No.96445
Albums are the worst thing to ever happen to music.
Prove me wrong.
You literally can't. I won't even spoiler that, you just simply can't.
Yes yes we get more bang for your buck but albums are mostly mixed bags especially when listening to artists who try changing styles which most artists nowadays do. You pick out the songs you like and the rest are mostly underwhelming or even purely bad. Due to these being grouped together though like a buffet where food is spilled onto each other retards have the gall to judge it as a group. To properly listen to music you must only listen to one track at a time and judge it as only that. Albums are pointless labels that should be ignored to the point of not having to exist if not for the sake of artists wanting to release multiple tracks at once.
No.96447
No.96448
Sounds like you're listening to shit artists mostly.
One hit wonders could I add.
But I'll agree that the EP is much less likely to be filled with filler material.
No.96450
Pleb opinion try not listening to shit albums
No.96451
>>96450
Name one album that has not one, not one, shit song.
I'll wait.
No.96452
>>96451
Not the same guy, but…
No.96455
>>96445
You're probably trolling but I'm inclined to agree. With bands I'm a fan of or bands I at least listen to regularly, I tend to make my own best of compilations where I go through their discography and just kick out skip tracks, fillers, skits and similar garbage. One of the best life hacks I've ever applied tbh. Whenever I feel like listening to a certain band, I just play my compilation and only get fed their finest works.
>>96452
I can proudly say that I currently carry a cracking Japan and a very good Depeche Mode compilation on my USB/phone.
No.96456
>>96455
btw saying there is no filler material on quiet life or violator just sounds funny to me tbh
No.96457
>>96452
>Violator (1990)
Fine. You got me.
But admittedly speaking there's no way you've never enjoyed an album that's had a few shit songs.
No.96461
Except some musicians try making songs in an album thematically similar, and/or ordered in some kind of coherent way. You're also implying that other songs in an albums somehow take something away from individual songs. I don't see anything wrong with judging albums as a whole since some are just better than others. Really I don't get why you're complaining.
No.96479
I actually agree with you to an extent. Even my favorite albums have songs that I don't really enjoy. Most musicians would be better off sticking to creating EP-length releases (or possibly just singles).
No.96480
The Clash come to mind for a band that had so much filler on their albums.
No.96484
>>96455
Same. I mostly ignore official "Best of" compilations since they usually just slap on what made the charts, regardless of its sonic credence. Just grab their finest 70 - 90 minutes from their whole discography, arrange them thematically and you're good as gold.
>>96461
Those are usually concept albums and need to be associated/intertwined with one another. General albums are simply a marketing tool. If artists really wanted to be heard they'd release a single every couple of months or so at the very least, not keep us waiting a couple of years for 15, of which only 5 will be remembered.
No.96527
>>96479
If the album really had an effect on you, you start to grow around these songs as you get older and love them too. You just sort of merge into it when it's been part of you're life for so long
You've got a long time to spend with an album
Just like this ear piss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ViEzjcc6sE
No.96529
>>96451
year of the snitch
salad days
Little dark age
Tranquility based hotel and casino (they learned from David Bowie)
Beach house Bloom (sweet intelligent female vocals and lyrics)
Machinegirl WLFGRL (if you like crazy Japanese movies machinegirl is for you)
Heard sophie oil of a pearl is good but I could skip through alot of the album what does /mu/ think maybe I should give it a second listen?
No.96530
>>96461
>this
The more constructed of the idea or story being portrayed through a whole album gives it more impact and fuller picture
No.96533
An album is just a marketable format made in order to sell a selection of songs an artist has recorded over a certain time span. It's ok to take out the trash.
No.96550
>listening to singles
the absolute state of /mu/
No.96609
i only listen to 'best of' compilatons, but that's ok because all the filler music from 20 years ago has already been burned
No.96619
>>96455
Are you that anon that posted his Hall & Oates and Steely Dan playlists 2 years ago?
No.96624
No.96626
No.97623
>>96452
I know you probably won't read this but because of your post i gave Violator a chance and my god you where right, no bad song at all, only pure KINO.
Thank you so much anon.
No.97632
>>97623
Glad I could help. DM has a pretty solid catalogue for a band that's been around as long as they have. If you haven't already I highly recommend Music For The Masses as well.
No.97633
>>97631
>>97630
congrats on the awful taste.
No.97634
>>97633
>Geogaddi
>awful taste
No.97639
>>96529
Give it a second listen for sure, but it till could be better
No.97643
>>97632
Gastarbeiter, my fren, you've done it again!
No.97664
No.97924
>>97664
can't even spell it right
No.97925
>>96445
all nigger music
prove me wrong
pro tip: you can't
No.97982
>>96452
>LORAH
>forgetting that "Abortive" was supposed to be "Tonight We Murder" with vocals from My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult's Groovy Mann which got released as the B-side of the "Stigmata" single instead
Almost had it.