On the joys of dull albums

Litterick

darthed1981 said:

GoFish said:

FWIW, I think you and @Litterick do also agree more than you don't, without getting bogged down in semantics. I  think, when discussing broader treands, we are all outliers just by virtue of being interested enough in music to talk about it.

Almost certainly on both counts!

Yes, indeed.

boogieman

Kurtis said:

What about live albums like live after death?

I like live albums, mostly because they can be more dynamic. I’d got into the habit of only listening to live albums by King Crimson, basically because there are umpteen iterations of the band and they all played the “hits” in a different style, plus they often did lots of improvs on the original theme. It’s been quite refreshing to go back to the original studio albums recently and listen to them again though. 

Kurtis

U2's The Joshua Tree is interesting with regards to track placement. 

ICBM

Kurtis said:

U2's The Joshua Tree is interesting with regards to track placement. 

Even more so, it was sequenced by Kirsty MacColl.

TheBigDipper

Are people using music as a background sound whilst their focus is on something else? Or are they listening to an album from start to finish and doing nothing else other than focusing on the music? 

I think our opinions and answers will depend in part on that. 

Vintage65

TheBigDipper said:

Are people using music as a background sound whilst their focus is on something else? Or are they listening to an album from start to finish and doing nothing else other than focusing on the music? 

I think our opinions and answers will depend in part on that. 

Good headphones for critical listening and various types of speakers for background.

Kurtis

ICBM said:

Kurtis said:

U2's The Joshua Tree is interesting with regards to track placement. 

Even more so, it was sequenced by Kirsty MacColl.

Yeah, and it just goes from her most favourite tune to least favourite. 

ICBM

Kurtis said:

Yeah, and it just goes from her most favourite tune to least favourite. 

I think that's probably a reflection on how great an album it is - the songs are so good that more or less any order would work. Some albums are like that, others less so...

Philly_Q

ICBM said:

Kurtis said:

Yeah, and it just goes from her most favourite tune to least favourite. 

I think that's probably a reflection on how great an album it is - the songs are so good that more or less any order would work. Some albums are like that, others less so...

There are a few albums where I have to play the tracks on shuffle to add a surprise element, or I simply fall asleep before the end.  Black Sabbath's 13 was one of those, and all the recent Metallica albums.