If you want me to buy all ten songs, make all ten songs good. You can’t make an album with 3 singles, 2 deep cuts, and 5 filler tracks, then bitch about iTunes and the “death of the album”.

themattsmith

To that point, Simon also says this: “When I make an album I’m thinking about the presentation and arc of the album, one song going into another, the sequencing and making sure all songs are as good as all. I don’t want to make two songs that are really good and then the rest just be fillers. I want to make a great album, and one that flows and has an arc. I want to say things within this 40-minute structure.”

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    I still kind of hate itunes culture.
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    tears I’ve cried...“Wasted Time”, I could buy...iTunes...
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    Yes, yes yes! Hey, remember when singles were way overpriced? I remember paying $2.65* for this: (no sales tax in...
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    consumers to pick...they like will force “artists”...do away...
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    “If you want me to buy all ten songs, make all ten songs good. You can’t make an album with 3 singles, 2 deep cuts, and...
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    I believe that it is VERY rare to see a really good album, with 10 good and solid songs, nowadays. Actually, labels...
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    And that’s all well and good, and I see and admire his point… problem is, wanting to make that album and actually making...
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    themattsmith To that point,...also says this: “When I make an album
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