HW : Too long albums (was NEW ALBUM ROCKS!!!!)

[Ron Jennings]

> The problem with albums like Electric Tepe, It Is The Business... and Alien
> 4 is that they are too long, there are plenty of songs that could be
> 'classics' but they fall together with all the crap that comes with them on
> these albums. There are more albums suffering from the same disease, Rush -
> Counterparts and Test For Echo, David Bowie - outside, Yes - Union etc etc.
>
> I'm not a vinyl-nostalgic but the time-limits within that format were
> definitly healthy, really, how many double-albums are there that does us
> anything good ?
>
> Lamb Lies Down...yepp,
> Ummagumma and Topographic Oceans - maybe,
> Works and The Wall...where's the dustbin ?
>
> Live albums should, of course, be as long as needed.
>
> So what we need is albums where the artists has to pick the best, say,
> seven songs out of, say, fourteen, instead of getting the full output since
> the last album, anyone agree ?
>

nope. i agree that some albums do end up with some 'filler.'  gives me time to do
what needs done. the longer the better i think. plenty of 3-4 minute tracks on the
radio or mtv.
what we need is quantity PLUS quality.
blah blah blah. ignore me. its too early. and im distracted.
rj

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