Albums You Don't Listen To Because You Don't Want To Spoil Them

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For me it's, among others, Radiohead's OK Computer.

I only let myself listen to this once every two months or so because every time I listen to it I hear something new and I'd prefer to keep that streak alive.

What are yours?

― Todd Burns, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ok computer for me too! richard d james album is still awesome to me because of limited play. mr bungle california. its so beautiful but so short. only listen to it once a month or so.

― chaki, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'breakaway' by gallagher and lyle

― richard john gillanders, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Donovan's Greatest Hits.

― adam, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Can't do it.

I'm like a kid in a candy store. Not only do I play the album to death but I'll stick individual tracks on repeat. 2 months? i was sick of Karma Police the Wednesday after I bought the CD.

And I wish it wasn't so....

― john-paul, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Me too. I spoil everything I like. Fuck delayed gratification, I want my pop thrills NOW!!!

― Arthur, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm with the No-Self-Control crowd. My favorite records are ones that, for some reason, I cannot get sick of. Among those are albums not really recognized for greatness. Like:

Vehicle Birth -- Tragedy Verbena -- Souls for Sale Rolling Stones -- Out of Our Heads

And, of course, lots that are recognized. I burn out on a record in two weeks, typically. The Unwound record last year and the Trail of Dead this year (which has now been in my changer for a month and a half without leaving) are a couple that I just can't get sick of.

― Yancey, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Stina Nordenstam's "And She Closed Her Eyes"... I only play it seasonally anyway, in the dead of winter.

― Andy, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I have a friend who bought Zen Arcade and Mission of Burma's Vs. in the '80s and still hasn't listened to them--she wants to save them for when she really REALLY needs to hear them for the first time.

― Douglas, Thursday, 21 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Spiritualized Royal Albert Hall album.

No, wait, I don't listen to that one cause it's crap.

― Mark, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I've got a couple of expensive 7" singles I bought on eBay that I haven't listened to yet... but that's more because I haven't plugged my record player back in yet. But as long as they remain unlistened- to, they could potentially be worth every cent....

― electric sound of jim, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Charles Ives. Wowser, he rocks.

― helenfordsdale, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ok Computer for me as well, also Loveless and Daydream Nation

― leigh, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Cocteau Twins Treasure comes immediately to mind, but several other records in my collection also fall into this category. "Two months or so?" Try 5 years or so!

― Jeff W, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Spirit of Eden & Laughing Stock. Paper goes yellow/brown when left on a sunlit window-sill.

― powertonevolume, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Fushitsusha: Double live PSF 15/16 and 03/04.

Also Cecil taylor unit:It's in the brewing luminous.

― Julio Desouza, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Right now it is Ryan Adams Gold as I have already destroyed the brilliant Heartbreaker by listening too much to it.
But actually all music I love, for example Velvet Underground, Yo La Tengo and Joy Division, I try to listen to only in moderation. As I do not know any album which would not be spoilt by listening too many times to it. There are some bands which are spoilt by very few listens, e.g. REM.

― alex in mainhattan, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

>"Two months or so?" Try 5 years or so!

I think if we compared our relative ages, it might become a bit clear why this might be true. If i was keeping stuff from five years ago on hold, I'd still be listening to the Doors...and only the Doors, cus Jim Morrison, man, he's the Lizard King!

― Todd Burns, Friday, 22 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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