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And how much is the concept of an album really relevant anymore? Does anyone listen to albums straight through, or is it more playlists these days?

I either listen to individual albums or a massive shuffle. Albums are important to me. If an artist releases a single I like but the rest of the album is filler, I won't buy it. That has lessened somewhat for me with the advent of being able to buy individual songs for a reasonable price, but I've still never actually done it. (I probably ought to.)

Generally speaking, though, if an artist can't put together an album worth listening to, they generally don't have the talent to put together a single song worth listening to with any frequency, in my experience.
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Bitt Faulk