What is the proper pace to binge on a band?

When I really connect with an album from a band with an extensive back catalog, my first impulse is to immediately get everything else by that band and binge it all at once.
But I suspect this doesn't give me a chance to properly digest. How long should I give myself between each album?

10 years

my first impulse is to immediately get everything else by that band and binge it all at once

you should actually do this, like set up multiple stereos zaireeka-style and listen to all the albums at once simultaneously

i don't know. i'm weird in that i will listen to the one album to death, for months, until i move on to the next one.

Or every single song by an artist at the same time?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcvVPuJVKcs

You should wait out the actual time period that elapsed between each single, album, etc., and recreate the original fan experience.

I like to give myself a couple of weeks between listening to multiple records by a given artist. If, at some point, my curiosity is flagging, I'll wait until I'm interested in following their history again.

I don't understand binging on music this way, I actually feel unwell thinking about trying to process giant amounts of music at once. It's like finding a restaurant you really like, and ordering 50 dinners in one evening.

1 hour

Now I want 50 big dinners

You should wait out the actual time period that elapsed between each single, album, etc., and recreate the original fan experience.

― Tim Simms (morrisp), Saturday, October 31, 2020 12:54 PM

this answer is so brilliant that i hate it.

Pity the new D'Angelo fan, under those rules.

most bands only have 1 or 2 good albums anyways

I just started getting into Scott Walker, can't wait to hear his collaboration with Sunn O))) when I'm retired

I love this question. I've encountered this scenario many times, and will do so for the immediate future. I'm a bit on the extreme end, probably, but I've always limited myself to a few albums by said artist a year. It's really not that restrictive, if you're also constantly spending time listening to new albums/artists.

I actually have a bit of a phobia of going on to other albums by an artist if I discover one album by them I really like. Most often, when I do go exploring through the rest of the catalog, I don't find anything I like as much as the album that was my initial introduction to them. Still, statistically, its probably worth it to explore more, so I'm not sure why I don't. Maybe it's fear that hearing the album in the context of their less appealing work will take a bit of the shine off it?

yeah i get a little trepidatious too. don't want to be disappointed. going to another album can sometimes feel close to moving on to another artist entirely imo.

The "first contact" effect is real. There are plenty of artists where i know my favorite album isn't their best, but just happens to be the one that imprinted itself on my brain first.

That's something I think about every once in a while — that every one of a band's albums is someone's first album by that band. Tons of Metallica fans came on board with Load and/or ReLoad, for example.

Does anyone else listen sparingly to greatest hits and compilations? With the thought that, if you listen too many times to the songs that are compiled, then, at a later date, when you hear the "original" albums, you'll have burnt out on the songs you already know? Is this my peculiar concern?

tbh I don't know if there is a set pace that's 'proper'.

when I first got into Bad Religion, I kinda went from only having Against the Grain to pretty much owning almost their entire discography in the span of a month. on the one hand, that does limit your time with each album, and for me at least, does increase the risk that I"ll burn the fuck out on them if I don't play a sorbet album ever now and then. but in the end it hurt nothing - I still love them and they're still one of my favorite bands.

the weird problem I find = I get frustrated when I run out of a band's albums to acquire - then I wind up buying crap like live albums, pointless EPs, or (lol) PHYSICAL BOOTLEGS

You should wait out the actual time period that elapsed between each single, album, etc., and recreate the original fan experience.

― Tim Simms (morrisp), Saturday, October 31, 2020 3:54 PM bookmarkflaglink

first band - Boston

You should wait out the actual time period that elapsed between each single, album, etc., and recreate the original fan experience.

― Tim Simms (morrisp), Saturday, October 31, 2020 2:54 PM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

hah there are a number of bands where I've inadvertently done exactly that. like Nine Inch Nails, I'm always 10 years behind