Do you still listen to albums?

[furie]

Now that i've put my entire cd library on my computer, I listen to music through itunes. And i usually have it on shuffle. The result is that while i waste time away on my computer i get an even mix of music.
So the other day, randomly 5 songs came up from the same album (Secret Samadhi from Live). What occurred to me was that I haven't listen to a whole album end to end in probably 6 or 7 years. and that actually upset me a bit. I felt that i had deprived myself of a positive experience for several years. So now I'm setting up playlists arranged by album, all the ones i've gotten since 2000, trying to get back into that habit.

[underdog]

The majority of my listening is on random. If its a new album, I'll usually listen to it all the way through. But my attention doesn't last long enough to make it through a full album anymore. I need to switch it up.

And in the off chance that I listen to an album, I'll listen to that on random a lot, too.

[IMSlacker]

I pretty much only listen to albums eventhough I've loaded all my CD's into iTunes. I rarely use shuffle.

[outlawfrank]

The only one I listen too is...

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Mitch Albom

[KnoxHarrington]

Only certain albums, like "Dark Side of the Moon." The rest of the time, it's on shuffle. In fact, I've loaded very few whole albums onto my IPhone.

[KingGeno]

Only certain albums, like "Dark Side of the Moon." The rest of the time, it's on shuffle. In fact, I've loaded very few whole albums onto my IPhone.

I agree totally. Some albums are just better to listen to straight-through. If it is an artist that actually puts effort into their cd's, then the album will flow in a certain way.

But most of the time, if I am listening to other I have it on shuffle.

[EliSnow]

I go through trends with my music listening.

Some times I have it on shuffle of my top rated music.

Then I get tired of that, and I listen to certain playlists.

then I get tired fo that, and then I listen to albums.

Right now, I'm listening to my purchased playlist in order of purchase, and since I have purchased a number of albums, I'm listening ot whole albums. In the last two days, I've listened to albums by the Rolling Stones, The Band, Prince, and The Replacements.

[paulisded]

Ugh, I have so many different methods.

At home, I generally listen to full albums on my home stereo. Ipod #1 is connected to my alarm clock, and it's on shuffle for a half hour while I go to sleep and another half hour or so to wake me up.

Ipod #2 is my "new release" player (60 gig) that I carry with me to the coffee shop or supermarket or wherever. I usually just put on a smart playlist of things added in the last month on shuffle when I'm drinking coffee and reading, but I have a number of different playlists to choose from. Recently, I've been mainly listening to a playlist of all of the bonus tracks from the Replacements reissues.

Ipod #3 is my catalog player (160 gig, about 90 gig filled) that's for the most part my driving music. 99% of the time it's just on shuffle, but every now and then I'll put an individual artist on shuffle.

[barjockey]

i listen to albums all the time. "Quadrophenia" and "The Lamb Lies down on Broadway" are two favorites. Lotta Dead and Dylan too