#CosoMusic
Have a think before you answer.
What albums released in the last ten years do you think people will refer to in the year 2050 as "True Classics", the way, for example, we talk about 1990s classic albums today?
Teenagers, who are historically the curators of music for their time as teens, aren't listening to most of what anyone here would list.
@stueytheround
He barely listens to BTS so I laughed out loud.
@Shelter That's sort of why I asked. There are lots of artists out there who are trying to return to the idea of LPs thanks to the resurgence in the popularity of vinyl. New vinyl is *expensive* in comparison to digital so musicians need to give you good reason to part with your thirty bucks.
@stueytheround
It's super expensive.
I'd rather go back to CDs. Not kidding.
I'm not paying $40 for an album on vinyl when in the early 90s I refused to pay $24 for a CD.
@Shelter
I mostly buy vinyl from thrift stores, but now and again I will splash out for something new. My last brand new LP was Alice Cooper's "Paranormal" which was quite a while back now. I have a list of albums I intend to purchase as finances allow.
@stueytheround
Households that have gaming systems or Blu-Ray DVD players can often play CDs as well without shelling out money for turntables.
@Shelter My JVC turntable is 30 years old.
I bought it second-hand for £15
@Shelter The reason for buying vinyl (or CDs to a lesser extent) is simple. The artist gets paid properly.
@stueytheround
This part for sure.
My last turntable is from about 1997 and it died in about 2005.
@stueytheround @Shelter
It's not just the lack of albums. It's the lack of common culture. When we relied on a finite number of radio stations, you could get a phenomenon where everyone knew the same artists and owned the most popular albums, which is a prerequisite to them being considered classics.
Albums now are often higher quality than the stuff when I was young and one or two hits carried an album of meh songs. With streaming, they all have to be good. But they don't get credit for it.
@EileenKCarpenter
I agree.
However, ten truly great songs don't necessarily equal a truly great album.
The real classics do more than that. They take you on a musical, emotional journey. I'm not talking about "concept albums" (though I really enjoy those) as much as song selection and the order in which they appear. That part is an art in and of itself and often, it's more about what you leave out than what you keep.
@stueytheround
16 said to tell you that he and most people he knows don't really listen to albums, only individual songs, but your answer for 2050 is all of BTS. Not just an album, like Duran Duran.