[Esuohlim]

I'm with Krythor. I listen to albums from start to finish, because to me a song doesn't mean anything on its own. The individual songs on the album on the whole form what I interpret to be the big picture, whether it's intended to be a concept album or not. I have friends who burn me mix CDs that I feel are unlistenable because everything seems taken out of context.

As for digital downloads I'd never buy them. I download full albums to try them out, and if I truly like them enough I buy a tangible copies. It just seems that once CDs are phased out and replaced with instant digital downloads at $0.99 a song, the concept of the album itself will get phased out as well. It will become a nonstop assortment of singles that artists will put out one at a time with no real cohesion. And I hate that idea.