There are definitely some differences, e.g. about 20% of the ILM Pet Shop Boys top 50 playlist is missing (it looks like Behaviour isn't there at all?!). Comparing my playlists from the UK version it seems that a little under 10% of each is missing.
― toby, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
just signed up for the $5 version. It seems pretty cool so far, especially for checking out new stuff. Some of the older stuff I've searched for hasn't shown up.
I'm not sure if I could switch to this entirely from itunes though. It seems like the playlist organization is a little fiddly. Maybe I'll get used to it.
I wish it had better ways to browse and find related stuff you might like. That aspect of it seems really weak. I've tried to search by label using label: but it doesn't seem to work. There should be more prominent genre tags, recommendations, etc.
I can't even figure out how to make the search window bigger. Like if I search by genre I see about 10 titles and then a ... and there's no way to see more?
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
I wish it had better ways to browse and find related stuff you might like.
otm. there is the 'related artists' tab, but that seems a little hit & miss.
― dog latrine (NickB), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, I didn't see the tab. I only saw the tiny summary and was wondering why you couldn't see more.
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
but yeah, still pretty weak
One huge pisser for me was that they took off the entire ECM catalogue a couple of months back. Perfect work music too.
― dog latrine (NickB), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
I wish they had charts by genre too
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
Yep. It's weird - when I'm confronted by this vast store of music I find it really hard to think what I want to listen to. It's some kind of musical snowblindness.
― dog latrine (NickB), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
I am currently listening to a Son of Bazerk album. From 2010.
― she choots, she pah! (DJP), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
no ecm = no king crimson, bummer
however I did listen to jorge ben's o bidu silencio no brooklin and scissor girls' we people space with phantoms today
― duke of irl (Edward III), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
like the fact that they have bonus and comp tracks on the artist page.
― calstars, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sure these have been linked upthread, but I've found these the most useful spotify sites:
http://www.pansentient.com/ - Unofficial spotify blog
http://www.spotiseek.com/ - creates random playlists based on an artist you like
http://pitchify.com/ - links to latest well reviewed albums
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
def will need an unlimited data plan if you use this on your mobile
― calstars, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
apple must be sh1tting their pants about now
― calstars, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
maybe they can clean up with all the money they make from ipads + iphones
― duke of irl (Edward III), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
Steve Martin's 70s stand up albums
― calstars, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
gotta go listen to cruel shoes brb
― duke of irl (Edward III), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, unless you synch your playlists via wifi to listen offline.
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
Three weeks from now Jobs announces that all "hot" singles on iTunes are $2.99.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
Lots of rdio stans saying Spotify doesn't come close, but it's US only so I can't tell if they're full of crap or not.
― stet, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
kind of annoying how if you add a bunch of albums to a playlist for a particular artist, there's no way to automatically reorder them by year
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I wish there was a way of managing your playlists through the same webpages that you can use to edit your account (ie through clicking on your username).
Dan, I hope you've got scrobbling switched on?
― dog latrine (NickB), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
I've been using Spotify for a while since I live in Europe a bunch of the time, but now I'm in the USA for a while & happy to see that my Euro account works here too, with all the same playlists I had.
― Euler, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
Scrobbling is blocked for me atm, don't know why
gonna take my work laptop home and see if I can enable it there
― she choots, she pah! (DJP), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
So can American users see this full list of the 50s ILM tracks poll?http://open.spotify.com/user/nstewart/playlist/4IKcWqGQQ5cN1QTT0ya7xo
― Neil S, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
yup
― duke of irl (Edward III), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
Hooray God Bless America!
― Neil S, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks Neil!
― calstars, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.tedhickman.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/crying-eagle-98.gif
― Neil S, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
haha my audio ads are in English but my written ads are in French
― Euler, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
can't find cruel shoes, but let's get small is there.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
doh, it's on the Rhino comp
http://open.spotify.com/track/2qD4zVWSL9xpgTDC7sHRzY
I see it here
― she choots, she pah! (DJP), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
totally worth the wait
― ILX Point Never (diamonddave85), Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
So what's better, this or MOG?
― calstars, Thursday, 14 July 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, diamonddave, I couldn't get that link to work either, just keeps asking for my invite code.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 15 July 2011 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
I love that this thing scrobbles without having to have a separate app open
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Friday, 15 July 2011 03:35 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder how long before they send out more invites.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 15 July 2011 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
BTW what makes this superior to Rhapsody?
― didn't even have to use my akai (Hurting 2), Friday, 15 July 2011 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
Design? $5 vs. $9? Does Rhapsody have an app or is it browser only?
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Friday, 15 July 2011 05:01 (twelve years ago) link
Seriously, how the fuck do so many people have this?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 15 July 2011 05:14 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't checked this out yet, so i'm not sure, but if you sign up for one of the paying things instead of just giving them your email address, i think they let you right in
― markers, Friday, 15 July 2011 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe, but according to what I've read they'll just "bump you ahead in the queue", but you still have to wait at this point. I don't know, I'm getting to the point where I don't want to give them my money out of spite. Fuck this, "oh wow we have a great new service but we're going to get all cute and coy about actually sending out invites".
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 15 July 2011 05:20 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, I understand its all about "building buzz", but its annoying as all hell to watch people rave about something you can't even use.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 15 July 2011 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, and apparently we can blame this company Klout. They've partnered with Spotify for this launch and are favoring their Klout Perks members with invites right now.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 15 July 2011 05:25 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe, but according to what I've read they'll just "bump you ahead in the queue", but you still have to wait at this point.
didn't hear this, but if it's true that's eh
― markers, Friday, 15 July 2011 05:33 (twelve years ago) link
I could be wrong about that, its something I read on a blog. Any of you ilxors that have paid for it in the last few hours can attest to that?
Also, apparently the invites that come after today's batch will have more restrictions.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 15 July 2011 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
the front page of their site literally says
Don’t want to wait for an invitation? Jump the queue by signing up for Spotify Premium or Unlimited, starting at just $4.99/month.
"[j]ump the queue" is ambiguous though
― markers, Friday, 15 July 2011 05:36 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, I just paid the $5 out of curiosity and I got right in
― lizard tails, a self-regenerating food source for survival (wk), Friday, 15 July 2011 06:23 (twelve years ago) link
the invites are only for the free which doesn't really interest me anyway because I don't want to listen to ads