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Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 8:14 pm
by bune
washing machine wrote: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.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 8:35 pm
by washing machine
bune wrote:washing machine wrote: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.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 8:43 pm
by run2death
Blaine Ryan wrote: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.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 8:50 pm
by washing machine
WTF? I love WZ
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 8:54 pm
by run2death
Oh.
I didn't realize it had your prerequisite of supercheesy SM polish.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:01 pm
by washing machine
Now you’re just being salty.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:12 pm
by run2death
Burn everything to the ground and kill the women and children.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:15 pm
by BurtReynolds
I never paid attention to album length unless it's a double album with lots of filler (as all double albums are)
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:16 pm
by washing machine
run2death wrote:Burn everything to the ground and kill the women and children.
Is that a Slay Tracks lyric?
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:20 pm
by 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.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:22 pm
by run2death
washing machine wrote:run2death wrote: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.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:22 pm
by LoathedVermin72
I have never once heard an album I thought should be longer.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:25 pm
by bodysnatcher
run2death wrote:washing machine wrote:run2death wrote: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
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:25 pm
by Blaine Ryan
I kind of wanted more out of ye, despite enjoying it.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:25 pm
by bodysnatcher
LoathedVermin72 wrote:I have never once heard an album I thought should be longer.
not even Backspacer ??
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:26 pm
by washing machine
durdencommatyler wrote: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.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:28 pm
by 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.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:28 pm
by run2death
I love how short Earl's Some Raps Songs is.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:30 pm
by washing machine
run2death wrote:washing machine wrote:run2death wrote: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.
Re: Album lengths
Posted: Thu January 03, 2019 9:33 pm
by epilogue
washing machine wrote:durdencommatyler wrote: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.