Light Table vs. Album - How do you use them?

I have been using Aperture for some years now, but I never have come across a problem where I thought "Wow, a light table - that is the solution!"
Usually all my projects start with collecting the images in an album - or a smart album / filter /flags - and then creating books, slideshows, webpages, or screensavers from them. Occasionally I started with a light table - just for the novelty of it - but usually ended up with a cluttered mess of images spread out before me and no clear plan how to proceed from there. So I am curious - what are typical workflows that require light tables instead of albums, and what is the advantage of using a light table instead of a more ordered Aperture item?
Thanks for any input!
Léonie

Tank you, robogob, so like Lt.Tuvokyou are emphasizing the artist's view on Aperture; I tend to neglect that, being a computer scientist.
I bet a few thousand feedback tickets would get them to fix the blurriness.
Try it: http://www.apple.com/feedback/aperture.html
Regards
Léonie

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