SABMAN TURNT

1d

so it was a digital exclusive for less than a month? whoopty doo

SABMAN TURNT

1d

agreed

the guy i’m arguing with believes long albums should be shorter because albums can inherently only be good if Rick Rubin comes in at the last second & tells you to cut half the tracklist

Mafia Boss

1d

which was unheard of at the time for a major artist...

Mafia Boss

1d

there were no physicals the first week...

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lil-waynes-i-am-not-a-human-being-sets-worrisome-digital-trend-956069/

shaleirose

1d

That’s where y’all are misconstruing me.

I’m not saying that all long albums are automatically are bad. There are plenty of long albums from this decade that I enjoy:

Donda
Un Verano Sin Ti
Whole Lotta Red
MUSIC
ICEMAN
Mr. Morale
OCTANE
Hurry Up Tomorrow
SOS
COWBOY CARTER

Just to name a few

But even on these albums, while I enjoy them overall, I do think they would be stronger albums if their tracklists were trimmed down just a tad

Which ties into the point that I’m saying, which is NOT that all long albums are automatically bad albums, but rather that, in the streaming era, a lot of mainstream artists seem to be adding as many tracks as possible to their albums to boost overall streaming numbers, even if it’s not the strongest possible song or tying into the overall album in any tangible way

SABMAN TURNT

1d

so clearly you don’t enjoy the albums in full lol

long albums are great if you like every song on them

you haven’t found one where you do

shaleirose

1d

Wrong. A few of those, I enjoy every song, but there are a few songs that are a bit weaker than the rest or don’t really make sense in context with the rest of the album

For example, on ICEMAN I enjoy every single song but I would have left off Little Birdie and Don’t Worry because I think they don’t add anything to the album, and don’t make sense thematically with the rest of the songs

shaleirose

1d

The whole “more songs = more value” doesn’t even make sense in the streaming era. If anything, that makes more sense in the physicals era, where you had to pay real dollars for every album you wanted to hear.

With streaming, everything you wanna listen to is completely free, and you have access to 100 million songs at any given moment. Why do you need an excess amount of songs from one artist when you can listen to whatever you want to listen to whenever you want to, and it’s not costing you a dime?

SABMAN TURNT

1d

i get feeling that way from time to time, there are definitely some longer albums where i’m like “this song sticks out, would be better as a single or a bonus track instead”

but you’re ruining your own experience if you feel that way every time you listen to a longer album

shaleirose

1d

That’s where y’all are misconstruing me.

I’m not saying that all long albums are automatically are bad. There are plenty of long albums from this decade that I enjoy:

Donda
Un Verano Sin Ti
Whole Lotta Red
MUSIC
ICEMAN
Mr. Morale
OCTANE
Hurry Up Tomorrow
SOS
COWBOY CARTER

Just to name a few

But even on these albums, while I enjoy them overall, I do think they would be stronger albums if their tracklists were trimmed down just a tad

Which ties into the point that I’m saying, which is NOT that all long albums are automatically bad albums, but rather that, in the streaming era, a lot of mainstream artists seem to be adding as many tracks as possible to their albums to boost overall streaming numbers, even if it’s not the strongest possible song or tying into the overall album in any tangible way

shaleirose

1d

The whole “more songs = more value” doesn’t even make sense in the streaming era. If anything, that makes more sense in the physicals era, where you had to pay real dollars for every album you wanted to hear.

With streaming, everything you wanna listen to is completely free, and you have access to 100 million songs at any given moment. Why do you need an excess amount of songs from one artist when you can listen to whatever you want to listen to whenever you want to, and it’s not costing you a dime?

shaleirose

1d

I think the sweet spot for album length is between 10 and 17 songs

I think it’s really difficult to make a GREAT album if it’s less than 10 tracks and if it’s 18+ tracks

shaleirose

1d

But it’s not every time either lmao

I’m not trying to make some absolute statement so I apologize if it comes off that way

Anyone who thinks “long album = bad, short album = good” is being disingenuous

I just notice that in the streaming era, it’s more common for me to think “this song could’ve been cut” when the album is extremely long

shaleirose

1d

I think the sweet spot for album length is between 10 and 17 songs

I think it’s really difficult to make a GREAT album if it’s less than 10 tracks and if it’s 18+ tracks

Kee

1d

Personally, I think the magic number for me is 13 tracks.

15 is good for a deluxe.

Jalen Brunson Fan

1d

Crazy how quickly things change