilation CD with all the stuff i like.

Exactly..... I listen to a record from start to finish (Unless I dont like it)

I listen to records,cassettes and 8tracks and I always try to listen as intended..... People that get a record,etc for ONE SONG are quite narrow minded I think....

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Some albums I have are mixed, or tend to blend from the last track to the next, so I listen to the album in the track order.

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If it's a single artist/group usually in track order all the way through.

When the album is on the PC then tag the last track, <shift> tag the first and then play to go in track order. The smart TV will play the whole album in track order just by selecting the first track.

Compilations I chose which songs/tunes to play.

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With my ears :D :rolleyes: :p:

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Youtube Music ( have YT Premium I pay in rupees hehe )

Add Albums to my library and ask my Google Nest Hub Max to play them, also have a barrow load of playlists I can ask for by name

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14+ year old thread and the title has not been spell checked yet. That made me giggle

Yes I dunno how such a mistake was made.... A isnt anywhere near I :D

Thats probably the best way!!

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Wow! Talk about thread resurection! :D 2006


I think I'm streaming a lot more these days, and more multi room speakers.