did you follow thru on doing a ideal minute-length poll?
― caulk the wagon and float it, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol, was gonna vote 12
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Friday, 18 May 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
voted 5792.5
― nagl lack (seandalai), Friday, 18 May 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
i don't think i did but there is this: perfect album length
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
Very few albums over 10 tracks don't have any filler.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 18 May 2012 17:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
Though very few albums of any length don't have any filler.
my pet theory is that there's kind of a psychological thing at work, where songs that would automatically be "filler" on a 14-track album or a double LP behemoth sound more like a natural piece of the whole when they're only one of 8 or 10 tracks.
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Or it could be that the musicians/producers involved are just better at quality control.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 18 May 2012 17:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
xpost i agree. one naturally gets bored during practically any album, below a certain length it's just a mediocre song and above a certain length it becomes "filler"
― caulk the wagon and float it, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
maybe. it doesn't seem like the '60s-'80s artists that were making concise 10 albums were necessarily holding themselves to a higher standard or better at cutting the wheat from the chaff, it doesn't seem like there's usually a ton of outtakes or rejected early versions of songs from those albums. more likely they just cut the 40 minutes' worth of material they knew would fit on the LP, and then went back in the studio 6-12 months later when they had the same amount of material ready to go again. (xpost)
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
sometimes the weird/less great songs don't even sound mediocre! Houses of the Holy is my favorite Zep album and i've come to regard "The Crunge" and "D'Yer Maker" as essential pieces of the album's character, even if they're by no means the best songs. meanwhile there are probably much more listenable songs on Physical Graffiti that you could wave a wand and make disappear and I'd never notice.
― some dude, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i see your point. good example.
― caulk the wagon and float it, Friday, 18 May 2012 19:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
anything less than 10
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Friday, 18 May 2012 20:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
A non-Compilation album? Less than 12.
― jetfan, Sunday, 20 May 2012 20:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 24 May 2012 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 25 May 2012 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink