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Originally posted by ezra.jones
They're combined because that's the way they were sold. One of the Boys wasn't packaged with Teenage Dream. I guess the logic behind it is whether or not the artist felt the work was to be consumed separately or together.
Besides, this poll is about the whole era because of how long they both lasted.
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Yeah, that makes sense to me. I do know about it since I did purchase the album, but it always strikes me more as odd because TFM is a completely different album to me and constitutes a separate album by any book. Which is why by my logic, they're both different eras with different ideals. People think of Bad Romance as a lead single, not a fourth single. People notice the transition between eras. Each album received separate distinction in award ceremonies. Because they were packaged together, we get this idea that they're the same era, but when you create a completely different tracklist, use different producers, and write a slew of new material to release under a different name and concept we've got something different from a re-release. The only point I'm really trying to get across.