It's possible to know all albums on PA ? (NO)

However, we're straying from main topic a little bit.

Back on track:

Torodd, we talked about it once (somewhere in threads), any idea how many STUDIO albums is out there ? That would help us to determine how many "full" albums (and I see studio albums as the highest and simply the best form of album type) is out there.

We should ask M@X, we really should.

I often say that I do reviewing because it:

1)Helps me to understand album better, because forming my thoughts into words makes me think about it and it's a good thing.

2)Helps me also learn English better. People are often saying what they liked, what they disliked and when I once mistaken Norway for Sweden, error was quickly corrected. Ahem.

3)It's helpful for the site, especially for unknown bands.

I sometimes forget that we are talking about so huge things. As I realized, many people can't even imagine listening song over 5 minutes (various threads proves me correct) and we are discussing knowing Thousands of albums.

Silly me :-)

EDIT: You don't know, I don't know too (my guess is about 10.000-14.000, some bands has only 4 studio albums and not more, but some has 4 studio albums and 5 live CD's, so it's average).

You don't know, but are you interested ? Because I am.

Edited by Marty McFly - June 17 2010 at 16:39

harmonium.ro wrote: toroddfuglesteg wrote: I know there is a perfect album somewhere in that mountain of albums. I can smell it. I can taste it. I can feel it. But I don't know which of them. It is driving me around the bend.   Post of the day

I think I have lost chance to find perfect album few years ago. However, there is still chance that this chance have a chance to reappear. 

I think that if you put together the first ten reviewers of PA, all the albums are covered. 

Instead of trying to know and listen all the albums in PA, you must try to stick with a varied and open-minded (not too open to make you lose your mind) music taste, and at least to get the whole discography of well-known classic influencial bands-musicians, such as King Crimson, Yes, Camel, Pink Floyd for prog rock, Opeth, Tiamat, Katatonia, Ulver, Enslaved, Agalloch, Meshuggah, Ihsahn, Devin Townsend for extreme/prog metal and Dream Theater, Evergrey, Symphony X, Pain Of Salvation, Ayreon, Riverside for prog metal, etc. Of course there are the ones that pops into my mind directly, there are the other ones as well. And of course you should try the underrated and underground ones sometimes as well, obsure ones and experimental ones. So quality talks instead of quantity.

I  only own about 350 albums and I'd have trouble working out who half of them were if I were listening blind. I think if I listened to that much music everything else would just be pushed out of my head and I'd be a bed-ridden babbling wreck 

I don't recognize the album. What is it?

i just try to keep up with the newer stuff and occasionally dabble in older stuff.

Knowing that many albums would suck the life out of the music, making it a blurry chore.  I don't think there's any way a person can properly listen to all the albums on the site.

My aim wold go in the line of : Just be able to get a glimpse of most artists, and from there go to album level if