look at this way. the days of the single are gone. tori herself has said that she doesn't compose more or less music now than she did at her debut, its just a matter that before they would pick a lower count for the album and the left overs would be scattered across singles as b-sides, whereas now we don't have singles so she puts most if not all of them on the album and then leaves one or two b-sides, usually included with the packaging someway, like on a dvd.
also, in terms of an LP, I know that any more than 10 songs is a loss of money for the artist. By definition of an LP, that is what you are paying for, to include more tracks than that on an album actually costs the record company MORE money to include and subsequently is a lose of money for the label and artist. so every album we see over 10 tracks from is generally because the artist has a vision for the album, and isn't just slapping together 10 tracks for a release.
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