The Dark Side of the Moon

[Redmires]

Then again, one should have some respect for the artist's intentions. Case in point... The Beatles American LP's were chopped and changed (I was going to say 'butchered' ) by Capitol so that even Rubber Soul & Revolver were not as the group intended. It wasn't until Sgt Pepper that the British and American releases matched up. As Lennon said in a 1974 interview

Speaking with WNEW DJ Dennis Elsas in ’74, John dug into the problems The Beatles started discovering with U.S. releases. For one thing, Capitol Records effectively ignored the design the band had for the listening experience. "We’d sequence the albums, how we thought they should sound,” John said. “We put a lot of work into the sequencing"

I mean, how could anyone listen to Kate Bush's 'Hound of Love' on shuffle for instance. It's unthinkable !

[nimnarb]

Add some cream, then some tubular bells, good to go.

[SebsCat]

So over to you experts ....... which one should I listen to first?

I'd go in chronological order, save the best till last.

"Better". Best would be Animals

[kempiejon]

Hi KempieJon.

My point was comparison/analogy - I didn't think having DSotM on shuffle was heinous....... [I think it's eye of the beholder stuff.

Right, thanks for continuing the thread. Above snippets appears to be the nub. I have always listened to albums in order. All albums, concept or not. I think bands released albums in that order and it often mattered to them - cepting the record companies interference also noted. When on record there would be the pauses between sides similarly tape, MD/CD Spotify without.
Did I already say I didn't like best ofs, compilations, Now and their ilk. I'm probably a muso ponce. As a continuations of my experience, I feel the audience can be ancillary to the artists. Artists create because that's what they do, handy if the punters dance and buy it so they get a living but it's the making of the music which matters for the artist. So I guess they can let the beholder do what they like once the tracks are out there. We can listen however we fancy, so what if sometimes something is diminished by missing the order.