Rock isn't dead

[Dave Gray]

The thing in music that I think is dead is "the album".  You used to buy a collection of music that was often conceived together, sometimes linked thematically, and there was often a rise and fall to the track order.  You would start listening to the more digestible radio hits, but sometimes the real gems took longer to warm up to and were deeper cuts with more complexity.

I was never someone who liked to shuffle songs or randomize when listening to a whole album.

I think that concept is largely dead ever since music switched over to MP3 format primarily in the mid-late 2000s.  This is even more solidified in the streaming era.  Everything is singles now and I don't see it going back.