27 songs and close to 2 hours is ridiculous. That sounds more like an ordeal
100%. Absolutely no need for an album to be that long.I've yet to give it a listen, but it's already annoyed me with the length of it. For me, the beauty of music and of listening to albums is the whole notion of repeated listens. For example, I've already listened to the new Chvrches album close to a dozen times already. With more and more listens, you hear little extras in the songs that you missed first time around, and it never feels like a chore because you know that you can get from the beginning to the end in no time, before you either listen to it again or play something else.
27 songs and close to 2 hours is ridiculous. That sounds more like an ordeal. It throws out the whole idea of repeated listens, which is quite dangerous, since it almost forces you to judge it one playthrough. I imagine many will listen to it once, then just won't be in a hurry to revisit it due to its length. 27 tracks!!
I'm not sure if this is 100% correct but I had a friend who used to run data on Spotify and said something like:Why are there so many songs??
What the feck?! They have a new album out? How did I miss this? Can't wait to listen to it. This is great!I've yet to give it a listen, but it's already annoyed me with the length of it. For me, the beauty of music and of listening to albums is the whole notion of repeated listens. For example, I've already listened to the new Chvrches album close to a dozen times already. With more and more listens, you hear little extras in the songs that you missed first time around, and it never feels like a chore because you know that you can get from the beginning to the end in no time, before you either listen to it again or play something else.
27 songs and close to 2 hours is ridiculous. That sounds more like an ordeal. It throws out the whole idea of repeated listens, which is quite dangerous, since it almost forces you to judge it one playthrough. I imagine many will listen to it once, then just won't be in a hurry to revisit it due to its length. 27 tracks!!
This is the first Kanye album I've listened to in its entirety, and I was completely blown away. I listened to all 27 tracks during a long car ride late last night, and it deeply affected me—the lyricism, the minimalist production, the samples. I was incredibly impressed, moved, and felt like I was levitating the entire time. Jay Electronica's verse on "Jesus Lord"… whew. Legendary.
Suprised to see the word legendary used.Well, this redditor was "blown away".
Can't wait til I get 16 tracks in to hear itJesus Lord is a fantastic track, I imagine a few will skip because of the title though.
BrilliantKanye is such a poor rapper too. Even on one of his good verses, he’s playing hide and seek with the beat
It's 11:30pm and I'm still listening ffsI'm attempting a first listen now. I feel battle weary and I'm on track 5.
The whole schtick is just tiresome now. Album being 'delayed' multiple times and then suddenly coming out on a Sunday before him then claiming it was released without his consent. Just boring. Made up drama from a mentally ill man.
Seems like he's got hundreds of people enabling him as well.There is literally no point in entertaining anything he does these days. Just go and listen to one of his good albums any time you even consider trying a new one.
''He(Kanye)is going to do whatever the hell he feels like doing and then come up with some religious rationalisation after the fact'' is a really great point and basically all of modern American Christianity.