When You Buy The Whole Album And Only Like One Song.


Over fifty years of buying music, I've bought scores of albums because of one track...only to find out that one track was the only one on the entire album that was listenable to me.

'Losalamitoslovesong'.... by Gene Harris on the 'Astralsignal' album is but one example.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I've purchased more than my share of albums over the years to get that "one cut" only to discover that everything else on the record was, how shall I say, underwhelming.. It's one of the things that made me a regular at the used record store, getting rid of records I couldn't stomach seeing on my shelves.   Luckily, the internet has put that situation in the past tense. 

If you listen to the entire album a few times you’ll find several that sound great. That has been my experience, you should try it😎

LOL never has this been the case for me. But that is why I only have 1000 or so LP's and maybe as many CD's. 

One hit wonders you can stream or listen on the FM. 

For those that suggested that I listen to the whole album, of course I tried that with every album, ultimately, there was only one cut on the album worth playable. 50 years ago, there was no streaming, and you had no choice but to buy the entire album...bummer. Even so, the single good track was worth the purchase, and I have no regrets. On many occasions I've bought the original LP in the beginning, and when the cd came out, I bought a cd copy of the album with full knowledge that only one cut on the album was worth listening to. If the rest of the album doesn't measure up, I'm certainly not going to force myself to listen to music that I don't enjoy, too much good music available to spend time on the stuff I don't like.