DISCUSSION To you, what makes an album a ‘good’ album?
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Tone it doesnt really have to be consistent in theme as long as they don't go from saying sum bout don't kill yourself to saying if you don't have as much money me kill your self like a certain ! Album
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-No skips (skits don't count)
-Sustainability
-I need to be listening to this album all the time
-Sustainability
-I need to be listening to this album all the time
Replay ability
Shit like die lit is near perfect considering I go back to so many of those songs damn near 5 years later now
low amount of skips too, but personally I don’t know any album that has zero skips (even my favorites I have songs I skip)
Shit like die lit is near perfect considering I go back to so many of those songs damn near 5 years later now
low amount of skips too, but personally I don’t know any album that has zero skips (even my favorites I have songs I skip)
If about 30-40% of the tracks on an album are added to my library id say the album is good. To make a perfect album it would have to have around 90% of the tracks being added or i listen to it all the time front and back. For me Replay-ability is everything alot of amazing albums are good to listen once then i never comeback to it even if the music is well produced but lacks replay ability for me but other than that i have pretty low standards for a “good” album
0 skips, energetic songs (no boring artistic shit), good story behind, good and clean mix and ability to relate to the lyrics
Views is good but definitely dropped heat after, not to mention honestly nevermind is a great summer album if you actually leave your fucking town
Bits and pieces. Aint heard a good drake project since IYRTITL views was all right but. Now nah
For me personally, I love when albums have a theme to it, like a story or a movie. I like when the tracks on an album sound nostalgic to make me feel something similar that I've felt before, whether that be sound or rhythm. I also love when the lyrics are detailed and talk about who, what, where, when and why cause I can also imagine it in my head and that creates a picture which makes it feel cinematic to me. I also love when albums have perfect instrumental choices for the theme they're going for, like the right sounds and the right tempo and tone of voice for the mood the artist was going for too.
Another thing that has replay value for me is whenever songs have moments, like "a synth lead only comes on during this part" or "this pause only happens here right before the verse" or "the 808 pattern changes here" I feel like those things matter because it will most likely make the listener want to go back and relisten to the song because of that. I think albums should be treated like a movie cause it's also very similar to exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion. A few albums I can think of that have done AOTA pretty well is Rodeo, Blonde, CMIYGL, DAMN., I Decided, college dropout, CTRL, and testing just to name a few. I could play those albums front to back with no skips because it has special moments and doesn't feel to repetitive for me personally.
Another thing I love about songs is when it has references to something I know of or when they sample something I've heard before, because then it makes the song more special because I know what the artist was talking about or trying to recreate, same thing with topics as well.
I could go on forever about this but those are a few things that makes songs special to me, that was a good question and topic.
Another thing that has replay value for me is whenever songs have moments, like "a synth lead only comes on during this part" or "this pause only happens here right before the verse" or "the 808 pattern changes here" I feel like those things matter because it will most likely make the listener want to go back and relisten to the song because of that. I think albums should be treated like a movie cause it's also very similar to exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion. A few albums I can think of that have done AOTA pretty well is Rodeo, Blonde, CMIYGL, DAMN., I Decided, college dropout, CTRL, and testing just to name a few. I could play those albums front to back with no skips because it has special moments and doesn't feel to repetitive for me personally.
Another thing I love about songs is when it has references to something I know of or when they sample something I've heard before, because then it makes the song more special because I know what the artist was talking about or trying to recreate, same thing with topics as well.
I could go on forever about this but those are a few things that makes songs special to me, that was a good question and topic.
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