What albums do you play in their entirety but out of order?

[axolotl]

This thread is hereby entitled "The Al Pacino Thread."

The suggestion behind this thread is that our very own lpfreak made the following comment:

I always play that one side 2 first.

...to which I inanely replied:

That would make an interesting thread: "What albums do you play in their entirety but out of order?"

I have a couple albums like that, that I can think of.

Yes, it would be interesting for both of the days it would last.

 

[axolotl]

To be fair to mrfreak, his album was:

Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)




These are the first two albums that I can readily think of:

Rare Bird ~ As Your Mind Flies By (1969)


The reason for this is, I originally owned this album on cassette. It had the epic "Flight" as the first part, with the individual songs later. This is reversed on the LP.

Spooky Tooth ~ The Last Puff (1970)



The reason here is, Side Two with "Down River" is unbeatable. I dare you to talk me out of it.

 

[Nickyboy]

Every time you play an album out of order, the artist cries and the sound engineer eats a puppy.

 

[axolotl]

Every time you play an album out of order, the artist cries and the sound engineer eats a puppy.

Considering how often the second side of Abbey Road is played at the expense of the first, one can see why there was no feral puppy problem in Britain post-1969.

I was going to go a step further with my analysis, but this whole insight just makes me terribly sad.

 

[Worm]

This seems it would be more of a digital thing. When I play vinyl, I tend not to bounce the tonearm around.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

This seems it would be more of a digital thing. When I play vinyl, I tend not to bounce the tonearm around.

Doesn’t work with my 8-tracks, either.

 

[lpfreak1170]

My reasoning for the Dire Straits...side 1 is SO strong that I'm unable to really enjoy side 2 after it, and "Les Boys" is an extremely weak album ender.

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

Related nitpick: When I drag an album worth of songs from Windows Explorer to Windows Media Player, it rearranges the songs to alphabetical order. Dammit, I wanted them in album order!

Aside from that, the only one I really listen to out of order is:

Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company



I always skip the Willie Nelson track.

Edit: Oh, you said "in entirety." I'm going to leave this in here, otherwise I'd have nothing to contribute since Abbey Road was already mentioned.

 

[axolotl]

Related nitpick: When I drag an album worth of songs from Windows Explorer to Windows Media Player, it rearranges the songs to alphabetical order. Dammit, I wanted them in album order!

Aside from that, the only one I really listen to out of order is:

Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company



I always skip the Willie Nelson track.

Edit: Oh, you said "in entirety." I'm going to leave this in here, otherwise I'd have nothing to contribute since Abbey Road was already mentioned.

I can readily change the rules if it will keep the thread alive.

Yes, I admit it. I'm a personal thread whore.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

No albums, actually, but I've been known to play "The Magnificent Seven" twice.

 

[axolotl]

No albums, actually, but I've been known to play "The Magnificent Seven" twice.

There are several versions. Please advise which album is the version of which you listen. [<-- That's some constipated grammar for you, and I don't even know care whether it is correct.]

Spoiler

Thank you for preserving the thread and making it last for more than the two days projected.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

There are several versions. Please advise which album is the version of which you listen. [<-- That's some constipated grammar for you, and I don't even know care whether it is correct.]

Spoiler

Thank you for preserving the thread and making it last for more than the two days projected.

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