Albums vs Individual Songs

I skipped songs when I was in high school. My music tastes changed and most albums that I buy are great from beginning to end, so I don't usually skip songs.

I used to buy albums for one song but I am definitely a complete album guy now and seek out great albums from start to finish exclusively.

Buy album, listen from start to finish.

Albums are just a collection of individual songs. When you listen to an album you're listening to individual songs.

When I listen to new music, I listen to it an album at a time. But let's be honest, most albums will include some songs you like and some songs you don't like. And why would I want to listen to songs I already know I don't like?

In sum:
1. Listen to album
2. Figure out which songs you like
3. Listen to the songs you like

If you listen to enough albums, at the end of the year you'll have a sizable playlist of only songs you like. This is a good thing.

Good albums make it hard to skip songs. Of course that doesn't mean you'll listen to the whole thing every time and you'll listen to particular songs more, but you will listen to it completely many times

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taking the whole album as a piece of art and really have a hard time not viewing the whole thing as a project.

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That's how it's supposed to be. Queen's "A Night at the Opera" should always be played from start to finish and not just Bohemian Rhapsody.

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Hold on, so you only buy albums that you already know you like? Because certainly not every new album you listen to is great from beginning to end. That happens to me about 10% of the time, if I'm lucky.

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Are you trolling? Of course I buy albums that I already know I like. This isn't pre-2000.

I guess what I am saying, that in general, most of the artists that I like put out good albums and not just a good single here and there.