"I feel that I'm cheating myself and this record if I don't listen to it straight through, without interruption."

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This is in relation to Roger A's thread, and I think the title says it all.

Here are two of mine:

Sightings, "Absolutes"
Pavement, "Wowee Zowee"

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 16:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I have WZ on vinyl and can never make it through becuase of the deeply unsatisfying THREE SIDES. I usually turn it off early, even if I'm enjoying it, cos I know that i'll somehow be let down by it.

The only record I would put in thie cateogory is 4 violins by tony conrad. I have only done it twice. worthwhile tho

― neil simpson (neil simpson), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 16:23 (twenty-one years ago)

some records I can listen to in one go. others I need to take my time with so i listen to 3-4 tracks then stop.

concentration does go down over time anyway so it makes sense to listen to records in bits.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I dunno... I usually don't worry about what I owe my records. They never judge me.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

The last three Talk Talk albums.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

My original answer on Roger's thread is my answer for this one: Mr. Bungle's California. I think society is cheating themselves with not including this in the "canon". I own and love lots of albums almost as much, but none of them I feel deserve it so much as this one. That should bother me, but it doesn't.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 16:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Sign O' the Times
Parade

Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet. Though it's not something I listen to often. More like once every couple years.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

It's true of Talk Talk if anything, but sometimes I just listen to 'After the Flood' on repeat, honestly

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 17:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Definitely, the Mekons', "Journey to the End of the Night."

This is probably my favorite record by the band, and despite a couple of not-very-engaging songs ("Powers & Horror," "Neglect"), this is one of very few records of mine that is consistently accorded start-to-finish treatment.

― usual channels, Wednesday, 17 December 2003 18:39 (twenty-one years ago)

i listen to pretty much every cd/record i play straight through, even the 12" singles/remix records where sometimes there is little variation.

― jason m (jason m), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Sometimes I isolate "New Grass", and am vaguelly planning a video project involving it, which would involve a prolonged engagement with it out of context. Much as I love it though, I think those openign bars work better after the tumult of the previous tracks.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)

snoop doggy dogg - doggystyle

― astroblaster (astroblaster), Wednesday, 17 December 2003 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

It's NOT normal to always listen to albums straight through?! I rarely if ever do it any other way.

― Chris Jones (Crackity Jones), Thursday, 18 December 2003 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

the last album I put on and just sat in my room and listened to from start to finish was ill communication by the beastie boys. mostly because it was a big deal for me when I was 13 and its a nice little time warp.

new order's technique also works in this category, but it benefits by being under 40 minutes long..

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Thursday, 18 December 2003 18:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet. Though it's not something I listen to often. More like once every couple years.

wow. I was thinking the same thing! Ive only done it 3 times (the newer, longer version, not the LP) but for some reason I have to listen to the whole thing each time I put it on.. and no, Im usually not the type of person who can play with a slinky for hours on end either.

― nothingleft (nothingleft), Thursday, 18 December 2003 20:12 (twenty-one years ago)

early Amon Duul II.

"Wowee Zowee"? I feel the opposite. that's Pavement's trademark shuffle mode album if they ever had one.

― donut bitch (donut), Friday, 19 December 2003 01:52 (twenty-one years ago)

"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" doesn't really have any skippable songs. There are a zillion other examples, but that's one I've been listening to a lot lately. Never skip a song, but frequently play "King of Carrot Flowers (part 1)" and "Two Headed Boy" twice.

Almost every Mountain Goats album needs to be listened to all the way through. Especially the last three or four.

To tell the truth, I pretty much always listen to albums all the way through. It's probably comes from being raised on LPs.

― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Friday, 19 December 2003 04:05 (twenty-one years ago)

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