You're not wrong. New music isn't frequently recorded with the intent for it to be heard in an album-oriented way.
But the albums I like to listen to as albums will remain cohesive albums for an eternity.
Lots of stuff from Roger Waters is cohesive in that way, which is perhaps something a person might expect me to say.
But also lots of stuff from Maynard James Keenan, Trent Reznor, and even Marilyn Manson is also this way, which is perhaps less expected.
(And sure, I can rip an album as an album and convert that to a singular MP3 that I can play as an album almost anywhere, and it needs to be a single file since MP3s can't be perfectly concatenated. But then, I can't easily skip around on that singular album when it behooves me to do so.
I could do both things when it was still in CD format.)
Billy Eilish's latest is intended to be listened as a complete album (but of course the fact that this is known as an exception proves the general rule...)
Her recordings are excellent. They generally sound simply fantastic. When turned up on the big stereo, they tickle every auditory input I have -- including the usually-strictly-tactile ones.
I've heard that her brother, who is probably (and perhaps obviously) her biggest fan, generally has a huge part in producing and mixing her music. It is apparent that they work well together.
Anyhow, thanks. That album is on the list for the next time the neighbors have left for the weekend.
But the albums I like to listen to as albums will remain cohesive albums for an eternity.
Lots of stuff from Roger Waters is cohesive in that way, which is perhaps something a person might expect me to say.
But also lots of stuff from Maynard James Keenan, Trent Reznor, and even Marilyn Manson is also this way, which is perhaps less expected.
(And sure, I can rip an album as an album and convert that to a singular MP3 that I can play as an album almost anywhere, and it needs to be a single file since MP3s can't be perfectly concatenated. But then, I can't easily skip around on that singular album when it behooves me to do so.
I could do both things when it was still in CD format.)