From Johan Bosman Sent Wed, Jan 27th 1999, 03:50
From Johan Bosman Sent Wed, Jan 27th 1999, 03:50
Another good one is Model 500's Sonic Sunset, which is an EP - it's over 50 minutes long... And of course Autechre's Garbage EP is up there as well, it being around 40 minutes. Xtal -----Original Message----- From: Alan R. Lucas <arlst18+@pitt.edu> To: Mark Kolmar <xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx> Cc: IDM List <xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> Date: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 6:42 PM Subject: Re: (idm) CD lengths (was Matador) >the first "idm" CD i bought was the orb's orbvs terrarvm, and when it came >up as 79+ minutes, i was like "wow... more bang for the buck!" and then i >got afx's "i care", which is less than 70, and although not disappointed >(at all... far better than orbvs in my opine), i was like "hmmm... how >come not 70+?" > >i remember the debate about the rdj album. at first i thought it sucked >that it was so short, but now i'm glad i have the UK version, because i >don't like hearing the boy/girl ep right after. even at 33 minutes, it's a >very complete album. hell, what about bochum welt's "module 2". what's >that? 28 minutes or something, i think. but based on two ep's i've heard >from him, i'm happy to lay out $26 to get the japanese version (w/desktop >robotics). i can't wait to hear it. > >as for the TLS album, i think the length is great. it's complete. i've >actually found myself starting to roll my eyes when i see something that's >over 70 minutes. like plug's drum 'n bass for papa. i just can not get >into it. too long. and the tracks are too long. tooooo much activity. i >like albums that are really active to either be shorter or have a lot of >songs of shorter length. > >a good example of this: > >mu-ziq's urmur bile trax 8 tracks, 67 minutes. boring. >mu-ziq's lunatic harness 13 tracks, 71 minutes. great album. > >i'm done thinking for now. > >alan! > >On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Mark Kolmar wrote: > >> On Tue, 26 Jan 1999 xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx wrote: >> >> > [....] after all it is only 45 min long.. >> >> I'm curious if many listmembers consider a 45 minute album too short by >> definition, or if 35-45 minutes can be just the right length sometimes. >> >> It used to be that 45 minutes was pretty long for an album. Some CDs >> overstay their welcome IMO. What do you think? >> >> I remember the fuss over the RDJ album, though as I remember that one is >> more like 30 minutes (not including "Boy/Girl"). >> >> --Mark >> >> >> __ Burning Rome : SENSELESS CD on Mindfield Records MindCD03 Cathartium 14 >> > Distributed by Dutch East India Trading, Com Four, and Carrot Top < >> < http://www.xnet.com/~mkolmar/BurningRome > < MP3 & RealAudio tracks > >> >>