Index > 2 books, 5 movies, 7 albums > Those 33 1/3 books are generally awful > the plus side of this > Do these things sell well, or something? > Re: Do these things sell well, or something? > It's weird to me that you cite Exile's length as a reason that you needed help digesting it > I didn't listen to albums that topped the charts in the late '90s/early 2000s and I hadn't heard anything past Goats Head Soup (nt)

You weren't listening to Voodoo by D'Angelo???

Posted by Joe (@joe) on May 28, 2025, 5:18 a.m.

I don’t even remember what that is. I just picked #1 albums because it was an easy list to find that I wouldn’t be cherry picking.

I obviously can’t argue with the fact you thought it was long. I’m just pointing out that by the time CDs took over probably 50% of albums were with 5 minutes of it and alot of them were longer, so it wasn’t actually a long album by ’90s/early 2000s standards, only by CLASSIC ROCK standards.

I can’t remember if I thought that Exile on Main Street was long when I bought it in 2001. It did take time for the production to grow on me, I know I always liked the songs. It’s a weird example of an albums where live recordings sound cleaner than the originals.

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