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Originally Posted by Frownland
If I listened to it and enjoyed it, it would be a mistake to have avoided it for so long imo. I guess I just don't see the harm in listening to a 48 minute (or less if you bail) cultural touchstone.
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I see what you mean and don't think it's a bad argument, really, but here's my problem with it:
Depending on who you ask, there's literally thousands and thousands of cultural touchstone/must listen/unmissable/important/unique/innovative/challenging/interesting/genre defining albums to listen to, each ranging from 30 to 79 minutes in length. I've already got well over a hundred links/thumbnails and scribbled notes referring to albums I find I have a reason to check out. I simply have to make some editorial decisions and cut some stuff out, otherwise I'll have 100.000 hours of "must-listen" material on my plate.
It literally isn't humanly possible to give everything a fair shake.
I mean, even now, as I'm typing this, I'm in the middle of giving this album here a chance: