I think it is very rare that a good album comes out today that is 55 minutes or longer that can hold my attention. ANd I don't think that it is because I am part of that "slacker Generation". I have found recently that some of my favorite albums are 40 minutes or shorter. I suppose that now a CD can hold up to 78 minutes+ some artists deem it necessary to chock their album with annoying interludes and lots of filler. However, one very long album I can take from begining to end without losing interest is "Sheik Yerbouti" by Frank Zappa.
ANd yes, I always thought it was cute when artists would name the sides of their albums. R.E.M. always did this (as I own most of their tapes) and thought Kate Bush's "Hounds Of Love" benefitted from being on vinyl?
Some of my favorite short albums include:
Nashville Skyline-Bob Dylan
12 Songs by Randy Newman
Paris 1919 by John Cale..and the list goes onward...

Blair
NP: The Saxophone Song by Kate Bush





thread #2
the vinyl issue
am i the only one that thinks cds are too long and numbing?
how i miss the old days of a side 1
and side 2
(and i've never heard it adressed anywhere)
doesnt anyone miss the city side/sea side chapters
of song to a seagull?
doesnt anyone think its exciting to end a side with hejira
and start another with sharon?
these subtlties are totally lost now with cds.

and while i don't agree that ticks and pops add much
i've always kept my lps meticulously clean
and they still soung GREAT
(i have all of joni on vinyl thru chalk mark)
and yes, vinyl does sound warmer and better.
at least on hissing and hejira. and court and spark.
they digitised those poor things to death.
what they always strip out on those remixed cds
IS THE SOUND OF THE STUDIO.
and sometimes the cohesion of each track as a whole.
they just love to take out any echo or reverb.

lastly
what about the freakin art of the jackets?
and the lyrics?
the beautiful photos on hejira & don juan
the inner gatefilds of roses and hissing
all lost on those crummy tissue paper thin
cd booklets. yuck

thanks for listening
xxx
walt
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