# Do you listen to complete albums, disks etc **URL:** \ **Category:** All Things Music\ **Created:** [November 18, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210 "2019-11-18T21:14:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carmantom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/carmantom/32/490_2.png) [@Carmantom](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Carmantom)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/1 "2019-11-18T21:14:38Z")
The reason for creating this topic was because I am in a listening session now. I notice my listening habits have changed over the years. I seem less patient to listen to full albums. It’s like I get bored easily, unless it meets my " Gold Standard " of material. Way back in the day (60’s) it almost like most albums out in that era seemed great and I soaked up entire albums. It may also have had to do with being so stoned I was lazy to change an album in thee middle of playing it. To this day I still remember most of those albums in their entirety. It’d be nice to hear other folks comments and habits re: this. ---
**Author:** ![mshenay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/mshenay/32/47271_2.png) [@mshenay](https://forum.headphones.com/u/mshenay)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/2 "2019-11-18T21:21:56Z")
Depends, for reviews it’s usually not even full songs but like 1-2 mins a pop Sometimes a full song depending on where in the review process I’m at When I’m just enjoying music for musics sake, yea I do like full albums. I enjoy listening to an album that’s well put together! If I don’t like the musicians or composition of the album I’ll usually listen to something else or shove the songs into a “background music” playlist ---
**Author:** ![generic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/generic/32/61169_2.png) [@generic](https://forum.headphones.com/u/generic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/3 "2019-11-18T21:21:58Z")
My rule for new/random music is “Did I make it all the way through their album?” I delete 75% of those who can’t hold my attention. No time to create playlists or jump from track to track during my usage periods. ---
**Author:** ![mshenay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/mshenay/32/47271_2.png) [@mshenay](https://forum.headphones.com/u/mshenay)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/4 "2019-11-18T21:23:35Z")
Yea I’m with you there, I do have time for playlists but a do a LOT of initial listening with lossless streaming services before I buy physical media ---
**Author:** ![TylersEclectic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/tylerseclectic/32/8751_2.png) [@TylersEclectic](https://forum.headphones.com/u/TylersEclectic)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/5 "2019-11-18T21:48:40Z")
ADHD…so no…except for the latest Madonna release due to @Torq suggestion lol ---
**Author:** ![rrwwss52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/rrwwss52/32/945_2.png) [@rrwwss52](https://forum.headphones.com/u/rrwwss52)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/6 "2019-11-18T23:03:52Z")
Yes…full albums, and frequently, same artist during my evening listening sessions. ---
**Author:** ![Jvincent3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/jvincent3/32/6391_2.png) [@Jvincent3](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Jvincent3)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/7 "2019-11-18T23:43:20Z")
When time permits my preference is to listen to full albums… unfortunately this doesn’t happen as often as I would like. ---
**Author:** ![Simonfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@Simonfish](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Simonfish)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/8 "2019-11-19T02:55:54Z")
For listening to gear - I want to hear stuff that highlights the capabilities or deficiencies of the gear, so no - just snippets are enough. For listening to music or working with music in the background, absolutely, assuming the music was released in album form. Artists put work into creating an experience, so why not be the beneficiary of that work? ---
**Author:** ![pwjazz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pwjazz/32/35458_2.png) [@pwjazz](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pwjazz)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/9 "2019-11-19T03:07:15Z")
For focused enjoyment listening, yes, often full albums. For background music at work, either my full library on shuffle or some online stream like Radio Paradise, SomaFM or Spotify et al. For evaluating gear, very specific songs (usually in their entirety unless it sounds like crap). ---
**Author:** ![Carmantom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/carmantom/32/490_2.png) [@Carmantom](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Carmantom)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/10 "2019-11-19T03:34:13Z")
> [@pwjazz](#): > > Radio Paradise, My favorite radio station. This one has turned me on to all kinds of world music that I otherwise would have missed. ---
**Author:** ![InvisibleInk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/invisibleink/32/57040_2.png) [@InvisibleInk](https://forum.headphones.com/u/InvisibleInk)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/11 "2019-11-19T05:49:25Z")
Affirmative! Unless I’m listening to the radio, it is always albums from the first song to the last song. 🤘 ---
**Author:** ![bigshel99](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/bigshel99/32/5807_2.png) [@bigshel99](https://forum.headphones.com/u/bigshel99)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/12 "2019-11-19T18:20:25Z")
Very seldom do I listen to a full album anymore. I blame MP3s for that since they made it much easier to jump between songs, albums, etc. Nowadays, if I find an album I can just push play and never feel like skipping or leaving… it’s golden to me, 5 stars. Most have a few tracks that I’m not interested in whether just not my taste, haha. ---
**Author:** ![ReAlien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7c8e57/32.png) [@ReAlien](https://forum.headphones.com/u/ReAlien)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/13 "2019-11-19T18:23:57Z")
I switched to shuffle mode in my music listening several years ago and do not plan to go back to album-based listening. I just get bored listening to one artists for several tracks, the same goes for live concerts, I get bored much sooner than before.) ---
**Author:** ![moosehead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@moosehead](https://forum.headphones.com/u/moosehead)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/14 "2019-11-19T22:32:20Z")
I agree with the original poster, I seldom listen to an entire album now. Back in the days, I wish we had the option of skipping songs easily. However currently I do find an album every now and then that I like. And there is something compelling about an album that is well done (all the same type of music or flow). For example I love Holly Cole’s album Temptation. Right now I am a new Qobuz and Roon subscriber and loving just finding one song, one artist I like. I then go back to listen to the album but most of the time, I select songs not the album. ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/15 "2019-11-20T00:33:50Z")
Back in the 60’s, many artists actively tried to make an album a unified whole. _The Who Sell Out_ is a good example, as are the first five Moody Blues works, and of course Jefferson Starship. This is much less the case today, with a few notable exceptions (Taylor Swift?). If an album is now just a collection of songs to be marketed to old people who don’t get song-based sales, it’s no wonder you have less patience with the format. ---
**Author:** ![Carmantom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/carmantom/32/490_2.png) [@Carmantom](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Carmantom)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/16 "2019-11-20T02:17:04Z")
> [@pennstac](#): > > Back in the 60’s, many artists actively tried to make an album a unified whole. _The Who Sell Out_ is a good example, as are the first five Moody Blues works, and of course Jefferson Starship 100% agree. When I hear the albums and many more you refer are well thought out in advance to provide a full musical experience. These are also similar to many classical albums, the above albums you mentioned were designed to be a full body of work. I find myself saying " There’s not a bad song on this album " when I listen to that golden age. ---
**Author:** ![pennstac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/pennstac/32/381_2.png) [@pennstac](https://forum.headphones.com/u/pennstac)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/17 "2019-11-20T02:26:28Z")
Of course, the Who’s _Tommy_ and _Quadrophenia_ are also examples, but I picked _Sell Out_ in my post above because it’s a great very EARLY example. Even when albums were not designed as a full artistic work, you had unifying elements. _Workingman’s Dead_ and _American Beauty_ show this, quite different from the psychedelic jams of _Aoxomoxoa_ and _Anthem of the Sun_. Sort of different than the folk roots where there were song collections - The Seeker’s _Georgie Girl_ album, The Limelighters’ mostly live albums, or even Linda Ronstadt’s _Stony End_. Dylan, however always seemed to have a little more than just a collection going on, from his _Times They are a Changin’_ to _Nashville Skyline_ and _Highway 61_. ---
**Author:** ![mshenay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/mshenay/32/47271_2.png) [@mshenay](https://forum.headphones.com/u/mshenay)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/18 "2019-11-21T02:42:13Z")
Right! This is the joy for me in listening to an album! Seeing if there’s a theme if the experience of the album as a whole is greater than the individual songs. I enjoy albums constructed like that! ---
**Author:** ![Banbeucmas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/banbeucmas/32/6170_2.png) [@Banbeucmas](https://forum.headphones.com/u/Banbeucmas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/19 "2019-11-21T15:23:59Z")
The only when I am listening to a full album is Diao ye zong album. As the whole album tell the whole story. Listen to seperate song still makes sense but then I don’t get the whole image of RD Sounds writing. ---
**Author:** ![jhsmastering](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.headphones.com/jhsmastering/32/29947_2.png) [@jhsmastering](https://forum.headphones.com/u/jhsmastering)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210/20 "2021-07-01T20:33:25Z")
> [@pennstac](#): > > Back in the 60’s, many artists actively tried to make an album a unified whole. _The Who Sell Out_ is a good example, as are the first five Moody Blues works, and of course Jefferson Starship. This is much less the case today, with a few notable exceptions (Taylor Swift?). If an album is now just a collection of songs to be marketed to old people who don’t get song-based sales, it’s no wonder you have less patience with the format. This 1000%!!! Unfortunately, most artists focus on that one song, or at the most those two or three songs that are “radio singles,” and the rest of the album is hit-or-miss. There are some great full albums out there, but they’re harder to find, and fewer and farther between. [Next page](https://forum.headphones.com/t/do-you-listen-to-complete-albums-disks-etc/4210.md?page=2)