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Poll Question: What is your fav album lenght?
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    Posted: February 24 2006 at 13:08

I know there are a lot of masterpieces , ones in the 30 - 40 minute lenght, others in the 60 - 70 ....

but i think or at least for me there is one ideal lenght for an album , what do you think?

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I think it depends on the kind of music. Genesis albums for example always leaves me wanting for more and there are some things that I just get tired listening
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Ah you are talking about ALBUM lenght....riiiight
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It`s not the lenght that matters.... 
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Originally posted by Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan wrote:

Ah you are talking about ALBUM lenght....riiiight

yep


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35-45 but it realy doesnt matter very much.
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Originally posted by Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan wrote:

Ah you are talking about ALBUM lenght....riiiight

Why? it's not like you've got something to be proud of :)
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Ah well i like em as long as they get
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Points: 20032 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2006 at 13:40
I've gone for 51-60, as that's how long it takes me to get to work, so one album will last the whole journey.
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What makes a good album IMO is the quality of the songs! You can make an album with 20 min of crap and 40 min of good music but the album would be probably better if it had contain only the 40 min of goodness for the ears!
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i LOOOVE double concept albums...but too many times there are a bit of filler here and there but the best ones def are:

The Human Equation-Ayreon

Snow-Spocks Beard

The lamb lies down on broadway(Some filler music but such a great story!)-Genesis!
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Originally posted by Em1ty Em1ty wrote:

What makes a good album IMO is the quality of the songs! You can make an album with 20 min of crap and 40 min of good music but the album would be probably better if it had contain only the 40 min of goodness for the ears!

I agree with you Em1ty.
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Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

Originally posted by Em1ty Em1ty wrote:

What makes a good album IMO is the quality of the songs! You can make an album with 20 min of crap and 40 min of good music but the album would be probably better if it had contain only the 40 min of goodness for the ears!

I agree with you Em1ty.



Yes, it depends of the music, if an album its very very good, you are not going to want that it finishes. Of course the double CD's concept albums are great, but they are good concept albums in one CD (SFAM for example).
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I dont think the length matters, for instance 2112 is less than 40 minutes yet is brilliant but DT's SFAM is twice as long and is also brilliant.
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Points: 3254 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2006 at 15:47
Well lenght does not matters but if you could choose you would rather have 80 mins of great music than 40 mins of great music
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^well obviously but we cant always get that, unfortunatly.
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Points: 20032 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2006 at 15:53
Originally posted by Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan wrote:

Ah well i like em as long as they get


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Points: 3118 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2006 at 15:56
Originally posted by Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan wrote:

Well lenght does not matters but if you could choose you would rather have 80 mins of great music than 40 mins of great music


Only if the 80 min are much better than te 40 min one (The Lamb vs A Trick of the Tail).
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Originally posted by Viajero Astral Viajero Astral wrote:

Originally posted by Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan wrote:

Well lenght does not matters but if you could choose you would rather have 80 mins of great music than 40 mins of great music


Only if the 80 min are much better than te 40 min one (The Lamb vs A Trick of the Tail).

I just loove the lamb although there are some filler tracks i simply skip em...there is still atleast 70 mins of really great music and the whole disc 1 is perfect!

Genesis always had quite long vinyls! But i think some of gentle giants vinyls are a bit too short

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31-40 minutes usually works for me. It really can go either way though, as Lindsay has been saying, double concept albums can be incredible, but if it is just one piece I prefer to finish it in 31-40 minutes. 
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