Can Length Ruin An Album?

harri georgeson · 09-10-2009, 10:32 AM

it's not the size of the boat but the motion of the ocean

FETCHER. · 09-10-2009, 10:32 AM

i think it definetly can i have lots of tracks which are sets from live acts, i hardly ever listen to them cos i like abit of everything in my playlists like a mixture of genre i hardly ever listen to a full album all at once, it bores me.

harri georgeson · 09-10-2009, 10:45 AM

i enjoyed Paul McCartney's comment about people suggesting the White Album (which was a double album) was too long.

he pretty much said, "it's the Beatles bloody White Album; shut up."

**Janszoon** · 09-10-2009, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by harri georgeson

i enjoyed Paul McCartney's comment about people suggesting the White Album (which was a double album) was too long.

he pretty much said, "it's the Beatles bloody White Album; shut up."

The white album was way too long though. It might have been bearable if it were an EP or something.

Grotesque Head · 09-10-2009, 12:06 PM

If the White Album were condensed to one disc it could of been their best album (providing that one disc contained the right tracks).

EDIT: What am I on about, disc? I mean vinyl.

harri georgeson · 09-10-2009, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Grotesque Head

If the White Album were condensed to one disc it could of been their best album (providing that one disc contained the right tracks).

EDIT: What am I on about, disc? I mean vinyl.

now there's a good topic: which songs should make the cut for the White Album - single album version

Thursday Next · 09-10-2009, 12:48 PM

I don't really like double albums. Even albums I like, I find I rearely listen to the second disc, and one really good album could have been made from condensing the two. Prime examples Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (first disc great, second disc largely unnecessary) and Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile (as above).

storymilo · 09-10-2009, 01:39 PM

I actually have the problem of not finishing with many albums, even ones that are normal length. But I don't think length matters that much except in extreme cases. For instance, London Calling by The Clash is something like 19 songs, but I can always get through it, becasue it never really runs out of energy.

Bulldog · 09-10-2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I'd rather be left wanting more than wishing something would end.

Exactly! Scott 4 and the Gilded Palace Of Sin are a couple of examples of albums that do just that which spring to mind.

The longer albums have to be something truly special to keep my attention all the way through, somethingExile On Main Street, Costello's Get Happy and London Calling achieve for me. Then there's the flipside of the coin with albums like David Bowie's Outside, the Manics' Generation Terrorists and so on.

jackhammer · 09-10-2009, 02:20 PM

The Clash's Sandinista. Just too damn long

Bloody brilliant album though.

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harri georgeson Groupie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: here there and everywhere Posts: 9	i enjoyed Paul McCartney's comment about people suggesting the White Album (which was a double album) was too long. he pretty much said, "it's the Beatles bloody White Album; shut up."

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Thursday Next Groupie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Posts: 39	I don't really like double albums. Even albums I like, I find I rearely listen to the second disc, and one really good album could have been made from condensing the two. Prime examples Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (first disc great, second disc largely unnecessary) and Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile (as above).

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storymilo Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,845	I actually have the problem of not finishing with many albums, even ones that are normal length. But I don't think length matters that much except in extreme cases. For instance, London Calling by The Clash is something like 19 songs, but I can always get through it, becasue it never really runs out of energy.