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Originally Posted by KPL
In the past there were album versions! But those are no longer nowadays  |
i have like a love-hate relationship with album mixes, because i like to listen to songs from the album it comes from. but for a lot of older jpop releases the single version / original mix of the song is different from the album version. and so in the case where i don’t like the album mix as much as the original one (as is the case with Endless sorrow ~gone with the wind ver.~ being included on “I am…” over the original), it’s kind of annoying because then i have to stream it from the single or from a best album. this seems like a nonissue to most people but i have lastfm and i like having all of my scrobbles on one album. but it’s not a huge deal either, just something that mildly irks me sometimes.
on the other hand there are times where i actually do really like the album mix a lot, sometimes even over the original. one of those cases is immature, since technically the
original original version of the song is the jt cm version on the appears single, despite the fact that it was released at the same time as the album version. the jt cm version is nice and i do like it a lot, but i just think the album version is a sonic masterpiece. actual candy for the ears!
i do understand why there was a need to rearrange/remix songs for an album release, in the days of CDs you had to actually convince a consumer to physically buy a copy of your album, and an album would not be very enticing to purchase if you already owned a majority of the songs on previously released singles. now it’s different, you don’t have to commit to buying an album anymore since you can simply just go to ur streaming service of choice, listen to it, and if you liked it you save it; if you don’t, you just never listen to it again and go on with ur day! you’re not stuck with it like you would be if you bought a physical copy of it and ended up not liking it, and there is definitely much less at stake when it comes to checking out a new album. so i’m assuming because of that companies and artists are not bothering making new versions of songs for studio albums or if they do, it’s usually in the form of bonus tracks. and also just simply the fact that including previously released singles on an album increases your streaming numbers by a LOT (just look at Dua Lipa’s first album receiving a massive streaming boost after being repackaged with some of her previous big hits)
i know i strayed a bit (
a lot) from the main subject of the thread, but it really is an interesting subject… maybe i should make a thread dedicated to it in the chatroom section, what do u guys think?
