I disagree with his

". No longer does anyone consistently sit down for 40 or 50 consecutive minutes to listen to an album from front to back like they used to."

I DO all the time. At night I get in a state of mind (angry, hateful, moody, tired, jovial,..) and so I pick a state of music jazz, blues, rock, smooth jazz (yea I know it's not "jazz" but it's great mind clearing music), and sometimes classical - then pick an artist or band and listen for at least an hour or two of LP's (yes vinyl) or MP3s FLAC or WAV albums that I've copied to media or CD's or cassette's (my wife copies all LP's to cassettes - she prefers them to other media).

Once in a while, when lazy, I pick a "radio" station (actual terrestrial, iHeart, AccuRadio, etc.) and pick a genre or even artist "type" and try to relax and listen but there is usually too many abrupt changes in styles or mood or artist "intensity" - it's mentally disruptive. I don't want to analyze it, contrast & compare it, "grow" due to its "diversity" - I simply want to DRINK it.

So I'm not a big fan of MIX's for actual listening - for background "noise" mixes are fine