# Do you mourn the death of the album? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2010, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-mourn-the-death-of-the-album/537503 "2010-04-27T07:57:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-mourn-the-death-of-the-album/537503/41 "2010-04-27T20:05:19Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > I loved all the associated intermittent sounds as well. The way the records would drop after each one finished playing, the scratchiness of the needle, the penny you invariably had to top to the top of the record needle to keep it all in the groove. > > There’s a lost art to enjoying music that the plug and play generation will just never understand. Yeah, and I miss turning the crank to start up my old Model T. Driving just isn’t the same anymore. :dubious: I liked (and still enjoy handling) vinyl records. The full-sized artwork was nice. Albums were cool when some work actually went into them. I don’t at all miss spending full price for an album that had only one or two good songs. I do still mostly buy albums, though. Used. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-mourn-the-death-of-the-album/537503/42 "2010-04-27T20:46:26Z")
I miss LPs, with big art that you can hold in your hands, and posters and stuff. But I like being able to download a song. Often, downloading a song leads me to go buy a cd. There’s an independent record store down the street from me, and I like the notion of supporting a local business that sells albums. But what I REALLY like is going to hear a performer or a band in a club, and during the set break or after the show, buying a cd from the artist. They usually travel with a couple of cases of “merch” these days. Often the artist will autographn the cd for me. It just wouldn’t be the same if you went to a show and the artist said, “after the set, bring your iPod up to the table and we’ll download a song for you!” So, I’m not seeing the album die - maybe it’s got a case of the sniffles, but I don’t think it’s a terminal illness. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-mourn-the-death-of-the-album/537503/43 "2010-04-27T20:55:08Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > How about the drivel wriiten on the backs? That stuff was usually not worth reading. You mean the track listing? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-mourn-the-death-of-the-album/537503/44 "2010-04-27T21:00:46Z")
I have a question, and this seems to be the place to ask it. Someone mentioned upthread about “tying” songs together. My MP3 player (I have a Sandisk Sansa) doesn’t have this function. Is this something I can set on Windows Media Player? For example, songs that they ALWAYS play together like Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid. How do you get them to play in sequence on the MP3 player? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-mourn-the-death-of-the-album/537503/45 "2010-04-28T02:58:41Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > I was working for CBS when that came out, and the official displays for that album were rather ‘dominant’. Incidentally, \*that \*is a true concept album. Indeed it is- and the live show that was touring a couple of years ago was just outstanding as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-mourn-the-death-of-the-album/537503.md?page=2)