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Does Anyone Still Listen to Entire Albums In Order?

In a recent tweet, Rosanne Cash said that she is obsessing over the order of songs for her new album: Resequencing my record for 94th time even tho only 5 people in the universe listen to a record in sequence now. Don't care, obsessing anyway — rosanne cash (@rosannecash) August 23, 2013 Within a minute, she received over 100 replies from fans (including myself) who still find value in listening to whole albums, in order. I don't do it all the time, of course. Listening to various songs by different artists is how music fans have listened to the radio for longer than I have been alive. Clearly, there's no harm is doing the same with our personal music collections. But some albums are so well put together, and have a common theme running throughout, that they actually have a stronger impact when heard in their entirety, in the intended sequence. It's a matter of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. My favorite CD's to listen to in o...