Album art is dead.

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  • jtb260

    I get that.

    So - I may be totally wrong (I often am) but I think that maybe part of the reason Albums are dead is because the emphasis on the experience of a record has gone away. If the music isn't put together in away that makes listening to it fun (liner and production notes, lyrics, photos, bios etc.) then there is no incentive to buy the whole thing.

    People used to only buy singles or 45's but it expanded to albums and you usually got a little more than just a front and back cover. I think if albums came along with more content, that was compelling there would be a strong enough niche to buoy sales of entire albums. There just isn't a good platform for it.

    • ipods killed the album. before that, you had the whole CD to listen to on your discman..autoflavour
    • and you would carry those cd wallets around with like 20 of your favourite cd'sautoflavour
    • now if you buy music.. you click thru and buy what you like off an album..autoflavour
    • Understood, still think that's symptomatic of the lack of value that comes with an album. Not the technology we use to purchase it.jtb26
    • purchase it.jtb26

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