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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We call that justifying your purchase. You forced yourself into liking it so you didn't "waste" the money.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Haha, definitely a possibility!

I think there's also an element of the hit tracks often being a bit more formulaic. There's a big component of familiarity in music that makes it appealing, so people might not appreciate the more experimental tracks on an album until they've heard them a few times.