Shuffling Tracks: Sacrilege?

[harrisonjon]

Is shuffling allowed with Smile or is it sacrilegious? CIFOTM followed by DYLW then by The Elements works really well.

[stack-o-tracks]

I find this album to be listenable in almost any order. It's like a puzzle where all of the pieces are the same fit.

[OneEar/OneEye]

Heck no.  When it comes to Smile I'd say shuffling is part of the fun.

[18thofMay]

I have tried the old random track method and have come up with some great accidental sequences.

[Tristero]

There is no wrong way to listen to Smile.   

[runnersdialzero]

Considering there's no 100% legit and/or finished tracklist, I don't see what the problem would be.

[Magic Transistor Radio]

I shuffle Pet Sounds, so why not? Ha ha, that'll get purests upset!

[vintagemusic]

I shuffle tracks on classic albums, Who, Beach Boys, Beatles, only very rarely is the sequence of an album
obligatory because of the flow or a medley or something

Abbey Road obviously you would ruin it if you changed the medley, but thats the exception,

I am waiting for my two disc set for Christmas. I listened to the Amazon Samples, and a couple
of the real rough link pieces with bad fidelity, I am going to take those out, on disc one of the two
disc set, there are I forget, two of three little vignettes, I'm in great shape whatever I forget,
but the fidelity is terrible compared to the real tracks. I'm glad they included that stuff, but for
my regular copy I'm gonna take that raw stuff out

Parts Of Holland I dont think you could mess with the sequence too much.

When I listen to Brian Wilsonn 88. I take my five favorite classics,, Love and Mercy
Melt Away, There's so Many, Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long, and end side one with
old rio grand... then side two becomes kind of a drag, but side one is as good as anything
he has ever done more or less. So then I get Irked and I lift Your Imagination and   She Says that
She Needs me to flesh out a Hall of Fame Album. and f course Orange Crate Art, the song

THen I have ten golden bisquits!     LIfe is too short gotta listen t the good ones!

I dont want to listen to let it shine or some of those weak tracks very often.