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| From | MCGaudio@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: albums, albums, where are you? |
| Date | Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:27:28 EST |
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To me, one of the things about an album is not just "does it hang together as
a coherent whole", but does the sequencing of tracks add something that just
listening to one track on it's own does not? Just in terms of something that's
on my turntable, with "Hermit of Mink Hollow", you not only have the rocking
"Determination" following the goofy "Onomatopoeia" (both shifting the mood and
ending the side on a note that makes you eager to hear the other side) but
also "Fade Away" ending the record and made all the more wistful because there
are no more tracks!
Not even the greatest example, just the handiest. But as any DJ will tell
you, the right combination of songs in the right order is more powerful than
the songs on their own. And that's what I would miss if albums were to
disappear, how the artist shifts or maintains the mood through the sequencing.
Mark
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