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How do you listen, individual cut, full album?

After reading a few recent threads concerning ipod vs vinyl I noticed differences in people's listening habits. Many of those who are listening to vinyl describe the act of preparing an lp and then listening to it in its entirety while those who have burned their collections to various digital medium listen in a random select mode. This is a generalization but it got me wondering.
I began serious listening back in the day of vinyl listening to albums from start to finish. This habit has continued with cds. I can tell you my kids listen to cuts instead of full albums as their music is on ipods or hard drives. Is this a generational thing? How do you listen and how did this come about for you?
timrhu
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
a least an album side.
chadnliz
3,736 posts
 
At home entire album, in the car I surf like I have A.D.D.
imin2u
392 posts
 
Full sides, full discs. There is no other way unless you're into missing the point of it's presentation. (For better or worse).

I do this even though I'd like to re-sequence all of the Morrissey solo albums.
kurt_tank
1,188 posts
 
I too usually listen to the entire album.
However, since I mostly listen to vinyl, that is pretty much a given. (In fact, I consider that a plus to listening to vinyl, as it almost forces me to listen to the non-hit cuts on the LP.)

With CDs, I usually listen to the entire album, however, I occassionally pick out a few cuts if I am either limited in listening time, or really only like a couple of cuts on the album.

Since, I don't own a MP-3 player or an Ipod, and nor do I really have much desire to own one, I can't contribute to the discussion for those formats.

My two cents worth.
ckorody
640 posts
 
Interesting question -

I am 100% hard drive based and find myself alternating between modes. With classical I tend to listen to the whole piece, and I also do it with a lot of Jazz albums - especially live performances where there really is some context.

But I also really enjoy making playlists and listening to a variety of cuts. As an example I have a smart playlist called Smart Blues... Anything I rip with Blues in the song title automatically goes into that playlist. There's something like 450 songs in there by everyone from Al Lee to Louis Armstrong to Julie London to BB King. It's really a fun way to explore the nooks and crannies of a collection that is too big to listen to any other way.

BTW I can't imagine doing this with vinyl... or even CDs - you'd have to spend too much time moving the physical assets.
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