Comments on: Single Songs Versus Albums

By: lol twilight sux « Etherised Patient

lol twilight sux « Etherised Patient — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:13:44 +0000

[...] I even gave Lady Gaga music a chance after saying it was awful, and…well actually it still is awful, save a few songs that are too catchy for their own good. NEVER AGAIN SHALL I DELVE INTO MAINSTREAM MUSIC (kidding). [...]

By: Desiree

Desiree — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:51:03 +0000

If I listen to a single that I like, I’ll check out the album to see if there’s anything else by the artist that catches my ear. A lot of my favourite songs tend to not be singles, as a result :P Of course, there are also artists who are one-hit wonders, and I end up deleting most of the album…

Trust me, you’re better off for not knowing that Sexy Bitch song.

By: Manda

Manda — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:04:10 +0000

I’m all about the singles :P I rarely listen to albums in an entirety unless I’m commuting to work and listening to an album on my iPod.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:39:58 +0000

I’m weird too in that a lot of my favourite songs aren’t singles! When I get music, I usually take the entire album as opposed to a specific song. There are some artists (Seabear, Sea Wolf, the Sounds) who make albums where I can’t pinpoint a specific song that I love, and then there are artists who I love because of a specific song.

By: Tran

Tran — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:55:51 +0000

Haha, Gaga. I don’t get why people don’t buy albums. I mean, how satisfying could a single possibly be? Silly people. I love albums though, I got through phases where I’d listen to one album for ages and then get sick of it and then move on, until I’m back to the same phase.

I wish Backstreet Boys had two shows; I would’ve gone to both, lmao.

By: Regina

Regina — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:08:25 +0000

It depends. If I like one song from an album, I’ll usually go and give the entire album a listen. I rarely *love* entire albums though, with the exception of gapless albums, which are awesome.

By: Clem

Clem — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:35:40 +0000

I very rarely buy single songs. If it’s a top 40 song that I find catchy, sure – but in general, I like to get the full album. I put my iTunes on shuffle most of the time, though. :P There are a few albums that I always listen to fully… so if iTunes plays a song from one of those albums, I’ll just skip it, or play the album.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:28:12 +0000

I almost always listen to full albums. I can replace full albums with playlists, but even then I don’t shuffle through the songs, I listen to the playlist in the order I set for it.

Not that I always used to listen to things like that. Probably in the last year or so I made the transition from being a shufflaholic to a full album devotee. :P

Okay, and I do occasionally put Rhythmbox or iTunes on shuffle (or make use of the “Queue” feature in Rhythmbox to list random songs), and I do have plenty of singles and the like on my computer. I just listen to full albums more often! (Although I must admit, I do not have any full albums by Lady Gaga.)