Is it more difficult these days?

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Looking down the list of the collaborators top 25 albums and yes I know this is not everybody's views, that is being dealt with in a different thread, I noticed some patterns emerging.

Only 4 have been recorded in the last 25 years
None have been recorded in the last 10 years, and most notably
Apart from the 3 double albums from the big 3 none are longer than about 45 minutes.
Since the advent of the CD, it seems that people may feel cheated if the band does not release between 60 - 80 minutes of music in one go.
Many of the classic albums have only half of this amount on them, so do some modern albums deserve more respect for the majority of the CD that is very good?
As the title suggests, is it more difficult for a band to release what is considered a classic album?

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frosty Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 16 2005 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 120	Topic: Is it more difficult these days? Posted: January 25 2005 at 16:48
	Looking down the list of the collaborators top 25 albums and yes I know this is not everybody's views, that is being dealt with in a different thread, I noticed some patterns emerging. Only 4 have been recorded in the last 25 years None have been recorded in the last 10 years, and most notably Apart from the 3 double albums from the big 3 none are longer than about 45 minutes. Since the advent of the CD, it seems that people may feel cheated if the band does not release between 60 - 80 minutes of music in one go. Many of the classic albums have only half of this amount on them, so do some modern albums deserve more respect for the majority of the CD that is very good? As the title suggests, is it more difficult for a band to release what is considered a classic album?

the musical box Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 01 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 436	Posted: January 25 2005 at 17:12
	perhaps in these days of 80+minute technology, something is lost. Vinyl also played a big part in how the music was accualy recorded and eventually released. Perhaps nowadays bands try too hard and failure is inevitable? Who knows: perhaps music is just less inspired these days, and making a "classic" album of heafty length is too hard a task.
	something pretentious

DallasBryan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 23 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3323	Posted: January 26 2005 at 19:41
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