What Is The Perfect Number Of Songs For An Album?

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#2

it’s all about playlists now. get with the times, grandad!

#3

Depends

#4

either 43 or 45, depending on which version of double nickels on the dime you’ve got

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in terms of serious answers, quite a lot of the music i like is stuff that builds gradually (i guess a lot of it would broadly constitute post-rock/slow burning electronica) so the tracks are a bit longer then the ‘standard’ 3-4 minutes or so.

in that instance, i’d say 6 or 7 tracks of about between 5 and 8 or so minutes is plenty.

i tend to think that the old lp format’s 35-40 minutes is a pretty good length for an album overall

#6

In the old days number of songs didn’t matter. If an album was slightly less than 45 minutes, it would be perfect for taping on one side of a C90.

10 to 12 songs to answer your question though.