# Full albums you still listen to **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970 "2010-03-10T14:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/1 "2010-03-10T14:50:00Z")
For the iPod set: in this age of downloading 99 cent songs one at a time, what FULL albums would you still listen to beginning to end? I’ll throw out a couple of softballs: “Dark Side of the Moon” and “The Wall.” ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/2 "2010-03-10T14:56:09Z")
I have an Mp3 player with about 5,000 songs on it, but I still buy CDs. A few that are in my car right now that I listen to in their entirety are: The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love Neko Case – Middle Cyclone Mark Knopfler – Kill to Get Crimson ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/3 "2010-03-10T15:00:56Z")
I mostly listen to albums rather than singles, but the first one that came to mind for this thread was Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. I go back to it again and again and again. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/4 "2010-03-10T15:07:06Z")
Every Zeppelin album Odelay - Beck Achtung Baby - U2 Déjà Vu - CSNY Bad Company - Bad Company Machine Head - Deep Purple ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/5 "2010-03-10T15:08:03Z")
A lot of Beatles albums, maybe a couple R.E.M. albums (_Out of Time_ and _Automatic for the People_) once in a while. Other than that, if I’m purposely listening to a whole album it’s something new (to me), and only a few times until I’ve figured out which songs aren’t gonna catch on with me. Even the strongest albums are composed of about 33% skips. Except for Beatles albums. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/6 "2010-03-10T15:16:12Z")
A few that I always listen to in their entirety: Quadrophenia Utopia Parkway Welcome Interstate Managers Mutiny (Greg Kihn) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/7 "2010-03-10T15:19:59Z")
Live Bullet Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Bob Seger at his best I really like the pacing of the album. The songs need to be heard in that order. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/8 "2010-03-10T15:22:52Z")
Vitalogy, Pearl Jam Yield, Pearl Jam Skylarking, XTC Mummer, XTC The Queen is Dead, The Smiths Sam’s Town, The Killers Let it Be, The Beatles Selling England by the Pound, Genesis Live, Mental Jewelry Neil Young, Comes a Time U2, The Unforgettable Fire Vic Chesnutt, Is the Actor Happy ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/9 "2010-03-10T15:26:03Z")
Pearl Jam’s Ten The Crow Soundtrack obviously The Wall ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/10 "2010-03-10T15:32:52Z")
Just for starters: Miles Davis: Kind of Blue & Birth of the Cool Dave Brubeck Quartet: Live at Carnegie Hall Stan Getz: Getz and Gilberto Ali Farka Toure: all of them Salif Keita: all of them Habib Koite: all of them Nora Jones: her first album Santana: Supernatural Beatles: Rubber Soul Sergio Mendes: Brazileiro Herb Alpert & Lani Hall: Anything Goes ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/11 "2010-03-10T15:38:03Z")
A couple no one has mentioned: The Eagles, _The Long Run_ _Jesus Christ Superstar_ original cast Miles Davis, _Round About Midnight_ Dave Brubeck, _Time Out_ ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/12 "2010-03-10T15:51:58Z")
I like listening to soundtracks in their entirety; _O Brother Where Art Thou_ springs to mind, and the music from Ken Burns’ _The Civil War_. Also: _Graceland_, Paul Simon _Green_, REM I also have a couple albums by Beausoleil which I listen to all the way through. Once you go Cajun, you have to stick with it til the end. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/13 "2010-03-10T16:04:03Z")
Guitar Man Bread Roses in the Snow Emmylou Harris and a very young Ricky Skaggs ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/14 "2010-03-10T16:07:29Z")
So many. Lots of what is listed here. (\*\*blondebear \*\*- loving Fountains of Wayne!) Most of \*\*The White Stripes \*\*CD’s are solid end to end - Elephant, De Stijl especially Most of my jazz CD’s - \*\*Miles Davis \*\*is brilliant at keeping a mood moving across all the songs… ---
**Author:** ![Flip\_Pancake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f1d935/32.png) [@Flip\_Pancake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip_Pancake)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/15 "2010-03-10T16:26:25Z")
David Bowie’s _The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars_ and _Station to Station_. ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/16 "2010-03-10T16:26:56Z")
Out of the 7K+ plus tracks on my Ipods only two are single tracks - all others are full albums. I only listen to albums in its entirety (with very very occassionally skipping a track I dislike) ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/17 "2010-03-10T16:27:08Z")
The Band – The Band Safe as Milk – Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band John Prine – John Prine ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/18 "2010-03-10T16:30:36Z")
90% of my music is full albums, and I usually listen to them in their entirety about 95% at time at work (though when I’m driving, I will listen to tracks randomly). Listening to individual tracks of an album is usually like reading individual chapters of a book; if a CD is not worth listening to from start to finish, I don’t get it. If you want a list here’s a small selection Abbey Road Revolver Rubber Soul Sgt. Pepper Beatles 1 Beethoven symphonies Child is Father to the man (Blood Sweat and Tears) Blonde on Blonde Gorilla, Tadpoles, and Urban Spaceman (Bonzo Dog Band) Lick My Decals Off Baby (Captain Beefheart) London Calling Get It (Dave Edmunds) 11-17-70 and Honky Chateau (Elton John) Flash and the Pan It’s a Beautiful Day Aqualung One for the Road and Preservation Act I (Kinks) Kiss Me Kate Chicago A Chorus Line Recovery (Loudon Wainwright III) Live in Texas, My Baby Don’t Tolerate, and his Large Band (Lyle Lovett) Kind of Blue Moondog White African (Otis Taylor) Atom Heart Mother, Pulse, the Division Bell Procol Harum The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Rick Wakeman) Rock Bottom (Robert Wyatt) She and Him Flash Forward (Siegel Schwall Band) Third (Soft Machine) The Music Man The Drowsy Chaperone The Whole Fam Damily (The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band ) West Side Story Elephant I’ve left off the more obscure one and local groups. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/19 "2010-03-10T16:30:53Z")
It would take too long to list. I try to listen by album, not by single, when I’m working or running. For a sample, this is what comes up most often as full album listens on my iPod when I’m running: **Liz Phair** - Exile on Guyville **Smashing Pumpkins** - Siamese Dream **Pixies** - Doolittle **My Bloody Valentine** - Loveless **The Clash** - The Clash, Give 'Em Enough Rope **Flop** - Flop and the Fall of the Mopsqueezer **Gang of Four** - Entertainment! **Joy Division** - Closer **The Kinks** - Village Green Preservation Society **Van Morrison** - Astral Weeks **Wire** - Chairs Missing **XTC** - English Settlement But my iPod playlist is a small fraction of my full music library I listen to at home. You can pretty much put any Beatles album on there, any Stereolab, any Pixies, any Sleater-Kinney (which reminds me, I do need to sync them to my iPod, they’re probably my favorite band I’ve never had a chance to see live.) ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970/20 "2010-03-10T16:58:06Z")
I’ve been listening to the Flaming Lips’ Dark Side of the Moon, over and over and over and over and over. As if I hadn’t heard Pink Floyd’s version over and over and over and over. I will pretty much listen to any Tool album front to back, as well as anything that’s closer to aural wallpaper, like Moby (Last night) or The Crystal Method (Divided by Night). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-albums-you-still-listen-to/531970.md?page=2)