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									&quot;Album Only&quot; - An iTunes rant - Opinions and Polls				            </title>
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                        <title>Re: &quot;Album Only&quot; - An iTunes rant</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/album-only-an-itunes-rant/#post-364285</link>
                        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I only use songs that are related to what I am doing on guitar and so I don&#039;t ever need the whole album and actually if I was downloading them to listen to I wouldn&#039;t download a whole album ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I only use songs that are related to what I am doing on guitar and so I don't ever need the whole album and actually if I was downloading them to listen to I wouldn't download a whole album without hearing it since I can think of only a few albums I've ever listened to that every song on it I liked, maybe less than two, unless you are talking a greatest hits album.<br><br>To be honest most of what I download I've already owned and purchased at one time or another on casssette, 8track, vinyl or CD.  How many times do I need to give them their money, once is more than enough.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>cnev</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: &quot;Album Only&quot; - An iTunes rant</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/album-only-an-itunes-rant/#post-364258</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I would guess this would depend greatly on the album. Is an album just a collection of unrelated songs or does it have a structure to it that is greater than the sum of it&#039;s parts?Personally...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I would guess this would depend greatly on the album. Is an album just a collection of unrelated songs or does it have a structure to it that is greater than the sum of it's parts?<br><br>Personally, I'd never buy only Run Like Hell or Comfortably Numb rather than the entire album The Wall from Pink Floyd. I guess I'm old fashioned.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Big Lar</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: &quot;Album Only&quot; - An iTunes rant</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/album-only-an-itunes-rant/#post-364254</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Selling songs individually on CDs doesn&#039;t make sense. 15 songs, 15 CDs not very economical. But when there&#039;s no physical medium it shouldn&#039;t make a difference whether I buy one or all of the...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Selling songs individually on CDs doesn't make sense. 15 songs, 15 CDs not very economical. But when there's no physical medium it shouldn't make a difference whether I buy one or all of them. Part of the appeal of buying music this way is I can pick exactly what I want which would make me the consumer more likely to buy. As it stands $10 for an album when I'll only listen to one song just isn't worth it.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>GrungeSunset</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: &quot;Album Only&quot; - An iTunes rant</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/album-only-an-itunes-rant/#post-364248</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Slight tangent, but the tunes classification on ITunes, apparently a Rammstien album I recently downloaded is &quot;pop&quot;... :lol:  :lol:]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Slight tangent, but the tunes classification on ITunes, apparently a Rammstien album I recently downloaded is "pop"... :lol:  :lol:]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Apache</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: &quot;Album Only&quot; - An iTunes rant</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/album-only-an-itunes-rant/#post-364244</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[and that&#039;s why I use alternate methods to download music.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[and that's why I use alternate methods to download music.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>cnev</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: &quot;Album Only&quot; - An iTunes rant</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/album-only-an-itunes-rant/#post-364243</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I had that happen to me when I tried to buy &quot;Alice&#039;s Restaurant.&quot;]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I had that happen to me when I tried to buy "Alice's Restaurant."]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>NEZTOK</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: &quot;Album Only&quot; - An iTunes rant</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/album-only-an-itunes-rant/#post-364240</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[It&#039;s all we had in the days of LP when a song was not released as a single.  I hated buying a whole album for one song.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[It's all we had in the days of LP when a song was not released as a single.  I hated buying a whole album for one song.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Minotaur</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: &quot;Album Only&quot; - An iTunes rant</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/album-only-an-itunes-rant/#post-364212</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[You&#039;d have the same problem if you wanted to buy the CD.They just figured out how to manipulate the digital public, as well.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[You'd have the same problem if you wanted to buy the CD.<br><br>They just figured out how to manipulate the digital public, as well.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Bish</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: &quot;Album Only&quot; - An iTunes rant</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/album-only-an-itunes-rant/#post-364209</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[The logic behind it is: Get More Money.It&#039;s really a shame, but it&#039;s just one of many ways that digital rights holders aren&#039;t really that interested in what the customer wants anymore.Defini...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[The logic behind it is: Get More Money.<br><br>It's really a shame, but it's just one of many ways that digital rights holders aren't really that interested in what the customer wants anymore.<br><br>Definitely a pain. Sometimes there are other sellers who are less troublesome than itunes, but often there are not.<br><br>Best,<br>Ande]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Ande</dc:creator>
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                        <title>&quot;Album Only&quot; - An iTunes rant</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/album-only-an-itunes-rant/#post-40872</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[iPod users or anyone who buys music from iTunes will know what I&#039;m talking about. I don&#039;t mind paying for music but it is frustrating when I want to buy one song but it&#039;s &quot;album only.&quot; That ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[iPod users or anyone who buys music from iTunes will know what I'm talking about. I don't mind paying for music but it is frustrating when I want to buy one song but it's "album only." That means instead of spending $1 for the song I have to spend $10 for the song plus 14 songs I don't want. I tried to keep an open mind and listened to the previews of all the other songs on the album to see if it was worth buying but......it wasn't.<br><br>Is there any logic behind this or is it a ploy to get more money?]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>GrungeSunset</dc:creator>
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