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Originally Posted by Genteel Death
It depends.
Sometimes I like variety sometimes I don't. Generally tracks that are not longer than 7/8 minutes. I don't mind the style of music too much for as long as the compiler has an ear for outstanding songs and a way to make them work together regardless of their initial incompatibility. A decent compilation has tracks that sit well side by side, or are mixed in such a way that it gives an overall cohesive flow. The flow itself might not necessarily make you instantly love the songs on it, but might stimulate your proneness to picking it up at a later stage and give it another go.
I also like compilations that serve as primers for a whole style of music, record label or scene. I have tons of these and they have been my main source of getting to know new music over the years before the internet took over.
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This I can agree with. If someone can take pieces that initially are so different that from the surface it looks too scattered and mix them fluidly successfully into a beautifull collage they are genius.
It is like Interior design. Like having to fit the husbands deerhead into the wife's contemporary living room.
What will be the most interesting is the various musical styles that will break out of here. I have never seen so many ppl that love the same band have such a variance in musical tastes. It is diverse and wonderful.