Album lengths

[bune]

Remember when Radiohead hinted that they were done with albums and were going to release 2-3 EPs every album cycle after In Rainbows was released? I might be getting that statement wrong, but I vaguely recall that as being a thing.

I do, and someone else said the same thing. Smashing Pumpkins, I think? No one really knows wtf they want to do and then they change it anyway or don't do it at all.

[washing machine]

Remember when Radiohead hinted that they were done with albums and were going to release 2-3 EPs every album cycle after In Rainbows was released? I might be getting that statement wrong, but I vaguely recall that as being a thing.

I do, and someone else said the same thing. Smashing Pumpkins, I think? No one really knows wtf they want to do and then they change it anyway or don't do it at all.

[run2death]

I personally tend to have a soft spot for albums that a lot of people would consider overlong (the White Album, Wowee Zowee, a lot of Tom Waits albums, etc.). I like hearing artists explore different avenues of their sound and try different things. I like weird, off-kilter experiments. I think these albums have a lot of soul in them, and it kind of makes me sad that they might eventually become obsolete.

That said, there's a lot to be said for being concise, too. I can appreciate both sides. It's all about the content for me, I guess.

I like you.

Washing Machine hates you.

[washing machine]

WTF? I love WZ

[run2death]

Oh.

I didn't realize it had your prerequisite of supercheesy SM polish.

[washing machine]

Now you’re just being salty.

[run2death]

Burn everything to the ground and kill the women and children.

[BurtReynolds]

I never paid attention to album length unless it's a double album with lots of filler (as all double albums are)

[washing machine]

Burn everything to the ground and kill the women and children.

Is that a Slay Tracks lyric?

[epilogue]

I don't really have a preference on running time/album lengths. I just want a great record. New Adventures in Hi-Fi is long but I don't think there's a down or "filler" moment on the record. It's a super pretentious thing to say, I suppose, but the ideal album length is exactly however long the record needs to me.

Now, some records go on longer than they need to. It's rarer, though, to find albums that should be longer. But it happens.

[run2death]

Burn everything to the ground and kill the women and children.

Is that a Slay Tracks lyric?

No. It's my general outlook on life.

[LoathedVermin72]

I have never once heard an album I thought should be longer.

[bodysnatcher]

Burn everything to the ground and kill the women and children.

Is that a Slay Tracks lyric?

No. It's my general outlook on life.

r2d dreams of a gay paradise

[Blaine Ryan]

I kind of wanted more out of ye, despite enjoying it.

[bodysnatcher]

I have never once heard an album I thought should be longer.

not even Backspacer ??

[washing machine]

New Adventures in Hi-Fi is long but I don't think there's a down or "filler" moment on the record

I love that album, but Leave definitely goes on too long and its placement smack dab in the heart of the album tires me out for the rest of the record sometimes. First and only song that really made me understand Stip's long-running "this track should be shorter" complaint.

[Blaine Ryan]

The only R.E.M. album that I've ever felt was overlong is Up. Trim a few of the lesser tracks off of it and I'd put it right up there with the Murmur - New Adventures stretch.

[run2death]

I love how short Earl's Some Raps Songs is.

[washing machine]

Burn everything to the ground and kill the women and children.

Is that a Slay Tracks lyric?

No. It's my general outlook on life.

I feel like we really got somewhere today.

[epilogue]

New Adventures in Hi-Fi is long but I don't think there's a down or "filler" moment on the record

I love that album, but Leave definitely goes on too long and its placement smack dab in the heart of the album tires me out for the rest of the record sometimes. First and only song that really made me understand Stip's long-running "this track should be shorter" complaint.

I can understand this opinion but I do not agree with it. Leave is perfect.