Album art is dead.

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  • Bennn0

    ####bumped####

    talked with a 22 years old, he said he never been to music shows because he dont have specific favorite bands, he just scroll Spotify and listen to songs... from many different bands, he never listen to a whole album ever. His music library is like 2,000 songs from 1,500 different artists, zero full album.

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    yep, the face of music is changing a lot since 15 years

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    • Feels like he's the type that 10+ years ago would have only listened to the radio.jtb26
    • I do that a lot, not every album is full of hits.Maaku
    • Thank God. The album format was born out of the fact that not every song is going to be a hit.CyBrainX
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  • Fax_Benson1

    I still love digipaks (the cardboard gatefold covers that often have inserts and all the other lovely stuff you used to get with vinyl). Only they're smaller, so easier and cheaper to produce and easier to store.

    Trying to get a crappy stapled mini-brochure out from behind those little bumps on a jewel case was one of life's great miseries.

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    • Put my band's ep on digipak because after years of doing sleeves I wanted a properly packaged CD for once.jtb26
    • And short runs of vinyl are hard to get and prohibitively expensive.jtb26
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  • jtb262

    I've been around long enough to see my own six-year-old thread bumped. Feels like some kind of QBN Achievement.

    I still moan about this by the way. To cope I've just become one of those hipsters who buy vinyl. Gives me that capitalist, scarcity driven satisfaction of ownership. Also better than CD's because the print is bigger, which helps for my aging eyes.

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    • Also, there's something about that intermission to flip the record from Side A to Side B!Krassy
    • * Slowly raises hand while feeling a mixture of pride and self loathing at the same time.nocomply
    • I have to say I don't have any nostalgia for the vinyl era. The sound is better on CDs (no debates, it just a fact) and it's way more convenient and durable.CyBrainX
    • For me it's not about quality it's about experience. My ears are shot after years of live performance without ear plugs.jtb26
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