This starts a related but good discussion, in past conversations with other ASR members, one member said that music today is more "disposable" and the new generation of listeners don't sit down to listen to a full album (as if that is a terrible thing). I argue that is because music distribution has been digitalized.
If anyone here is honest with themselves will admit that not all tracks on an album is good, in fact, I personally argue that if half of the tracks on an album is good, then that's got to be one of the best albums ever. Furthermore, I argue that on average, maybe 30% of the tracks of an album is good and the rest is just space fillers. I believe that is true 70 years ago and all the way to today, of course there are exceptions, I'm just speaking in general and on average.
The difference is that back in the old days, before music distribution was digitalized, you have to go and buy a tape, a record or a CD. You pay, say, $15 for a CD, you bring it home and you are eager and hyped to listen to the entire album, so you pop it in and you listen. First track sucks, you can skip, then the next track sucks, you skip and the next track too sucks. And you realized if you keep skipping to the one track that you like which was played on the radio 24x7, you'll be done with the album in 7 mins of that allocated 60 mins you have planned for the night. And so do you drive to the record store and spend another $15 for another CD for 7 mins?
Instead you decided, F it, let me just listen to the entire album, since I already spent the money on it. Then you listen to the entire album again and again, because it cost you $15 and you don't have time to go to the record store to buy a different album, you end up listening to it for maybe a week or two. After awhile, it's like listening to a pair of sh!tty speakers, you get used to it and it sounds OK or even "good."
Whereas streaming, if that track sucks, you can just skip it, even to discover that there is only one good track in an entire album, because you are streaming and you can just play another album. Is that good or is that bad? For some older folks, they frown upon that, they believe an album must be enjoy in it's entirety in order to be respectful to the artist or to be considered as a true music lover.
For me personally, my time is more precious than having to listen to a track that I don't like. . .so I skip and skip and skip and I am proud of that. Though I will say, sometimes I have a theme night where I do listen to the entire album despite my dislike of 70% of the tracks of an album. . .just afterwards, the tracks that I dislike, I like a bit more.