theBoneyKing: Listening to whole discogs vs highlights only

theBoneyKing 10.14.17	I'm sort of on the fence with this. There are lots of artists I'd like to devote the time to immerse myself in their full discog, but at the same time I kind of want to just check the artist's "essentials" and move on to other stuff instead of wasting my time on potentially inferior albums.
SandwichBubble 10.14.17	whole discography whole discography whole discography whole discography
theBoneyKing 10.15.17	You're the wrong person to answer this question
Drifter 10.15.17	Whole discography cuz ya never know if something that is nonhyped will be amazing to you or not. Plus it's satisfying af to look at a band page and see scores for everything
Futures 10.15.17	there's not enough time to listen to every bands discog especially for older bands with mass discogs. start with the good and listen to the rest if you like it. i prefer to actually take time and enjoy albums with repeated listens instead of speed listening them and getting no enjoyment.
theBoneyKing 10.15.17	I'm similar with respect to repeated listens Futures. It's just there's also something enjoyable in doing that deep dive into a discog especially if it seems fairly consistent.
butcherboy 10.15.17	ultimately, whole discographies.. but over time with most artists.. New, less obvious highlights emerge over repeat listens, and with age.. sometimes, a discog is too daunting and dense to immerse yourself in at once, and it doesn't do the music any favour to plow through it.. over time though, it all comes to you..
theBoneyKing 10.15.17	It does depend somewhat on the size of the discog too, a 5 album discog is obviously gonna be easier than a 20 album one.
theBoneyKing 10.15.17	Butch that's prob true, only thing for me though is I will sometimes want to get into a full discog but will wait literally years to get to further albums and it gets annoying because the backlog just gets bigger. At least once you've finished a discog you're done and it's no longer hanging over your heard.
Drifter 10.15.17	Sometimes I start with their debut, sometimes I start with the popular one/acclaimed one. Kinda depends on who it is really
Futures 10.15.17	there's no point in starting with a debut that's widely considered bad or inferior to others. it will probably turn you off from listening to their good stuff.
bgillesp 10.15.17	I used to find music through youtube and pandora and only heard songs (this was before I joined sput). Then I started listening to full albums from the bands I liked and always started at the beginning of their discography. Now, since I mainly discover music through here, I started with the most acclaimed. If I dig, I like to check at least most of the discography, but if I don't I won't go back without a specific rec.
theBoneyKing 10.15.17	Just did a quick count and I only know 16 full discographies consisting of 5 or more albums.
LethalPaintball 10.15.17	i used to go through entire discographies, now i only do it for artists i really enjoy
theBoneyKing 10.15.17	If you give an artist a very high rating (4.5 or 5) would you say you owe it to yourself to listen to more from them, especially if they have other acclaimed albums, or does it not really matter?
bgillesp 10.15.17	Ive only done a full discog (lives and compilations that actually exist included) for like 2 artists, but I've done full LP dives with lots of artists and gotten really close to many others. I tried to discog like 40ish artists this summer that I knew an album or two from but most of them I did like 80-90%
bgillesp 10.15.17	I definitely feel like I "owe" listens to artists I rate really high, but sometimes I'm scared to check their other stuff in case it doesn't live up
RunOfTheMill 10.15.17	Many discographies are incredibly intimidating to approach. I've rarely listened to entire bands' discogs, and in the cases where I have, they're relatively shorter ones. Some of my favourite bands (Judas Priest, Scorpions, Iron Maiden...) have made some bad albums that I will try a track or two from but have either been so bad or so uninteresting that I don't bother with those releases... It can sometimes mean listening to a dozen really good-to-amazing albums but never quite completing a discog in its entirety. So if I look at it that way, I'll usually pick and choose some highlights and move on. I also agree with what Futures said, it's nearly impossible for me to blast through an extensive discography and honestly say that I can remember much of it, let alone really "enjoy" them
Futures 10.15.17	if you 5 something you should prob discog them if it's not overwhelmingly huge imo
Rigma 10.15.17	i ought to start listening to more full discogs, it's tedious when you're trying to do them all in a row though, you can get tired of the artist/genre's mainstays
theBoneyKing 10.15.17	"if you 5 something you should prob discog them if it's not overwhelmingly huge imo" That's probably right, though I gotta say there are a few cases of this where I have not yet done so.
Frippertronics 10.15.17	absolutely depends on their career trajectory - where exactly did they fall off, if they ever did? If it's like a single-digit discog, why not discog them, you know? But if it's like 20 albums and a third of them are disposable, that's your call.
Sevengill 10.15.17	Paysage discog run is the most important holiday of my year
TVC15 10.15.17	For artists with respectably sized discogs, I start with highlights. In due time I check their entire discog, but that's typically a slow process. But for those I've discog'd, I either really love them, or I was simply curious as to their evolution (or lack thereof) as an artist. On the other hand, there's only a handful of artists here on Sput where I literally have every album in the db of them rated and that's never in a day. Today, I'm actually jamming all of Manic Street Preachers' discography while doing a ton of homework, although I've heard all their albums multiple times.
ChoccyPhilly 10.15.17	Some discogs are too long and I get bored of more than 2 albums in a row that are shite and my interest will Wain off into some other genre
bloc 10.15.17	I feel like this is a no brainer. Discography obviously. Anyone else who says otherwise is an idiot.
theBoneyKing 10.15.17	Would you care to explain your reasoning there bloc?
bgillesp 10.15.17	I've discog'd Pierce the Veil in a single day over 20 times I bet before their most recent release. They only had 3 at that point though.
onionbubs 10.15.17	depends on how inconsistent the band is generally regarded to be/how many albums they have obv i ain't listening to every buckethead album but with a band with like 3 albums i'll prob discog. usually don't start with the debut with most bands instead i jump into their most acclaimed because that's more often than not the best starting point
onionbubs 10.15.17	i jammed every placebo album for the first time in a day. same with thursday. thinly shoe are the only two bands with more than like 2 albums i've done that with
Futures 10.15.17	thursday in one day? i just can't fathom doing that honestly. how do you get enjoyment/ separate the albums and songs?
Scoob 10.15.17	Depends. does one really want to listen to every post sentencing burzum album
Minushuman24 10.15.17	It really depends for me, I try to go and do the entire discog in order. But Some of my favorite bands, I still haven't listened to the entire discography until way way later
bloc 10.15.17	"Would you care to explain your reasoning there bloc?" Well put it this way: You wanna follow the age old argument of "music is subjective" and make your own decision on what is an artist's best album is or do you wanna just follow blindly what the masses have deemed what an artist's best album is? I am quite song driven and rarely listen to albums in full, so even if an album is shite overall, I will perhaps keep a song or two I like. Therefore, I feel like skipping over albums in a discog can really make you miss out on some gems. Also, I certainly would never listen to an entire discog in a row. Even if it's one album a day. You'll just get bored. Split the discog over several weeks. Take your time. Jump from genre to genre if you have to.
BMDrummer 10.15.17	depends on how much i like a band right now i've been listening to a lot and you will know us by the trail of dead's discog, and finding a lot of it to be really underrated. this happens to me for a lot of bands (mogwai, xiu xiu, modest mouse, the microphones, the mountain goats, etc.) where like they have one or two albums people call a "masterpiece," but then they rarely talk about early or later stuff. so i guess discogs for me, but i tend to really take my time with albums these days, so i think it's harder to listen to as much as i used to. although, it's allowing me to enjoy things a lot more.
Funeralopolis 10.15.17	I almost never listen to full discographies, most bands only have one or two good albums in them and I wind up not caring for their other stuff.
Futures 10.15.17	so i guess discogs for me, but i tend to really take my time with albums these days, so i think it's harder to listen to as much as i used to. although, it's allowing me to enjoy things a lot more. well stated. speed listening to a discog in a day or a week is crazy to me. i don't understand how that is enjoyable. i like to take my time and enjoy it with repeated listens.
BMDrummer 10.15.17	yeah like i'm coming back to things i heard once 3 years ago and enjoying them waaaaaaaay more now
wham49 10.15.17	I usually listen to one random album, then if I like them I start from the beginning, I usually speed their catalog the first time, just to get a sense of what is good then revisit stuff I liked after
neekafat 10.15.17	I usually do discogs unless I'm trying to get into a genre in particular, then I just jam highlights. That's what I've been doing with extreme metal and hip-hop lately
ArsMoriendi 10.15.17	For most artists I do discogs because I love artists who evolve their sound and it's fun to see that progression Though I will usually start with their highlights or at least 1 highlight
StallionMang 10.15.17	usually i go for the highlights, but ill hit certain songs/albums along the way if theyre interesting/important to the artists progression
theBoneyKing 10.15.17	I'm kind of surprised how many people are leaning toward discogs, I always felt like most people here just listen to albums at random. Lots of interesting perspectives.
EvoHavok 10.15.17	I tend to start with highlights and if I really grow to love them I check their discog, not necessarily in the release order.
Hundt 10.15.17	I always prefer chronoligically going trought discographies. That way I can see how Music style evolved or if the style entirely changed. And usually I like early material more than higher rated material,sometimes artists are way more experimental on early releases- It wastes alot of time,but its worth it in my opinion.
AsleepInTheBack 10.15.17	New artist = check their most popular / critically acclaimed Artist I'm familiar with = if I really dig their stuff I try jam the whole discog, but within reason. A group with a massive discog I might just go for the good stuff, but those with a reasonable sized catalogue I make a point of jamming the whole thing
DoofusWainwright 10.15.17	I'd say only very rarely should you attempt a whole 5+ album discog in under three months, it'll reduce the impact.
cor22222 10.15.17	I listen to whole discography but its time-consuming. It's fun to know every album from band even bad albums. I dont like to check one or two and leave it.
bgillesp 10.15.17	I get what y'all are saying in terms of not going through a Discog quickly, but I'm still young and still have so much music I want to discover so I move through stuff very quickly right now. That's why I like using this site though, because I keep up with my ratings and know what I felt like was worth revisiting. I still have like 1000 albums I want to check before I'll know fully what my musical taste consists of. Once I feel comfortable with that I'll do more revisiting and relistening than discovering.
theBoneyKing 10.15.17	I guess ultimately you just have to enjoy the music and whatever approach maximizes your enjoyment is the best one.
RunOfTheMill 10.15.17	Haha bgill I get what you are saying, but thibk of how many artists you might actually listen to if those are 10+ album discogs and it's a lot less than you might think. If I chose a couple of albums from each artist, I can try out so many more things.
foxblood 10.15.17	i usually start with the first album and move on through the discog as best i can. i often like some earlier stuff or demos/eps more than the most highly rated releases so it's worth it. i also love discovering albums that are mostly hated by fans with no ratings but are actually amazing.
Deathconscious 10.15.17	If i just keep hitting 3.5s or lower, i usually stop going through their discog and stick with the three or so i already listened to. And almost always chronologically, unless its one of those bands that didnt bloom until later. Though if i like them enough ill probably go back and check them at some point. And if its a huge discography, ill usually start on the ones with the highest averages, and often with those i wont listen to everything.
bloc 10.16.17	Dude by the time you get through those 1000 albums, there will be 1000 more albums to listen to. Take your time and enjoy what you can. Ear fatigue is a real thing.
neekafat 12.18.17	"whole discography" Yeah that's usually what I've been doing, but recently while I'm trying to saturate my knowledge of classic hip-hop and metal lately I'll just listen to only the major albums from the major artists and then move on, hoping I'll come back sometime So, yeah, it depends, but often I like discoging, it's more satisfying
neekafat 12.18.17	I realize I said the same thing two months ago lol
SandwichBubble 12.18.17	whole discography whole discography whole discography whole discography
Dewinged 12.18.17	I plan to get on full discography because the few times I reviewed this year I noticed my lack of background knowledge on some artists. But oh, there's so little time for all this good music.
sixdegrees 12.18.17	fuck the discog, most artists dont have that many good records in them
butcherboy 12.18.17	dyeing your whole head vs. getting highlights
gagnonov 12.18.17	depends i used to do full discography runs, but found i got tired of listening to that much similar music in a row, so now i dive into other artists/genres and come back to finish the discogs i really want to go through eventually over large periods of times. but yeah, i will finish that Miles Davis catalogue eventually.
CaimanJesus 12.18.17	I ain't got the time for that discog stuff
hadeserbonfa 12.18.17	always been a nut for full discogs, specially when they're not that big. If it's huge (more than 8 is pretty big already) I usually focus on their most acclaimed material. But I think that I got the best impression from those artists I've chosen to go chronologically into their discography (Fugazi, Low, Sleater-Kinney, PJ Harvey...)
neekafat 12.18.17	[2] Yeah if I check and dig something from one album, and realize the artist only has a couple others I'll just finish them up asap
gagnonov 12.18.17	i realize i have a tendency to just binge whole discographies. after a few albums, it quickly becomes a chore. some artists moreso than others. i know Yes was.