And on a related topic ... can we listen it to greatness?
Do you think if we listen to something enough with a semi-open mind that it can move into the favorites category? Can we listen it to greatness? I sometimes wonder about this since, like with that National album and many others, I tend to miss the charms of many albums at first, but when I start really listening, sometimes spinning nothing else for days, I often come around to appreciate them at a level I would've never guessed. We've all probably wondered at one time or another how many albums we have stuck on the shelf that are only one or two listens away from moving into that rare "regular rotation" category generally reserved for our favorites. You know, if you were stuck on a desert island with only some of those barely played CDs that you have dismissed in the past, what would happen? Can we elevate even bad albums just by familiarity? I know, according to some of you maybe I do do this with even bad albums :)