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What's an aspect of an album that really ticks you off?

It really annoys me when an album opens with it's best song, which a lot of pop artists seem to do. It usually gives me absolutely no incentive to listen to the rest of the album as all my enthusiasm if gone by at the latest the third song. What's even worse is when the album is clearly ordered from best to worst. Listeners should be rewarded, I think, for enjoying the album from start to finish.

So what about you?

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CalamityCat wrote:

What's an aspect of an album that really ticks you off?

It really annoys me when an album opens with it's best song, which a lot of pop artists seem to do. It usually gives me absolutely no incentive to listen to the rest of the album as all my enthusiasm if gone by at the latest the third song. What's even worse is when the album is clearly ordered from best to worst. Listeners should be rewarded, I think, for enjoying the album from start to finish.

So what about you?

I don't like albums that have completely unimaginative song titles.

I'm also a bit irked by the fact that almost every hip hop album I see has an opening track called "Intro"
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I hate it when new albums aren't easily split for vinyl sides. I like having the two sides easily distinguishable in my mind, even when there isn't actually a vinyl version.

I also hate when artists make 55-minute albums. Too long for a single album, too short for a double LP.

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When a lot of people like it and I don't.

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Applerill wrote:

I hate it when new albums aren't easily split for vinyl sides. I like having the two sides easily distinguishable in my mind, even when there isn't actually a vinyl version.

I love it when albums have two halves, even though I don't listen to Vinyl that much.
It's like having two different chapters. Artists should incorporate it more into what they do, rarely is something clever made out of it.

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when an album is a dippermabel

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Applerill wrote:

I hate it when new albums aren't easily split for vinyl sides. I like having the two sides easily distinguishable in my mind, even when there isn't actually a vinyl version.

I also hate when artists make 55-minute albums. Too long for a single album, too short for a double LP.

Umm, weird things to have in common with, but yeah, same here (although "hate" is a strong word.. "slightly annoyed" is better)

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Applerill wrote:

I also hate when artists make 55-minute albums. Too long for a single album, too short for a double LP.

This irks me to no end.
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When the album just stops rather than ends

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When an album chucks all it's highlights at the beginning. You should space them out to keep the qualtiy a bit more consistent.