In the age of youtube, iTunes, mp3 files and shuffle the experience of listening to an album from start to finish is fading into the distance and to my mind it is an incredible shame.  Albums are a thing of beauty, they are art and the order in which songs are put on the album takes thought and planning, they are not simply thrown in to a bag and chosen at random.  Some artists know when they are recording songs which one will be the first on an album or the last.  Noel Gallagher said he always knew his song "Stop the Clocks" would be the final song on an album before he had even finished thinking up the rest of his album Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.  Listening to a full album in the right order, like reading liner notes, gives you a broader connection to the artist, maybe even a deeper understanding of them and what they are trying to convey in their creations.  One album that I never get tired of listening to, playing from start to finish and singing loudly along to is Draw the Line by David Gray.  Gray is one of those artists that seems to have been rather underrated in North America and he has not received the acclaim that I believe is due... I have never understood quite why.  His ability to craft a rich, layered and powerful song is staggering!  People seem to know a few of his songs like Babylon, White Ladder, Sail Away and Be Mine but when it comes down to it, the bulk of his brilliant song writing and artistry has passed people by unnoticed and underrated.  The album Draw the Line.  was released in 2009, his 8th studio album and, as is to be expected from him, is full of powerful, intelligent lyrics and both haunting and soaring melodies.  I saw him in concert a few years back and the experience was breathtaking and inspiring, you can tell that he feels the music in his entire body and puts his heart and soul in to the creation and delivery.  It was probably one of the better concerts I have been to!  So if you can, listen to the entire album, explore his other music as well try songs from the album Life in Slow Motion another breathtakingly beautiful album in my opinion.  This song, "Breathe" is an incredible song which is shows his depth of thought and true skill!