The Lostprophets album with "Last Train Home" finally arrived. Memo to producers and musicians: people are listening to songs they like as singles constituting a mix. This means that transitions from one track to another, without a break, are extremely annoying.

As a fan of Phish, Bruce Hornsby and other jam and medley-type performers, I can certainly understand the value of one song meshing into the next. But many people are going to buy this Lostprophets album because of that one song. They should be happy I'm buying the whole album because I like the sound of the band.

The same thing happened with a song from the mid '90s called "In the Meantime" by Spacehog. The radio version ended at just the right point; the version I have, taken from the Spacehog album, starts blending into the next song before it gets cut off.

If people want to have seamless transitions between songs but one of them is a major hit, they should just throw the radio edit in with the album. Why not? It wouldn't cost anything and it would still provide fans with a more album-oriented experience.

I was able to find the radio edit of "Last Train Home" and order it separately. It's too critical a piece of my Fall '02-Spring '03 mix. Hopefully it will end on just the right note.