base talk 30 or 10 tracks album?

[Bloodflowers.]

I love long albums that are cohesive. 10 tracks is too low, but 30 is too much

 

My favorite albums are between 15-18 tracks such as Scarlet's Walk by Tori Amos, Love & Life by Mary J. Blige or Full Moon by Brandy

 

[Tudors]

10. I'm on my first listen and bored to tears 😭 at work with litterally nothing else to do

[Venice B]

I tend to prefer shorter albums, 12 tracks is the perfect lenght imo.

 

That being said, I have no problems with longer albums when they're consistent 

[Problematique]

10 

 

But if an artist puts out a double album (around 30 track) with a strong concept, where each album offers a variation.. then I might be inclined to appreciate more tracks

[supaspaz]

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[Ewan Chaos]

I almost always prefer shorter albums than long album, so a 10-track album has higher potential to be great compared to a 20-track+ album. 

 

There are still albums with loads of songs that I end up liking a lot, especially older albums, but generally not my thing.

[TayDuaStan]

I would prefer a shorter album IF there's constant music output (at least an album a year). I don't like shorter albums if i have to wait 4 years for a 10 track album like c'mon, especially when you write over 90 songs for said album (I'm looking at you Dua)

Edited April 19 by TayDuaStan

[newaespa]

Quantity doesn't matter, quality does. Thank god the 31 tracks Taylor released are all in good quality.

 

Can't say the same towards another artist with her awful 27 tracks though. I can literally pick any 1 song from TTPD and it will still be better than every single one track from THAT ****.

[Lady Claire]

12 tracks is the perfect length. Not too short and not long either. Then a deluxe including + 4 or 5 bonus tracks, pushing the total to the 16-17. That should've been the standard in the industry, imo.

 

I loved Cowboy Carter but i agree it's too much to go through in one listen. It should've been a 16-track album just like Renaissance. As of Taylor's latest i haven't heard the 15 () new tracks but after hearing some snippets on Twitter i don't feel like i'm missing much. The same tracks that sounds the same and blend in together.  SOS also suffers from having some fillers but i loved most of it, so i don't mind. But yeah, it should've been shorter too.

[punisher]

i don't mind as long as the tracks are quality

SOS had a huge tracklist but all the songs were great 

[stevyy]

10 is too few... 12 - 14 is perfection... anything over 20 is ridiculous. 

[tomo]

I prefer 9 to 13 

[ariesgroove]

10-15 is the sweet spot for me, any less than 10 in the modern day of music at least and it's  an ep (BLACKPINK YOU ARE SICK!)

[dirrtydiana]

The eternal sunshine snub in the op….

lol at poets being 31 songs long probably because it's 13 backwards 

 

 

OT: it depends. obviously 13 amazing tracks with a great singing voice like ariana would be my answer but I really enjoy Cowboy Carter… probably due to beyonces voice.

 

so I guess it depends on if I like to listen to someone's voice because I'd still not listen to Poets if it was 10 tracks and would listen to ES if it was 31 tracks 

[Thuggin]

10 as long as they're all full length songs. I just feel like at 30 you're probably going to be whittling it down to the 10-15 you'll actually want to come back to anyway.

 

And I feel like it's harder to deliver a cohesive message and story with 30 tracks or if it is cohesive then it gets redundant.

[Letemtalk]

I prefer to listen to albums as a set of carefully prepared songs that leave you feeling satisfied, but wanting to return for more again later, rather than a vast selection of dishes in a all you can eat buffet dinner, where you consume dishes of variable quality, until you start start to feel sick.

 

10 songs works the best for me.

[KLatz]

I used to be team more content, but I don't really have the time or attention span to commit to these 20+ track albums anymore so nowadays I really appreciate a tight, cohesive 10-13 track album with all killer, no filler that I can keep on repeat 

[judasmonster]

30 is just too much..around 10 is a perfect amount to ensure quality and even allows for 5-6 min+ songs to fit in well.

[Achilles.]

Under 45 minutes is ideal, but hitting the hour mark is fine in most cases. Once you're over about 65 minutes it starts becoming a bit excessive.
 

I enjoy both Cowboy Carter and Tortured Poets but I'm afraid that given time, I won't end up revisiting either much just because of the sheer length. The (Taylor's Versions) are annoying for that reason too.

[Bloo]

I prefer about 15 tracks. 30+ songs (especially if it’s not including interludes) becomes a bit exhausting. While I’m enjoying TTPD, it’s… a lot to follow. To an extent, it almost feels like homework to figure out my feelings of the album cause there’s so much to churn through. 
 

So, yeah, I’d prefer a refined and focused album. 

[Gladiator]

I voted 30, but realistically I prefer 15-20 max. I like longer albums. I'm an album person. I want to listen to the entire album and then move on to another one, but I want that album to be long but not too long. 75 minutes or so is the ideal runtime for me.

 

Over time, for Tortured Poets I will compartmentalize the standard version and The Anthology into two separate albums in my mind and treat them as such when listening to them.

 

 

Edited April 20 by Gladiator

[Vixen Eyes]

i would absolutely go ******* feral and melt if Kesha released a thirty track album

otherwise, a ten track album is THEE sweet spot for quality >>>>>>>>

[Smarticle]

Addison Rae only needed a 4 track ep

 

[barbiegrande]

Maybe I'm poisoned by social media, but I don't have time for 15+ tracks. 

[Wicked]

Whichever works the best for the album.