Are you listening to songs/tracks or albums?

I'm an album listener especially for prog and related prog
Need to be quiet to get an optimal appréciation of the music
When short of time or busy my lap top is in ' random' mode

I probably listen to albums the majority of the time, either in full. Or I often play minidiscs I've recorded which are usually based around an album  but sometimes quite loosely.    But sometimes I will listen to individual tracks if I have an urge to hear one.  Or sometimes I'll listen to music on shuffle/random.  

For me it's a bit of both. I have 5000 albums on a hard drive, with about 50 playlists. I will often let it play at random until a track comes up that makes me want to listen to the whole album.

Until about a year ago I had an hour long commute and I had a 160gb iPod classic filled almost exclusively with music featured on PA. I would put it on shuffle and no matter what came up I would listen to the album in its entirety on my in (and on the return journey if it was a double album).

I like the way that the shuffle feature can remind you of a half forgotten gem, or indeed remind you why you haven't listened to something for years.

I don't usually like the whole alums, so I listen to tracks.

Albums for me

I've alwas been an album kind of person, regardless of the genre, but I've moved towards songs more than before.

I prophesy disaster wrote: I'm finding that in more recent times, with more music stored on hard drive, that I'm increasingly listening to tracks rather than albums. But this depends on how much time I have to listen to music, the music itself, and what I'm doing at the time.

Mellotron Storm wrote: 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.

Mellotron Storm wrote: 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.

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.