in general, i think the market today doesn't have the attention span for whole albums.

25 years ago, when the album was king, there were technological factors that made it more likely that you'd listen to the whole album, in order, each time you played it. how easy was it to skip a track on a turntable or tape deck if you didn't like it? not very.

after several listens, maybe some of those tracks would grow on you in a way you didn't expect. today, it's so easy to skip past those tracks, that if it doesn't have the right hook and the right sound the first time around, there's no real need to give it another chance.

end result: singles will dominate. music will be tailored to the extremely short attention spans of the market, and grow ever less sophisticated so it can be easily consumed by the most people on the first listen.

--dan.