One thing about living in a digital world is how the "shuffle" feature has changed the full album experience.
The ultimate goal: releasing a full album down the road, which could only happen if he gained enough traction.
In 1957, he became the first artist to release a full album on the influential Sun record label, beating Elvis Presley.
With only one full album to his name, London has already landed several high-profile endorsements, including advertising campaigns for Bushmills and Bing as well as guest collections for shoemakers Cole Haan, Del Toro and surf brand Stussy.
Play music and you'll get full album art on display in the center stack, but you'll also get a smaller version right up on the driver's display behind the wheel, where it'll sit next to more important information like speed and fuel level.
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That album is available on iTunes and subscription services, both as full-album and individual-song downloads.
Hear a full-album preview of Beasts of Seasons on NPR Music, as an exclusive first listen.
The band then made its music available on iTunes as full-album and song-by-song downloads last year.
Metallica, an early critic of file-sharing, began offering its catalog as full-album downloads at scattered online vendors in 2003, and provided free downloads of previously unreleased material to buyers of its 2003 album St.
Originally signed to V2 Records, Slim put out the EP Engine in 2006 and planned a full-length album to follow.
K'naan released his first full-length album -- dubbed "Dusty Foot Philosopher" -- in 2005 to critical acclaim.
For the most part, the collaborations really work, giving you an album full of a weird and wonderful mix of styles.
Koushik's first full-length album, Out My Window, isn't just the sign of an eclectic record collection begging to be mined for samples.
At only four songs, Plushgun's EP may be short, but it's definitely sweet enough to merit repeated listens until the full-length album drops.
The two models include a remote control and feature a screen saver and a newly designed GUI for displaying meta-data, full-color album artwork and user photos.
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Under the Blacklight is the band's fourth full-length album.
The stream is really at the center of the service's functionality, and as such, it's not as full featured as a Spotify or a Rhapsody, and certainly making playlists of every track isn't quite as user friendly as listening to full artist for album playlists on those all you can eat services.
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But that now-revered album, full of weighty anthems, took several months to gain traction.
Suri estimates the group played 150 tour dates, in addition to recording their full-length debut album, Relax.
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By cutting out record companies, the band retains the full revenue stream of album sales, and monies from touring and merchandise sales.
The album, full of card and dice metaphors, takes its name from a street just off the Vegas Strip and draws heavily from Flowers' hometown.
She followed that album with more full-length releases, as well as appearances on several soundtracks, including Songcatcher and the chart-topping O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Sometimes Ms. Sutton's approach to the rephrasing of a hoary standard, which this album is chock full of, seems merely decorative, a canny way of avoiding the notes as written.
For those who prefer Indigo Girls without full-band arrangements, the album will come with a bonus collection of acoustic versions.
Gilmour will also be a surprise guest during one date on Waters' forthcoming tour, where Waters is playing the band's album The Wall in full.
She dug deep inside for inspiration, did away with her full band for most of the album and wrote many of these tracks in her barn in Portland, Ore.
Others might explore darker material under the circumstances, but Rogue Wave's latest album, Permalight, is full of bright, uptempo indie-pop, with unexpected excursions into electronic music.
Other acts announced for this summer's festival on London's Southbank Centre include Marc Almond, who will play his 1983 album Torment and Toreros in full.
The "anything goes" album he ended up with is full of big stories, big endings and transfixing effect.
Shortly after exiting, Moore was quickly called back to stage after winning the award for best dance album and came back with his full posse in tow.
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