I've always thought that the whole "albums are better than singles" thing was the least explicable member of the family of views known as "rockism," because they're not; nonetheless, it's interesting to learn how fast the gameboard is changing. N.B.: this sentence: "It took greatly influential works like The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” and the Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” to turn the album into pop music’s medium of choice." Songs/recordings theorof are also "works," friend.