Can length ruin an album?

[manicminer]

I read a similar conversation on another site and thought I would post it here.
Have you ever listened to an album and thought it was just too long, making it boring?

[Music Head]

movies yes, music no

[Iota]

Not yet...

Except those albums by those pop punk bands. Every second is one second too long.

[Erixouther]

Not yet...

Except those albums by those pop punk bands. Every second is one second too long.

Word.

Aside from that, I do think length can negatively affect an album.
I hate songs with a minute or more of nonsense at the end... just silence, or one continued drum beat, etc. Dream Theater comes to mind...

[Erixouther]

I also hate songs that repeat themselves too much.

I love playing Guitar Hero. "Scream, Aim, Fire", by Bullet For My Valentine, is very fun, but terribly repetitive. Maybe 2 minutes of good song in there, then 3 more of the same stuff.

[Rain]

Well in my opinion it depends on the artist, the song and your preferences.

[jwee5467]

Music can in a sense be too long. Simply put that over extending a repeated introduction melody or an extravagant guitar solo may make the song longer than it really it. But this is a rare occasion for songs and it is hardly found on the greatest albums of all time. People say that jazz albums have overextended tracks; a true misconception as jazz incorporates the art of improvisation and most jazz bands had at least 5 members to a band if not more; ie Bitches Brew.

[Tiggi]

Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle is quite long...

[JonG]

I haven't run into that much. Sometimes I wish albums were longer, actually.

[jwee5467]

yeah, albums can be too short. It really depends on the type of music we are listening to. like if were have a copy of a record by an emotional goth band we assume that it's gonna be a long album, as opposed to punk rock which has edgy, fast-paced riffs and lyrics to get their point across. It's all relative.