![]() ![]() Which is why OK Computer, and it's Best Albums Ever companion Loveless, eternally top these polls: somehow we doubt we'll ever see their like again. The resurgence, and arguable final entrenchment, of manufactured Pop Stars by their handlers over supposedly more artistic fare- and more importantly the acceptance of such common pleasures by critics- razed the significance of the complete album. "Treefingers" and "Hunting Bears" were torn apart, not a piece of a 60 minute or so record, but as worthwhile 34-minute download times (this, remember, was right before DSL/Cable). Radiohead's Kid Aand Amnesiac were shallowly criticized as B-side collections because they were downloaded and assembled as such on home computers. The rise of MP3 technology and file downloading returned pop music consumption to collective pre-Beatles mindset, where songs are judged as singles. The end of the 90s will be seen as the end of the album. ![]()
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