# When was the last time you listened to an entire album, pretty much non stop? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 15, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077 "2023-07-15T18:39:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/41 "2023-07-15T22:23:42Z")
[Live Drugs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhutxtHtEtk). Very loud. It’s a regular. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/42 "2023-07-15T22:32:58Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > And second, because I very often can’t tell just from one listen how much I’ll end up liking a song: it takes more familiarity than that to really appreciate it. With me it’s almost instantaneous a lot of the time. I said this before here in a similar thread, I knew I was going to love _Smells Like Teen Spirit_ before I even heard a single word. All I needed was the intro music and I was hooked. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > First, because if I like a couple of the songs on an album, the elements that make me like them are likely to be present to some extent on the other songs. Other than theme albums, I don’t find this to be correct. Take _Hotel Califonia_ as an example. _Life In The Fast Lane_ is the only song I like. _Hotel_ is a distant second and the others are not on my radar at all. I see no similarities to _Fast Lane_ in any of them. Sure, maybe the bassist played the xyz chord while the drummer slapped on his drums in every song, but that kind of stuff is lost on me. > [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > The CD saved music. Yes siree! And digital improved on that. No more paying out for a LP when all you like is one song. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/43 "2023-07-15T22:38:33Z")
That is my answer as well, but it was about one month ago for me. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/44 "2023-07-15T22:41:37Z")
I’m currently listening to “We Have Been Here Before “ by Black Space Riders. Earlier today listened to Atheist’s first three albums. When I’m working, driving, workout out I lean towards shuffle. When I’m just relaxing, I usually queue up albums, generally based on and artist or theme. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/45 "2023-07-15T22:46:52Z")
Within the last year, I listened to Joni Mitchell’s _Blue_, as well as _Pet Sounds_ by the Beach Boys. I’m sure there were others I don’t remember off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/46 "2023-07-15T22:55:52Z")
Most days. Right now I’m listening to “The Beggar”, the new Swans album, and this morning I listened to Joe McPhee’s “Nation Time”. I do put bands on shuffle occasionally, but mostly I listen to albums. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/47 "2023-07-15T23:11:44Z")
Chris Smither “Time Stands Still”. About a month ago. When it arrived, I opened it and played it through. > **[Chris Smither - Time Stands Still - Live at McCabe's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FU8pDAhEHE%2F)** > > Chris Smither Live at McCabe's 6-29-2012Time Stands Still (by Chris Smither)Lyrics:I've been blind, she's been kind.She knows at times I forget to see.Th... ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/48 "2023-07-16T00:25:47Z")
Music threads always make me feel so young here. Green Day, _American Idiot._ It’s kind of a concept album so it bears listening from start to finish, like some great big multi-movement concerto. I feel like it defines what it was like to be a kid in 80s & 90s suburbia and dealing with the shock of the post-911 world. I listened to it last time I drove across state lines to visit my Aunt, in the Spring. My husband and I usually play it once on the road, and end up raving about how good it is. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/49 "2023-07-16T00:35:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Not just a cut, not a bunch of songs you have compiled, but an entire album as released by a studio. If you done this, what album was it? I think the last album I bought and listened to in its entirety was Caro Emerald’s _Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor_ around 2010. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/50 "2023-07-16T00:38:12Z")
I listen to music on YouTube, so I only listen to whole albums or concerts. The last album was No Need To Argue by The Cranberries. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/51 "2023-07-16T00:55:28Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Gimmicky tracks are one reason that I dislike having a large digital library set to random. But you could cull the gimmick tracks from your library, right? I have Neil Young’s melodious _Comes A Time_ album… but I tossed the raucous “Motorcycle Mama” decades ago. . > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Music threads always make me feel so young here. > Green Day, _American Idiot…_ Hey, music is timeless. Here’s a 70 yr old boomer who agrees with you. Someone just asked me about all the classic bands I’d seen, and I said that Green Day’s American Idiot tour is still the most fun I’ve had at a concert. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/52 "2023-07-16T00:58:49Z")
> [@digs](#): > > But you could cull the gimmick tracks from your library, right? I have Neil Young’s melodious _Comes A Time_ album… but I tossed the raucous “Motorcycle Mama” decades ago Only if I completely deleted them. I have done just that for some tracks I can’t stand to hear at all. It would not be easy to tell my Windows Media Player to only play the track if it is part of an album being played, but to skip it when I am playing my entire library on shuffle. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/53 "2023-07-16T01:00:18Z")
Just about every day I’ll listen to a CD or two. Any one of the 1000’s I got on the shelf. Yesterday it was _Thin Lizzy, Live and Dangerous_ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/54 "2023-07-16T01:24:40Z")
About a year ago, when it was released, I listened to Alan Parsons’ From the New World album as I added it to the shuffle. Once in a while I’ll need to hear all of Pink Floyd’s Animals. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/55 "2023-07-16T01:58:22Z")
_Tubular Bells_ by Mike Oldfield. I was folding towels and it came up on the YouTube rotation. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/56 "2023-07-16T04:03:25Z")
Anytime I hear _Rocks Off_ played, I just let it roll through the rest of _Exile_. It’s such a great jam. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/57 "2023-07-16T04:13:38Z")
I listened to both sides of _Tubular Bells_ myself while running errands two days ago. **Ludovic** mentioned listening to parts of Elvis Costello albums. I attended the show on 7/5 at the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater and several days later drove over 700 miles home. On the trip home, I played the extended versions of the first five EC albums in order. (For anyone not familiar with EC albums, that’s A LOT of tracks. Also, I count _Taking Liberties_ in the first five. _Trust_ is the sixth. But I also played _Live at the El Mocambo_ for extra credit…and the bonus EP from _Armed Forces_.) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/58 "2023-07-16T04:23:08Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Once in a while I’ll need to hear all of Pink Floyd’s Animals. I literally wore out _Animals_ and _Wish_. Both skip on me now. I have to dump them on a USB and play them that way now. It adds little gaps between track which kinda piss me off. Believe it or not, I found a Brand-New copy of _Dark Side_ in a junkyard. It still plays. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/59 "2023-07-16T05:21:47Z")
If I’m listening to a CD in the car, I usually don’t bother to skip tracks. But the last time I listened to a CD in the car was probably 5 or 10 years ago. I remember liking Flight of the Conchords’s eponymous album as driving music, as an example. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/60 "2023-07-16T05:29:40Z")
While I have a lot of playlists, both on devices and the cloud, I figure I listen to full albums 3-5 times a week. Certain types, especially ones that tell a story, really only work on album format. And that leaves out various instrumental soundtracks that I have on for mood or relaxation as background music. Today though, were a few that were in the story format: Dreams in the Witchhouse - A Lovecraftian Rock Opera Charlemagne : By the Sword and the Cross Both are awesome in different ways, and I hadn’t listened to either in the last month or two, so was in a mood. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077.md?page=4)