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I was reading through another thread and one post struck me. It was about a particular album being the more challenging to listen to than some others. This seemed to be cited as a pro of that album in comparison to the others. It raised this question. As an avid listener of music, do you need or prefer music to challenge you in some way? I definitely don't mean just with technical virtuosity or complexity or anything like that. Think of it this way. How Close To The Edge challenges you with its symphonic complexity, Weezer's The Blue Album might challenge you with it's overt amateurish simplicity (and irresistible ear candy vibes). Any aspect of music may challenge your preexisting understanding of it, or it may strike you as bland and derivative. Certainly many fans of classical music (sorry to speak so generally) are't challenged by Yes' symphonic complexities (though the instrumentation may intrigue them). What do you think? Another thought came to mind for me. If I'd been introduced to Nirvana, specifically Nevermind, as great music right as I was getting into music (rather than being introduced to them as the unwanted successor of the "classic rock" I loved), I think I'd like them a whole lot more. They'd have likely challenged my understanding of the ability to mix heaviness and catchiness and angst and such into one style if I'd given them a fair chance before so many of the bands they influenced (Muse, Foo Fighters, etc.).