I agree. I don't think many artists take an album seriously. In my eyes, an LP should be a defining moment for a producer of any genre. In techno, people take 6-8 tracks (in which all but 2 or 3 deserve to be b-sides) put it out and call it an album. To me, that's just an expensive single that will gain a few plays and get filed into the stacks shortly after. In rock/pop music, it seems the single has died in favor of the album...which is really the same formula I just described. Put a couple singles on it, and fill it with shit...get a pretty cover and pump it out for the week.

I'd never put an album out until it were to showcase my best work with all my effort. I think other producers should do the same.

To be honest though, the arguement isn't worth debating as 2,3,4LPs don't sell for shit anymore.