Music collection alphabetisation dilemma polls

Music
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Band who have changed their name

  • All grouped together under the new name
  • Split so each album is with the name it was recorded under
  • All grouped together under the old name
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Collaboration with two listed artists

  • First name of the first artist
  • Surname of the first listed artist
  • Something else
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MF DOOM and his various aliases

  • All bundled together in M
  • All bundled together in D
  • Split by whatever he was calling himself for that project
0 voters
2

Spotify sorts stuff alphabetically automatically

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  • Always alphabetised by first name
  • Always alphabetised by surname
  • Depends on the vibe of the artist (e.g. D for Dylan, but B for Britney, K for Kylie etc.)
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4

Sorry but that’s absolutely insane

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5

but the vibes are strong

6

I changed from sorting alphabetically to by genre ages ago and I’m not going back.

Means if I’m looking for something ambient and chill it’s all on the same shelf together. Much easier to find things to listen to.

All my DOOM stuff just lives together.

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My darling, darling partner put a Johnny Foreigner record back under F and I found it amusing but also got a twitch in my eye I was so irked

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8

Technically they’re right with your surname firstname vote.

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9

:rage:

10

Hyphenated bands

  • Sleater-Kinney S
  • Sleater-Kinney K
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11

They’re wrong. You’re wrong.

12

these two side by side, as God intended

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13

Was very irksome when I had one record in between the Girl Band and Gilla Band records. Very liberating to realise I could simply move them together

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14

Depends if it’s a real name.

F for Nathan Fake
C for Cat Power
D for Ringo Deathstarrr
O for Bonnie Prince Billy

15

Knew this thread would irk me

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Depends doesn’t it? If it’s a serious and significant name change then I’ll accept it, but if like Bloc Party changed their name to Bloc Poopty and released an album worth having, I’d still put it with the good stuff and continue to deadname them. Final Fantasy and Owen Pallett live together under O.

I also put Owen Pallett’s old band Les Mouches with the solo stuff. Paul Simon lives with Simon & Garfunkel.

17

Oh, do you file Joya under P? Or B?

18

Only own Bonnie Prince Billy records so they’re under B. Smog and Bill Callahan are separated and I guess that’s an equivalent

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19

Solo artists who are also in a group

  • File under the group
  • Out on their own
  • Depends how well-known they are for their solo stuff
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20

:smiley:

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