Does Anyone Listen to Entire CDs Anymore?

I haven't posted in a while - been on the road for work quite a bit lately. I always listen to a lot of music when I travel - most of it is on my laptop (I know I'm lame, I need to get an mp3 player or an iPod... I'm a typical late adopter). Anyway, I've always been a fan of being able to listen to CD from front to back whenever I can. I've always hated buying a CD when one of the songs is good - and the rest stink. What a bummer that is. Inevitably, I end up not listening to that one song very much because it's just too much of a hassle to put a whole CD in for one tune and then to discard the rest of them. I realize that's the beauty of iTunes and iPods - you don't have to buy entire CDs - you can just pick the songs you want and load them up on your player - so you only have the songs that you like to hear and can sidestep all the other ones you don't like. I get it.

I guess I'm a purist at heart, though, because I think there's still something to be said for putting on an full length CD of an artist that you like - and getting a great musical experience from front to back - from the whole disc. In fact, I think this is often what separates the artists that stick versus the ones that don't. I have pretty large and diverse music collection, and there are many CDs that I love to listen to front to back. Sting. Mike Stern. Keith Urban. Jack Johnson. Sarah Borelius. Sanatana. Van Halen. Alanis Morissette. Bruce Hornsby. Many more. When I travel on planes, I prefer listening to full length CDs rather than a mix of individual tunes - I think it makes the time pass quicker. But I also feel like fewer and fewer new artists are coming out with CDs that actually have enough good material to get you through the whole CD. I can only count on one hand the number of CDs I've purchased recently of new artists where I could do this. So I'd really like to hear from you... what are you buying? Do you prefer to listen to a mix of music more often than a collection of songs by the same artist? If you prefer the latter, what are you listening to? Anyone new? Let me know...