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21-06-03, 09:55 PM | #1 | |
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Deal With It
Seems some artists think their albums are just too magnificent to be broken up...
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it's amazing - these guys still don't get it..if they don't break 'em up, we will |
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22-06-03, 04:54 AM | #2 | ||
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Some artists need to catch themselves the fuck on..
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22-06-03, 08:08 AM | #3 |
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They wouldn't have this problem if they recorded one contious track on their albums. I'm surprised they didn't see this comming. The execs. and A&R guys are always telling them to record songs that can be played on the air, never letting them record songs longer than four minutes. Their albums end up being a collection of singles anyway, distributing those songs individually is the next logical step. The point is that many artists have already compromised their art, they've already shifted to a single-based model.
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22-06-03, 01:24 PM | #4 |
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Right, most albums are a bunch of singles grouped together anyways. This is especially true of anyone getting radio play, almost by definition.
There are many albums which stand together, and are best listened to as a unit; they follow a theme, tell a story, flow into each other, whatever. Tracks are merely used to delimit and index major breaks. Those will still sell fine in both a la cart track and in album modes. If all the tracks on your CD are good, then why would it matter to you how they're sold? If you just want to push out some filler, then I can see how the all important album sales would suffer. And yeah, nothing shows off your artistic talents and creativity like a 3-4 minute time limit and a radio friendly sound. |
22-06-03, 01:47 PM | #5 | |
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i love to see the mainstream of the old guard kick and scream in the face of inevitable change...something's happening, but you don't what it is, do you, Mr. Jones? |
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22-06-03, 04:31 PM | #6 |
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And hey, all these artists and bands mentioned in the article... if they're so opposed to single track sales, how do they explain music videos, singles, radio play and concerts?
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22-06-03, 04:56 PM | #7 |
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Where else would 'one hit wonders' come from?
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