On Saturday, I bought Kings of Leon’s latest album Only by the Night on CD, after dithering over whether to buy it for weeks. I like both of the singles released so far (“Sex on Fire” and “Use Somebody”) and thought, well, two is the magic number. If I like two singles, I generally buy the album.
I’ve listened to it, and am pretty damn pleased I bought it (even though Miss 8.6 aka”Nana” had her hands over her ears the whole way home from town, as I had to listen to it loud, jeez, adults these days…) and I particularly loved track 5, “Manhatten.”
Sometimes, if I know a band really well, I’ll buy their latest album without listening to it at all.
But mostly, it’s the two single rule and so far, so good.
What’s your criteria when you buy the whole album? How do you choose your music? And what’s the last album you bought and were you happy with your choice?
Oooh, you know me, I *heart* this album.
I bought without listening to any of it because I loved their other albums so much. I’m not sure what is my favourite track but I think it’s Crawl. Manhattan is brilliant. Normally though, it’s two or three singles before I will buy an album but I’m a shocker for waiting for Best Of cds!
Depends on the artist. I will buy anything that comes out from some artists (Mark Knopfler). I’ve been using iTunes, too. If you download 1 or 2 songs and like them, you can complete the album at the album price. You don’t get the packaged jewel case but it’s usually a little cheaper. I don’t buy nearly as much music as I used to.