Q: the value i see in albums is that they are just another level of grouping, just as you could say a song is a grouping of sections, sections are groupings of phrases, phrases are groupings of melodic fragments, melodies are groupings of notes, etc. there's many different ways to analyze the groupings of a song. but anyway, an album is one way to be just one tier above songs in the grouping hierarchy. i tend to like albums that seem to form a coherent and meaningful group of songs, which for me tends not to be about what order they're in as much, unless there is a narrative element. but for me grouping things is always a way to generate new meaning; grouping anything at all creates an opportunity to see what the group means as a whole, and how different aspects of parts of the group contribute to that meaning. maybe you think this does not work particularly well with songs, but for me it sometimes does. i can relate to your experience of liking songs more
  when taken one at a time, but there are also important albums to me, that have a meaning in and of themselves as a whole, beyond just one or a small subset of 'good songs' in them. are there any albums like that for you?
A: unfortunately no