# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/61 "2023-07-16T06:13:47Z")
> [@CC](#): > > People who listen to classical music do this a lot more frequently, I imagine. This applies to me. I have a large collection of vinyl albums and CDs, but they’ve been collecting dust for decades. I just listen to streamed music these days. I only play choice cuts from streamed classic rock albums from the 60s and 70s, a bit of jazz and folk, too—and occasionally other genres like country and funk. But, I listen to a lot of classical music, and symphonies typically take up an entire album. I listened to Beethoven’s 9th in its entirety last week (and #3, #5, and #7 not long before that). I also listen to Mozart’s Requiem a couple of times a year, as well as complete streamed albums by Liszt and Chopin. The last streamed _popular_ albums I listened to in their entirety were probably Abbey Road, Pet Sounds, and Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Wish You Were Here–but its been a while. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/62 "2023-07-16T08:13:38Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Pinball Wizard (The Who’s verstion) came on this morning, and I thought about listening to the whole Tommy album again. That would be fun. We did that on Thursday morning driving back in the car, We offered the kids a treat for getting through their exams and they wanted to see The Who at the O2 arena in london so they did. It was excellent apparently. ---
**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, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/63 "2023-07-16T12:43:05Z")
Gotta love that Piltdown Man. ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/64 "2023-07-16T12:55:45Z")
> Heyworth recalled that Branson was getting impatient and pressured Oldfield to deliver the album, and to include vocals on one of the tracks so he could release it as a single. Angered by Branson’s suggestion, Oldfield returned to the Manor where he drank half a bottle of [Jameson’s whiskey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameson_Irish_Whiskey) from the studio’s cellar and demanded that the engineer take him to the studio where, intoxicated, he “screamed his brains out for 10 minutes” into a microphone. The incident left Oldfield so hoarse that he was unable to speak for two weeks.[[6]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubular_Bells#cite_note-QSummer2001-6) The engineer ran the tape at a higher speed during the recording, so that upon playback the tape ran at normal speed, thus dropping the pitch of the voice track and producing the “[Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man)” vocals listed on the credits.[[7]] I really still love this album. And while I don’t generally go for reissues, the inclusion of Viv Stanshall’s manor tour on the box set was a delight. ---
**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, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/65 "2023-07-16T12:59:21Z")
👍 (Two slightly… distorted… guitars) I actually had the 45RPM version. Side 1 faded out with the low bass riff, side 2 faded in with the “Master of Ceremonies” bit but faded out before the solo guitar ending. I’m sorry I didn’t keep that. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/66 "2023-07-16T13:20:55Z")
I’ve got almost all my CDs and vinyl LPs ripped to mp3. I have an iPod/boom box combo in my office that I listen to on days I work from home, I have a bunch of albums loaded to my phone that I can listen to on my headset when I’m at work, and I have a thumb drive in my car. Except for when I sometimes have the car audio set to random, I pretty much always listen to albums all the way through. The last album I listened to was as I was finishing up work on Friday afternoon. The Blues Brothers - “Briefcase Full Of Blues”. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/67 "2023-07-16T13:22:21Z")
I mostly listen to music on YouTube or Mp3 downloads. It is has been long time since I have listened to entire album straight through-like over 15 years. The last albums I can remember listening straight through: Guns n Rose-- _Appetite for Destruction_ Nirvana-- _Nevermind_ Def Lepard – _Hysteria_ George Michael — _Faith_ ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/68 "2023-07-16T13:26:13Z")
I still listen to CDs pretty regularly. Vinyl less so, but somewhat. Last album I listened to straight through was _Secret Samadhi_ by Live. Last week. Thursday, I think. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/69 "2023-07-16T16:41:21Z")
I buy albums on iTunes all the time, at least one new one every week, and after I buy one I always listen to the whole thing, start to finish. So definitely within the last week. Most recently might be “The Good Witch” by Maisie Peters. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/70 "2023-07-16T20:35:41Z")
Yesterday: The Beths, _Expert In A Dying Field_ The [title track](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KACt6YhOyY) algorithmed its way into my notice, I played it on repeat for weeks, and yesterday decided to check out the rest of their stuff. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/71 "2023-07-16T20:47:57Z")
Usually every Sunday, when the jazz stations that we stream lose their minds and think everyone wants to listen to 1920s music. It varies, if course. Today I remember Tony Bennett and k.d. lang’s album. Quite often it’s one of our West African albums like Talking Timbuktu. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/72 "2023-07-16T21:12:46Z")
I’m sampling different streaming services, and when I do, I try to find an album that I liked a long time ago. So, today, I listened to _Red Octopus_ by Jefferson Starship. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/73 "2023-07-16T23:35:04Z")
Today, in the car. I had a 425 mile drive, and I listened to “London Calling” by The Clash, “Stop Making Sense” by Talking Heads, and “Child is Father to the Man” by Blood Sweat & Tears. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/74 "2023-07-17T03:29:28Z")
Three days ago my 12-year-old kid was putting together a Lego set, so I played two entire albums (CDs) so he could enjoy and learn about certain music. I picked: Bolling and Rampal, _Suite for Jazz Flute and Piano_ (1975) The Negro Problem, _Welcome Black_ (2000) I thought at the time how rarely I play whole albums. The previous time was about two months ago: Harry Belafonte live at Carnegie Hall (to celebrate his life, when he had died) — four sides, this time on vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/75 "2023-07-17T03:40:32Z")
Christmas, 2022: I listened to the soundtrack for _A Charlie Brown Christmas_ by Vince Guaraldi and Ella _Wishes You a Swinging Christmas_ by Ella Fitzgerald (like I do every year). Outside of the holidays, the last album I listened to non-stop was _Sam Cooke - One Night Stand - Live At The Harlem Square Club, Miami, FL - January 1963_ last August. I had just received it and I always try to listen to an album non-stop and intact once before shuffling its songs into my MP3 collection. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/76 "2023-07-17T04:09:15Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Christmas, 2022: I listened to the soundtrack for _A Charlie Brown Christmas_ by Vince Guaraldi and Ella _Wishes You a Swinging Christmas_ by Ella Fitzgerald (like I do every year). _A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector_ is my once-a-year holiday necessity. On the topic, I listened to two albums today while on a bus trip to Tacoma to see the circus - Taylor Swift’s _Speak Now_ on the ride there, and _Bat Out of Hell_ on the ride back. I may be the only person in history to have listened to both of those albums on the same day. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/77 "2023-07-17T04:11:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > _A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector_ is my once-a-year holiday necessity. It’s one of a couple of CDs which are our must-have accompaniment to decorating the Christmas trees in our house. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/78 "2023-07-17T04:36:53Z")
I have recently listened to hardcore favorites such as: Dicks: Kill from the heart, and These People Big Boys: The Thin Elvis and the Fat Elvis ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/79 "2023-07-17T08:49:47Z")
When did Alicia Keys first break out? I remember listening to her whole first album all the way through. But it didn’t feel artist-built, if you know what i mean. It’s been since the 80’s that songs felt like an artist’s work, and albums felt like the producer’s or even promoter’s bailiwick. Yes, yes, cue 100 defensive posts with links to indy artists whose albums are cohesive works of art. But you have to understand that in the 70’s that WAS what album meant. You made time to sit and experience one, just as if you were going to a movie. I can’t remember the last one i felt that way about, but it was probably 1980-something. ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-listened-to-an-entire-album-pretty-much-non-stop/987077/80 "2023-07-17T11:09:54Z")
A few times a month, but much more often 15–20 years ago, when I had a CD player. Nowadays, I listen to complete albums only when I’m winding down late at night and there’s not a film or something on. I’ll either look on YouTube for artists I like or the algorithm will suggest something that catches my eye. I listen while lying on the couch and usually fall asleep before the end. More often than not, though, what I’ll look for are live performances. The most recent whole album is titled “The Album,” featuring Art Tatum and Ben Webster. Two well-worn favorites are “Inner Vision” by Stevie Wonder and “I Got Rhythm,” which is an outstanding compilation of the works of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. [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=3) [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=5)