I was talking about this online with friends recently. Back in the day when we used to really pay for music, not have entire catalogues available at a click, you'd wait for NEW Bowie or Led Zep or Elvis stuff to come out and listen to an album side in its entirety because, A) you paid serious 70's bucks. B) there wasn't any remote control and I was too high to get up and cross the room to skip the lousy track. Ultimately, it was easier to find what was good about an album...and there are songs in languages I don't speak that I can sing in full. That wouldn't have happened with a remote.
You gave lots of music a seriously fair chance.
I find I discard way more music in the digital world. Even without the sheer, mindblowing volume of 'stuff', the digital musical disappointments are way more frequent.