Best Ever Albums

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

paladisiac — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:33:47 GMT

Author: paladisiac

Posted: 02/26/2014 19:33

i probably do listen to over 1000 albums a year and it's sort of a combination of a couple of those. Some albums i'll just listen to once, maybe for the first time, or revisit once, and some, especially new albums, i'll give a couple of listens to. Of course, some of my favorites would receive more spins in any given year.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

quincytejani — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:51:51 GMT

Author: quincytejani

Posted: 02/26/2014 17:51

I listen to every album that I decide to give a spin 2-3 times before deciding whether or not to add it to itunes. The way I decide whether to add it is by asking myself whether I can see myself listening to this album a few more times or whether it will simply take up space in my library. This guarantees that every album in my collection is adored by me and I get to know my music really well rather than simply listening for the sake of it. If there was the option I would have selected "listening to 100 albums 10 times"

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

SquishypuffDave — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 01:20:36 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 02/24/2014 06:20

500 albums once, 250 albums twice. This measurement exactly.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 20:51:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/24/2014 01:51

For many years I have listened to the same albums a million times, I felt right with that so it was ok. Two years ago, I decided to start buying all these albums I had Always loved, because I had not the original ones, just 2 or 3. When I started doing that, I also started to discovery some new great music, and more, and more.. Now I really enjoy discovering new music, but I Always listen deeply to an artist, and sometimes I love to listen again to one of my old favorites, too.
So it doesn't depend only on the album but also on the period of our lives, I guess.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

HigherThanTheSun — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 20:27:48 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 02/24/2014 01:27

It's like what Brandon says I guess, I never put too much thought into what music I listen to, just go for whatever I feel like listening to at that particular time, whether it's an old favourite or something I've just discovered. If there's nothing that interests me enough in my itunes at a particular time that's when I go searching for something new.

Often I find I'm way too comfortable listening to what I already know over discovering new stuff, which means I probably don't listen to enough new stuff. Doesn't bother me really though, I'm not on a quest to hear everything, as long as I've got music I enjoy listening to it's cool even if it is the same old.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:19:21 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/23/2014 23:19

Of the new albums I listen to, I probably go back to ~50% of them for a second listen within a week. Of those, I'll listen to ~50% multiple times. Usually those are the new favorites and I'll listen to them as many times as I feel like. So... I guess it's an inverse exponential distribution of listens.

No idea what that means for the poll, though.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

Hayden — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:16:57 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 02/23/2014 23:16

Quality.

But my answer for the poll doesn't matter, it's kind of like how Lethal put it. Some albums you listen once, some your listen five times, whatever, etc..

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

Elvar — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 17:07:09 GMT

Author: Elvar

Posted: 02/23/2014 22:07

Quality

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

karbutt — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:21:10 GMT

Author: karbutt

Posted: 02/22/2014 02:21

the only one to listen to 1 album 1000 times
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Re: Quality vs. Quantity

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:56:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/21/2014 20:56

lethalnezzle wrote:

I don't understand why you would give every album an equal number of listens.

Are you referring to the poll options? I was intending those to be taken more as averages. The poll was also sort of just tacked on for lolz, I'm more interested in the general discussion.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

alelsupreme — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:41:03 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 02/21/2014 20:41

If an album interests me enough the first time around, I'll probably give it another listen or two before making up my mind. If it doesn't then I'm probably not missing out.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

meruizh — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:29:11 GMT

Author: meruizh

Posted: 02/21/2014 20:29

Unless it's a terrible first listen, I'll try to give each album at least 4-6 listens to try to fully get into it.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

EyeKanFly — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:00:58 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 02/21/2014 20:00

I like to listen to as many different albums as I can. However, this can sometimes make it so that I don't really remember any of them.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:40:01 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/21/2014 18:40

lethalnezzle wrote:

I don't understand why you would give every album an equal number of listens. Of the albums I listened to last year, I tried to give each one at least two listens. Obviously, some were so bad that I didn't even get through the first. But of the albums I loved, Beyonce's latest, Kozelek and Lavalle's, Dam-Funk and Steve Arrington's, Chance The Rapper's, m b v, these are all albums I heard fifteen, twenty, thirty, forty, god knows how many times. Other albums, the albums in my top 60 or 70 for the year, are all albums I must have heard at least six or seven times, and many more in some cases (although a little less in others) - take Yung Simmie's Basement Musick or Nick Cave's Push The Sky Away for example, both albums that weren't anywhere near my favourites of the year but albums I found myself going back to very regularly. Then again, I have a lot of free time and can afford to spend time relistening to albums I don't necessarily love (though I don't really understand struggling with albums I don't even like). But yeah, basically what Brandon said, except for the "getting tired" bit. I listen to as much new music as possible in order the find the favourites I can spend forever going back to.

I mean, not so much getting tired as craving something different, or simply craving more music. XD Poorly worded, I suppose.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:37:32 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/21/2014 18:37

I don't understand why you would give every album an equal number of listens. Of the albums I listened to last year, I tried to give each one at least two listens. Obviously, some were so bad that I didn't even get through the first. But of the albums I loved, Beyonce's latest, Kozelek and Lavalle's, Dam-Funk and Steve Arrington's, Chance The Rapper's, m b v, these are all albums I heard fifteen, twenty, thirty, forty, god knows how many times. Other albums, the albums in my top 60 or 70 for the year, are all albums I must have heard at least six or seven times, and many more in some cases (although a little less in others) - take Yung Simmie's Basement Musick or Nick Cave's Push The Sky Away for example, both albums that weren't anywhere near my favourites of the year but albums I found myself going back to very regularly. Then again, I have a lot of free time and can afford to spend time relistening to albums I don't necessarily love (though I don't really understand struggling with albums I don't even like). But yeah, basically what Brandon said, except for the "getting tired" bit. I listen to as much new music as possible in order the find the favourites I can spend forever going back to.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:22:05 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/21/2014 18:22

To me the whole purpose of listening to a bunch of new albums is to find those albums you can play 20 times. And then when one gets tired of that album one starts searching again.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:17:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/21/2014 18:17

Quality.

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samistake2ice — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 13:07:09 GMT

Author: samistake2ice

Posted: 02/21/2014 18:07

this is a great question. I often have to stop myself, because I can get a little over zealous in listening to new music. most new music i listen to, i will give at least 2-3 spins and the stuff i like i probably listen to at least 15-20 times. Wow, i wonder how many times, in a given year, i listen to an album.

Re: Quality vs. Quantity

SuedeSwede — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:48:12 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 02/21/2014 17:48

swedenman wrote:

Do you think it's better to listen to as many albums as you can in your lifetime or to get to know the ones you do hear as well you can? Where is the happy medium? On any given day, how do you determine how to divide your time among new albums, old favorites, and albums you've been meaning to give another go? Etc.

A mix of all. Concentrate on the ones you love as well as discovering new listens, and trying to give albums another chance. Best approach IMO.

Quality vs. Quantity

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:45:14 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/21/2014 17:45

Do you think it's better to listen to as many albums as you can in your lifetime or to get to know the ones you do hear as well you can? Where is the happy medium? On any given day, how do you determine how to divide your time among new albums, old favorites, and albums you've been meaning to give another go? Etc.