Of course some albums are full of crappy music, but for 1 or 2 songs.
Nevertheless there are great bands that actually make albums like a work of art, an opera, or a movie. I'm thinking about bands like Pink Floyd of course (ok it was on LPs, but still), or Mogwai, King Crimson, Flower Kings, The Mars Volta, Tangerine Dream, etc... You would never thing of shuffling those albums. Would you think about shuffling scenes in a good movies (ok, except for David Lynch) ??
An album is a fixed format, and something that good bands did explore and appropriate. It's much more than one song... I'm afraid that the song, or even worst the rigtone as a standard, will make music even more a meaningless product.
Anyways, good musicians will still do good albums. And if the CD-74mn limit disappears, they'll find something better.
Just my 2 cents, and a old's way music lover.
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Of course some albums are full of crappy music, but for 1 or 2 songs. Nevertheless there are great bands that actually make albums like a work of art, an opera, or a movie. I'm thinking about bands like Pink Floyd of course (ok it was on LPs, but still), or Mogwai, King Crimson, Flower Kings, The Mars Volta, Tangerine Dream, etc... You would never thing of shuffling those albums. Would you think about shuffling scenes in a good movies (ok, except for David Lynch) ?? An album is a fixed format, and something that good bands did explore and appropriate. It's much more than one song... I'm afraid that the song, or even worst the rigtone as a standard, will make music even more a meaningless product. Anyways, good musicians will still do good albums. And if the CD-74mn limit disappears, they'll find something better. Just my 2 cents, and a old's way music lover.