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U2 - Songs Of Experience (2017)
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  1. Originally posted by Soundwall:I just would like to hear a creative, from the heart album. The way it gets produced can hold back or push them to do just that. SOI is quite from the heart.
    Me too. Make YOUR record. And I agree... I hope SOE is as passionate as SOI.
  2. Yeah, passion is a beautiful thing.
  3. Originally posted by thefly108:[..]
    Exactly. I've encouraged some people my age to listen to whole albums, in order, but there never is any motivation to do it now that songs are a click away.


    It depends on the genre too. I'd argue that most rap albums don't really have a cohesive idea behind them. Doesn't make them bad.
  4. In this time period, playlists are much more popular than albums in terms of listening preferences. The main reason being that the prolific nature of music streaming services allows users to easily create their own playlists, often times with programs generating playlists using their own algorithms. I think it's rare for people to listen to an album in full and in sequence outside the context of first purchase.

    Personally, I have found very few albums that I can listen to in full and in sequence. The two notables that come to mind are The Joshua Tree and Coldplay's Ghost Stories. Most other albums have great tracks, but there is always the one song I have to skip or the sequence itself feels off.
  5. Originally posted by ahn1991:In this time period, playlists are much more popular than albums in terms of listening preferences. The main reason being that the prolific nature of music streaming services allows users to easily create their own playlists, often times with programs generating playlists using their own algorithms. I think it's rare for people to listen to an album in full and in sequence outside the context of first purchase.

    Personally, I have found very few albums that I can listen to in full and in sequence. The two notables that come to mind are The Joshua Tree and Coldplay's Ghost Stories. Most other albums have great tracks, but there is always the one song I have to skip or the sequence itself feels off.


    Exactly!!!!!!!!! Nail on the head.

    Most other albums have great tracks, but there is always the one song I have to skip or the sequence itself feels off.

    Part of the reason people stopped being albums as a whole when they could pick and choose singles and create and customize their own playlist is that there are very few albums today that have the cover to cover staying power to keep the listener all the way through...
  6. I can't argue with the points made about playlists becoming more popular. I've been thinking about it more today and I like the idea more of releasing music more regularly but now my issue is if we're being realistic would u2 really release a song every 2 or 3 months if they went this route or would they give us 2 songs a year and then we'd end up with less output. I think the latter. But yes the more I think about it artists could start to release songs at least every 2 months even giving us 6 a year which would give us a good amount of material and keep bands in the public focus. I would really miss the idea of getting an album for the first time and listening to it all the way through and letting songs grow on me over time but I guess a song every few months is more exciting than a 3-5 year wait for an album with barely a release in between.
  7. Originally posted by deanallison:I can't argue with the points made about playlists becoming more popular. I've been thinking about it more today and I like the idea more of releasing music more regularly but now my issue is if we're being realistic would u2 really release a song every 2 or 3 months if they went this route or would they give us 2 songs a year and then we'd end up with less output. I think the latter. But yes the more I think about it artists could start to release songs at least every 2 months even giving us 6 a year which would give us a good amount of material and keep bands in the public focus. I would really miss the idea of getting an album for the first time and listening to it all the way through and letting songs grow on me over time but I guess a song every few months is more exciting than a 3-5 year wait for an album with barely a release in between.
    It only really bothers me when a NEW artist takes as long as U2 does to put a new album out, because they don't have the back catalogue of albums and live content U2 does to keep fans busy. I could listen to just U2's 80s output for the rest of my life and be happy. A band like Foster The People took 3 years to put a second album out - that's a problem.

    I don't really care how U2 puts new music out as long as they keep doing it, but I'd prefer an album. Their albums tend to be pretty thematic both sonically and lyrically, so I have a feeling they like it that way and they'll continue to do it that way anyway. That being said, despite Invisible not really fitting onto Songs of Innocence, it was nice to have that a while in advance of SOI. I remember people being pretty miffed about it not being on the album though.

    Shrug.
  8. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
    It only really bothers me when a NEW artist takes as long as U2 does to put a new album out, because they don't have the back catalogue of albums and live content U2 does to keep fans busy. I could listen to just U2's 80s output for the rest of my life and be happy. A band like Foster The People took 3 years to put a second album out - that's a problem.

    I don't really care how U2 puts new music out as long as they keep doing it, but I'd prefer an album. Their albums tend to be pretty thematic both sonically and lyrically, so I have a feeling they like it that way and they'll continue to do it that way anyway. That being said, despite Invisible not really fitting onto Songs of Innocence, it was nice to have that a while in advance of SOI. I remember people being pretty miffed about it not being on the album though.

    Shrug.
    You feel that way about NLOTH?
  9. Originally posted by ahn1991:In this time period, playlists are much more popular than albums in terms of listening preferences. The main reason being that the prolific nature of music streaming services allows users to easily create their own playlists, often times with programs generating playlists using their own algorithms. I think it's rare for people to listen to an album in full and in sequence outside the context of first purchase.

    Personally, I have found very few albums that I can listen to in full and in sequence. The two notables that come to mind are The Joshua Tree and Coldplay's Ghost Stories. Most other albums have great tracks, but there is always the one song I have to skip or the sequence itself feels off.
    Prime example: Drake's latest album is called a playlist. It is all him but it has a mixture of genres and sounds and even interludes that almost sound like ads. Maybe this is the future?
  10. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]
    It only really bothers me when a NEW artist takes as long as U2 does to put a new album out, because they don't have the back catalogue of albums and live content U2 does to keep fans busy. I could listen to just U2's 80s output for the rest of my life and be happy. A band like Foster The People took 3 years to put a second album out - that's a problem.

    I don't really care how U2 puts new music out as long as they keep doing it, but I'd prefer an album. Their albums tend to be pretty thematic both sonically and lyrically, so I have a feeling they like it that way and they'll continue to do it that way anyway. That being said, despite Invisible not really fitting onto Songs of Innocence, it was nice to have that a while in advance of SOI. I remember people being pretty miffed about it not being on the album though.

    Shrug.
    It could have fit on there though. I mean it was about the same theme.