Q:  5.15.19  11:35 pm i dont understand why that second part would be true if there have been very great albums that we still call albums
A: that's fair, i think it just so happens that i don't like any albums, aside from the songs they contain. i have yet to hear one that seems to actually aquire any special quality due to the order of the songs. i've specifically gone searching for this on many occasions, i used to trust that it must be true, but after listening to so many of the most famous albums that are famous for being *great albums*, i actually have unilaterally failed to see anything special about the album as a whole, and still feels like at best it is just a bunch of really awesome songs, and on every album i've ever heard (in proper order) that i can think of, including the ones that are the most famous for being *great albums*, almost every time i still feel like at least some of the songs are in extremely the wrong order. i actually think songs probably go best in different orders on different days, unless you are able to do additional craftwork additionally going far beyond the music, to set up the songs to guarantee it's the right order. to do this i think you'd surely need at least as much connecting tissue (audio AND visual preferably) as could be found in a stage musical, at least. i don't see why you would want to do LESS than that, unless you are really just doing songs. no one seems to ever get what i'm saying on this but that's ok. i live alone