I really only discovered The Beatles around the time I had a midlife crisis in my 30s. I'm not a rock n roll guy. I really only listen to reggae and ska, or bizarre stuff like Boingo, Devo, Zappa, etc. Anyhow, this album hit me, and specifically the medley at the end of the album, like a ton of bricks when I needed it the most. There's something very cathartic about listening to album front to back.
When the album has a nice finale like that medley its nice to let it play all the way through and build to that moment. When I made mixtapes and later CDs for people in middle school and highschool (and fucking minidiscs, remember those pieces of shit?) I would agonize over the track order. You gotta have a good track order. Letting the musician decide the order of the tracks by playing the whole album is fun and I like to indulge it when I have the time.
Abbey Road - The Beatles
I really only discovered The Beatles around the time I had a midlife crisis in my 30s. I'm not a rock n roll guy. I really only listen to reggae and ska, or bizarre stuff like Boingo, Devo, Zappa, etc. Anyhow, this album hit me, and specifically the medley at the end of the album, like a ton of bricks when I needed it the most. There's something very cathartic about listening to album front to back.
When the album has a nice finale like that medley its nice to let it play all the way through and build to that moment. When I made mixtapes and later CDs for people in middle school and highschool (and fucking minidiscs, remember those pieces of shit?) I would agonize over the track order. You gotta have a good track order. Letting the musician decide the order of the tracks by playing the whole album is fun and I like to indulge it when I have the time.