Anyone listen to entire albums?

Before the arrival of the CD each LP side was created with it's own dramatic arc, the two sides being separate entities, complete unto themselves (with the possible exception of the dreaded concept album).

I thought it would be "cute" if the record companies made CD reissues of LP's so that after the first "side" played the listener would need to again hit "Play" to hear the second side.

Not as much as I'd like.

But free associating is fun, too.

Remember mix tapes?

Another aspect of this question; how many albums do you own that you actually like every single track on the album. Or maybe you bought it for one particular track and that turned out to be the only one you liked! Of course, that second aspect is a drawback of the olden days when you had to buy it to try it, unless you had a friend who bought it first and let you borrow it. Streaming does make things so much easier.

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.

Yes, I do listen to entire albums, almost exclusively, whether it’s streaming, or vinyl. However, I do occasionally enjoy the playlists on quobuz. I never make my own playlists.