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Points: 3484 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2005 at 15:36

Give me quantity. Thats what the skip button is for if ya don't care for a song.
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Points: 5187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2005 at 15:41
Originally posted by gdub411 gdub411 wrote:

Give me quantity. Thats what the skip button is for if ya don't care for a song.

So my friend,are we to believe that with you only length matters?Evil Smile

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Points: 3484 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2005 at 15:45
Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

Originally posted by gdub411 gdub411 wrote:

Give me quantity. Thats what the skip button is for if ya don't care for a song.

So my friend,are we to believe that with you only length matters?Evil Smile

Pinch

I like to get a full mouthful...err I mean earful, yes.
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Points: 5187 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2005 at 15:50
Originally posted by gdub411 gdub411 wrote:

Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

Originally posted by gdub411 gdub411 wrote:

Give me quantity. Thats what the skip button is for if ya don't care for a song.

So my friend,are we to believe that with you only length matters?Evil Smile

Pinch

I like to get a full mouthful...err I mean earful, yes.

I'm not swallowing that!LOL



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Points: 7374 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2005 at 18:54

The 40 minute album had it right. It just seems to me, that "prog" albums these days, that are 60+ mintues, just seem to have too much filler material. Whether that be in mediocre songs or passages of particular songs that could be omitted, it doesn't matter. It just seems to me that with the 40 minute album, you get the best of the best of what the band had to offer- because they only had 40 minutes.
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Points: 198 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 06 2005 at 19:03
40-50 minutes is good. 60 minutes is too much, but anything less than 35 minutes is too little.
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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2005 at 10:03

Anything less than an hour seems to end too soon - I guess I'm just too used to long CDs/bootlegs.
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Points: 166178 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2005 at 11:48
I do enjoy the 40-50 minuet CDs most often. But there are times, where i want to listen to someting longer. I don't know why. Also, with longer stuff you get more songs (for the most part). I like that as well. But i have nothing agenst the 45 min. album. All the best ones were that long.
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Points: 108 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2005 at 13:51
40-50 minutes is just the right. Below 40 it's too short and over it *can* kinda drag and be filled with... filler.

There are exceptions though. The new TMV lasts around 91 minutes (including the title track) and it never drags on. Tool's Lateralus lasts like 79:50 and it's great from start to finish.
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Points: 2383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 07 2005 at 16:54

It really depends on what album you're listening to.

For example, Frances the Mute and Shpongle's debut album both last around 75 minutes, but I never get bored listening to them. And then there are those damn ELP albums. Tarkus and Brain Salad Surgery are both around 40-45 minutes, but both have at least 2-3 fillers..
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