Music albums are dinosaurs, it’s time for the era of the single
The 1960s was a good decade for the single in the music world. Bands would release one song they thought would get the listeners hooked and would persuade them to buy the album which had six to 10 songs more. Take 1967 as an example: ‘People are Strange’ and ‘Love Me Two Times’ by The Doors, Van Morrison’s ‘Brown Eyed Girl’, Pink Floyd’s ‘Arnold Layne’ were all in the top 10 charts.
(This story appears in the 23 October, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)