Fleetwood Mac, Paul Weller, Blondie and many other established artists are now releasing digital EPs instead of albums. On one hand, it makes sense. It's far more cost-efficient, it allows artists to give fans something new more often -- and God knows people's attention spans aren't exactly expanding. On the other hand, the album has always been the measure of an artist. And if big names aren't even going to produce them any more, new artists probably won't either -- which means there'll never be another "Beauty and the Beat," "Pretenders" or "Murmur." I don't like where this is going. Thoughts?
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Two lines of thought on this:
1. iTunes (and possibly the life I now lead) certainly isn't conducive to listening to albums like has been done in the past. And there is no AOR radio anymore that would support these kind of albums. And I HATE that many many many disks on iTunes don't come with credits or a booklet. What's up w that.
2. Everything is cyclical and the in the '60s the 45 was the rage, not the full album. They had them, just with filler and then 2-3 really good songs. But I hate to see the demise of the album and the ability to put 12 good songs in order for that experience.
But if someone like Fleetwood Mac is going to put out such a crappy 4-song selection, I don't want to wait another 5 years for a worse collection of 14 songs. It is the first FM music I have NOT purchased since (gulp) 1975 !! (and I even bought their crappy "Behind the Mask" and "Time" albums.
I really don't like where this is going! Fleetwood Mac released this THEMSELVES? It's only available digitally? Where the hell at WB? FM literally created their label supremecy in the 70s. Whatever, music sucks so bad now, it's all retreads and crap. That Pitbull/Xtina take on the AHA song is pathetic. Just place the original!
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