That's all they're interested in. This freaks out the business people. Because if one can't sell the whole damn album, all the economics don't work. What's even more hysterical is the business people don't even listen to the whole damn album. Maybe once, to determine the single.
Life's too short to listen to all that crap.
But they expect the audience to. So if a good album is released. Something solid from beginning to end. It's not like October 1969, when Abbey Road was released. Oh, there are some fans.