Another article re CD sales

i've had also an experience many years ago when i decided to buy the whole album of eagles
now i hate every single song they sing including hotel california wich was the primary target...

Historically one of the best places to buy new music in my area (atlanta) was Borders. However, I've noted that new Border's stores being built in the area have only a fraction of the space devoted to CD's that the older stores have. Out of curiousity, I went to one of the older area Borders this weekend that has historically has maintained a huge music section. I was shocked to find at least 50% of the CD bins were empty. I inquired to an employee who said that CD sales were off so much, they have drastically reduced their inventory - choosing empty space over product. On the other hand, I went to a Best Buy and Fry's , both of which still have a sizable CD sections - for now.

don't get too depressed. the industry still does over 12 billion in sales(most is still cd), and more new music labels are popping up today, than ever. the hobby of record collecting(or cd collecting) was never for the masses anyway. be more concerned with lousy vinyl quality control, and the deterioration of the facilicites that make records.

John Lennon once commented that he preferred collecting singles over albums. He found albums a bit boring.

If you don't have a lot of money, singles are a more efficient way to buy wnat you want without having to take what you don't want. When I was young way back when, I used to love those old K-Tel albums...a whole album full of hit songs for the price of just one album. I still have a couple of them lying around in a dusty corner somewhere.

Singles are OK for the pop music but would anybody buy "Money" single instead of "Dark Side of the Moon"?
Did anybody ever buy Frank Zappa's singles?

Even if the whole pop album is great like in Beatles or Bee Gees it's still a collection of singles accommodated in one playable media...

Single album is an interesting weapon of the show-biz at all times but should be used with caution by producer. Many times single would show-up on the store-fronts before the actual full-length album shows up to "kick-start" the machine of the more profitable market. Contrary the same song could become "old" too quick drowning the whole new album downgrades.

For me albums of Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Pink Floyd and many other rock or jazz artists are "journeys" that you should start and finish individually. There are many bands that you cannot