Are you listening to songs/tracks or albums? |
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Dellinger
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I know albums should be the correct answer... and of course when I buy an album I do listen to it whole several times. But usually I'm done digesting it, I rip the songs I like best for my IPod, with lists for the artist, genre, etc. in which said songs will fit. If I happen to like the whole album, then it's likely I'll end up listening to it on my IPod... or sometimes I end up making my versions of the albums, with my favourite versions of the songs, or alternate versions that might have been of the album with outakes that I happen to like better than the songs that actually made it to the album... it all depends on what's available and what I liked.
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Argo2112
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I'm probably in the minority here but I tend to pull tracks & create play lists.
(Please don't take my prog card away! )
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Machinemessiah
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BUT, I always think in terms of albums, with their names and cover art.. so, for instance, when I search them on streaming services or youtube (you know, some obscure ones, Italian or not, are found there and lately I'm happy finding some 'unremastered' versions there, notably, Trespass; I met many of these on 90's remastered cd's, and I'm fine with that, but later remasters in some cases tend to annoy me :) ), I always anchor on the album.. and play it there.. if then I do nothing, the album goes on (I prefer that to a random one popping in).
You made me remember that.. in the 90's all-in-one stereos I had fun doing that and having a great time then listening to the result.. for instance when I knew I couldn't go there (or upstairs on my dads' house) to change it, when studying with mates, etc., when nobody bothered (or knew how) with that function.. you know thinking ahead what would I want to listen after this and that, and entertained myself doing the prog. Let's not forget that the only alternatives in that time were to shuffle the CD or let it run through.. (or the radio). Edited by Machinemessiah - January 03 2022 at 10:24 |
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Dellinger
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Back then I used to do my mix-tapes to listen to my favourite songs. And also to be able to listen in the car. |
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ForestFriend
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If I'm going to be listening to music for a while, I'll put on an album. But sometimes I just want to listen to one track; especially with prog, albums and songs can be so dense that it's a lot to take in with one bite. Sometimes I just want to get to know the album song by song, then when I listen to it fully it's easier for me to enjoy. I never bother with playlists though.
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David_D
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Well, I won't count you among Prog purists.
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Mellotron Storm
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There's not a wrong answer here, I mean I had an I-pod for maybe a couple of years when I used to jog and really, really enjoyed listening to nothing but great tracks so I get it. But I am an album guy all the way. And it's so rare for me to even skip tracks. And I need a physical copy. Also I see so many mistakes with some who stream the music then review it. No liner notes so wherever they get their info is often wrong. My oldest daughter is like me in that she pours over the liner notes, it's half the fun with the music being that other half.
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Hugh Manatee
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Oh yes, the liner notes and of course the artwork (particularly on vinyl releases) are so vital to my involvement in the music. It all contributes to the immersive experience that to me is so much a part of enjoying the music.
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Tapfret
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Mostly albums. Sometimes tracks. Sometimes playlists. Sometimes discographies.
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Dellinger
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I guess it's OK to review music by streaming it... if it is listened thoroughly enough, and only the information available is used. Hearing the music and how it is liked should be more than enough, if nothing more is known about it. |
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richardh
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Tracks on shuffle mode most of the time ( I-pod or Alexa) . When I buy a new album I listen to it about 3-5 times and that's usually it. The music I truly love will still get played properly (albums) but I tend to obsess on a a small number of albums in that regards (BSS, Red, ATOTT etc) so it's still only represents a small amount of time overall.
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nick_h_nz
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That’s not a fault of reviewing from streaming, so much as a fault of following up the appropriate source to find out missing/unknown information. Some physical releases provide as little (to no) information regarding credits, etc. as a stream - so it’s not a problem that exists only from streaming. The onus is on the reviewer to contact the band or record label or promotion agency, or other similar alternative that should be able to provide the correct information. Some reviewers do appear to be lazy at times, and Google for results that can be less than accurate. But as a reviewer for a site that is constantly inundated with releases to review, a surprising number of artists provide only a streaming option. I have reviewed albums from a private stream like this only twice, and decided after that, never again. I just can’t get comfortable enough to listen to the album as is necessary. Most albums these days come for review as either a Bandcamp download code or to download from a private site of one description of another. While some artists provide an EPK, or a PDF version of the liner notes that would come with the physical version of the album, they are the minority. I definitely have no problem with reviewing a release from a source that is not physical, and think those that insist that any review not from a cd or lp is inferior are wrong. It’s possible to write an informative an accurate review of an album from a stream, and conversely a messy and inaccurate review from a cd or lp. |
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Snicolette
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When I'm listening on the various hosted shows that I visit, songs/tracks, or when taking part in the Interactive Poll here, same. When I listen on my own, the entire recordings, usually of purchases. I also preview what I would like to buy, when the "storefront," allows (such as Bandcamp), so may not listen all through if something wasn't as promising as I'd hoped.
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I prophesy disaster
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I often listen to whole albums. I often listen to individual favourite tracks from albums. I sometimes skip tracks when listening to albums, more often the first or last tracks than those in the middle. I usually listen to an album in standard track order. I don't listen to music in random order, even if I'm not listening to it in standard order. I don't create playlists, restricting my listening to one album at a time. |
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No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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David_D
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I use very much Spotify to hear new to me music, and I've seen a lot of classics with additional tracks but without informing that they're additional to the original version. So when using Spotify, I'll surely advice to check whether it's just just the original version or with additional tracks. That is of course the same with Youtube.
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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TheLionOfPrague
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I've alwas been an album kind of person, regardless of the genre, but I've moved towards songs more than before.
Say, it used to be 90-10 and now it is 75-25. It obviously depends on the amount of time I have at that particular moment. If I'm at home I tend to listen to albums most of the time. But if I have a 30 minute drive or less where I can't liste to a full album I play songs.
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mickcoxinha
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If it is CDs or Vinyls, obviously whole albums. If it is on Spotify, depends on what I am listening. When it is bands whose albums that I consider the enjoyable, I will most probably pick up one their albums to listen.
If it is music from artists that I don't like that much to listen to whole albums, I usually create some playlists based on the style with the best songs of that style.
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Sean Trane
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I listen to tracks on albums, but since I'm a CD fan, I tend to skip the ones I don't like or the ones that me the conviennent skip or replay buttons on the remote control aremy friends, for uneven album listening. |
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Progrocco
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Mostly albums, with the occasional thematic playlists that I have created.
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Canterbury23
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Albums for me
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