Quote Originally Posted by bobsticks
I suspect that this question will get very few responses if only because so few people even within our community listen to entire albums anymore. I'm not saying that one has to listen to an entire work to have an emotional response but for me (and me only) it generally takes more than three minutes and some seconds.
Yes, I'm pretty much an all or nothing type of listener. If I only like one song on an album, I generally wont buy it. I've been pretty lucky with LPs so far, most of the time it seems all the good songs are on one side while the so-so song are on another. But I believe it does take an entire piece to get me moving. Which would mean, themed albums maybe get emotional response from me more than a couple songs.

I'm kind of thinking in a way about hot food. One reason some people like spicy hot food is that it produces an adrenaline rush and releases dopamine into the system. I'm wondering if at a certain intensity of music volume vrs a memory response to a song, is what puts me into that tense and still state where when the album is finished I feel like I've just had a lil supin supin w/ the music.