The Big Picture

This article isn't necessarily deep, but it does make the point that even in the age of the digital single, artists still aim to produce an album. The artists and critics quoted suggest there's something in our natures that responds to the form, the need to be taken on a journey, the desire to hear a story.

I can relate. I like that people buy single songs from RFE online, but I know we design our CDs to be listened to as wholes. It all reminds me of the boy who separated the legs, wings, eyes and body of the fly, and then said, "All these parts are here. But ... where's the fly?"