Ah, thanks.
― I Walk the Ondioline (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 December 2016 14:54 (seven years ago) link
If a track's less than 30 seconds long does it get recorded as a play?
― Dan Worsley, Monday, 12 December 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
Most recommendation-related stuff just ignores <30s tracks completely...
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 12 December 2016 15:30 (seven years ago) link
android app has been so buggy for me as of late. never had a problem before.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 12 December 2016 19:27 (seven years ago) link
lol that "Your Top Song 2016" list for me is nuts. I'm not sure if there's a single song I actually listened to on there. Maybe someone who's a big fan of RHCP and Linkin Park has been using my account.
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
send me your Spotify username (email to glennm at spotify) and I'll take a look...
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 16:50 (seven years ago) link
(I mean, this isn't a list of songs we THINK you'd like, it's a list of songs your account has actually played. Any chance you use multiple accounts, or switched accounts during the year?)
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
I do like "Airport Bar" by Martin Courtney but I'm 100% certain it isnt in my Top 3 of most listened tracks this year. Not even Top 10
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 18:42 (seven years ago) link
Did your phone make a pants call to Spotify whilst that song was on repeat?
― I Walk the Ondioline (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link
Maybe. Its either that or I feel asleep drunk while it played on repeat
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link
The song-ordering isn't simply by play-count, we try to weight different kinds of plays differently. But mostly it ends up about the same.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
can you elaborate on what those "different kinds" are? just curious.
― sleeve, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 20:07 (seven years ago) link
Mainly we try to give more weight to songs you actively choose over ones that get programmed for you in radio and things like that.
― glenn mcdonald, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 20:23 (seven years ago) link
There are a ton of songs on this "Wrapped" list I only played once, and lots of songs I listened to more than once which aren't here. But yeah, I listen to a lot of albums and other people's playlists on Spotify, and the one-plays on the Wrapped list are things I remember hearing on purpose: i.e. searching for artist name, scrolling to the song, playing that particular song.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 20:40 (seven years ago) link
are songs that are a part of someone else's playlist weighted less? the only way i listen to spotify outside of podcasts is by adding songs to my own library or downloading other peoples' playlists, and i generally listen offline. the one song that i've played as much as any (lucy by destra) is all the way down at #26, but i did listen to it a lot off of the ilx 2015 tracks playlist. also i tend to listen to it like 12 times in a row (lol), probably pressing the back button before the song is finished, maybe those don't count?
― qualx, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 02:57 (seven years ago) link
it does look like it really values songs that you add to your library. there's a bunch of songs from albums i listened to once over songs i listened to a million times off of playlists
i have no idea how baby hold on by eddie money is #10 when i listened to it once, realized i hated it and then only listened to the first few seconds accidentally forevermore. are you shaming me for adding baby hold on by eddie money to my personal library, glenn? i was already ashamed, i only kept it there to keep myself humble
― qualx, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 03:03 (seven years ago) link
I have yet to get this but an ad really wants me to play the chainsmokers
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 03:14 (seven years ago) link
oh hey a new version of my 2016 list popped up this morning with stuff I've listened to on it. cool
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 14:21 (seven years ago) link
Oh, if you got your 2016 list way early, you may have been part of an early test-group, and may actually have gotten a test version that really did have songs you had barely played. So yeah, worth checking yours again if it seemed crazy at first.
On the subject of the Chainsmokers, I happened to collect up this playlist of "Closer" covers yesterday: https://open.spotify.com/user/glennpmcdonald/playlist/5vW8k7Y9rqEzM473kpmcGg
I wasn't much into the original, but I'm finding the marathon series of covers kind of mesmerizing.
― glenn mcdonald, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 19:43 (seven years ago) link
Spotify still doing that thing where it will randomly jump back to the first track of an album. So annoying. Surely someone must be fixing this.
― Position Position, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
Under investigation according to the latest updates. https://community.spotify.com/t5/Ongoing-Issues/Spotify-restarts-albums-somewhat-randomly/idi-p/1505230#comments
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
maybe an algorithm figured out that people pretty just like the first three tracks of most albums
― duped and used by my worst Miss U (President Keyes), Tuesday, 20 December 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
the way the "your daily mix" feature separates by style is weird - "here's your daily mix for Monday, it's strictly guitar bros, here's Tuesday, it's rap" - you'd think if the algorithm noticed your tastes are all over the place, it'd mix it up
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 24 December 2016 02:59 (seven years ago) link
Separating them by listening mode is the point of Daily Mix. But there's a mix per mode, not per day. Each one is daily. You can listen to them all every day.
― glenn mcdonald, Sunday, 25 December 2016 04:04 (seven years ago) link
I usd to get 6 great mxes, now dropped to 4 and the one i listened to most has vanished :(
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Sunday, 25 December 2016 07:47 (seven years ago) link
so many "and such small portions" moments itt
― niels, Sunday, 25 December 2016 09:18 (seven years ago) link
word, it's just odd to me that they all operate on the assumption that genre variety is bad/undesirable within a continuous mix. not actually a complaint, I like these, but it's ~~~interesting~~~
― though she denies it to the press, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 25 December 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
I could imagine that it's not easy to auto-generate a coherent mix spanning various genres.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Sunday, 25 December 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
Don't mind the stratification, although I guess now that I am down to three- my Brazilian mix, my jazz mix, my indie/classic rock mix- I miss my hip hop mix. Don't miss my wtf mix though
― How I Wrote Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 December 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
Is there a way to regenerate that hip hop playlist, starfish style?
― How I Wrote Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 December 2016 16:16 (seven years ago) link
I promise in advance not to post on any hip hop threads if and when that happens
― How I Wrote Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 December 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
Kate Bush's HOUNDS OF LOVE is on Spotify now
― collectivegaze, Wednesday, 28 December 2016 03:43 (seven years ago) link
Weird, has been on there for ages in australa
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 06:38 (seven years ago) link
Tralalatralalala
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Wednesday, 28 December 2016 06:39 (seven years ago) link
Thought you were responding to the latest posts on the sf thread
― How I Wrote Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:34 (seven years ago) link
Ah, my fourth mix came back- there was a Fourth Mix!- repurposed as a Latin Mix.
― How I Wrote Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:56 (seven years ago) link
I had already noticed hounds of love! That's the only song in the world that I'd really, really missed before.
― Dan I., Thursday, 29 December 2016 14:06 (seven years ago) link
DW just told me about the song described here, well earning its keep: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/david-holmes-and-bp-fallon-reveal-henry-mccullough-for-late-night-tales-premiere-a7238381.html
― The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 January 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
Gotta say the year end playlist is a pretty good representation of certain songs that I can listen to over and over end.
― The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 January 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
Segue from "Night Rally" to "The Man Who Sold The World" is spooky.
― The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 05:01 (seven years ago) link
I don't think I got an email with eoy stats - could I have opted out?
― niels, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 07:52 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/EIZlKSd.png
― niels, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:52 (seven years ago) link
POLL
― sleeve, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
there are some kick-ass songs in there!
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
i saw the sign
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Where is Moby Grape's "Omaha"?
― The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 18:12 (seven years ago) link
I mean in general, not on that list
― The Magnificent Galileo Seven (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link
i've wondered the same thing... their whole S/T is greyed out there
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 18:34 (seven years ago) link
"Man I feel like a woman" is a very confusing title
― calstars, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:32 (seven years ago) link
^^^ totally crazy
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 19:33 (seven years ago) link