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# One Day… Albums As Single Unbreakable Files
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/one-day-albums-as-single-unbreakable-files/
- Published: 2010-08-20T00:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-08-20T00:40:00.000Z
- Description: Fans are cherry-picking your songs. You hate it, hate it, hate it. Artists make albums, not songs. If only there were a way to make fans consume your vision as. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/08/one-day-albums-as-single-unbreakable-files.html]
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Fans are **cherry-picking** your songs. You **hate it, hate it, hate it**. Artists make albums, not songs. If only there were a way to make fans consume your vision as you saw fit. In *Wired* UK’s edition, **Russell Davies** poses an interesting [question](http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/archive/2010/09/start/russell-m-davies?ref=hypebot.com):

[![image from www.mediabistro.com](https://a7.typepad.com/6a0111683c7a25970c01348652e757970c-115wi "image from www.mediabistro.com")](http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/original/russelldavies3.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)

"MP3s, Napster and iTunes have turned **the natural unit of music consumption into the song**… \[they\] are not completely separate entities, not isolated fragments. They’re linked by sound, **by the mood and ideas** of the musicians, by the time and place of the recording. They’re connected — and **sometimes it makes sense for them to keep that** connection… We very rarely sit and listen to a single song, unless it’s that first moment of fan devotion… **How long before bands decide** that they’re **only going to make albums** available as single unbreakable files?