Random mini-rant about something totally not SS's fault
Like many folks here, I prefer to see my albums in chronological, rather than alphabetical, order. As such, I name the album folders underneath an artist in the following manner: "YYYY - AlbumTitle" Usually this is perfect for SS.
The problem comes when the artist releases more than one album in a given year -- with that, you are at the mercy of praying for the first-released album to have a "lower" letter, alphabetically... otherwise the later-released album comes first.
As with this:
Having loved the Beatles for over 25 years, I know their 13 original albums better than the back of my own hand.... and seeing their 3rd album (Hard Day's Night) show up fourth, while the 4th album (Beatles For Sale) shows up third, is BEYOND disconcerting. Needless to say, it is not SS's fault whatsoever -- it is just doing its job.
It was sheer luck that the two 1963 albums and the two 1965 albums are in the correct chronological order. "P" before "W" re: the first two, and "H" before "R" re: Help before Rubber Soul. Sheer luck.
Believe me, I know the only real way around this is to go to the extreme solution of naming folders "YYYY-MM - AlbumTitle".... but that is seriously clunky and unnecessary for 99.5% of all SS albums.
That's my little worthless gripe for the day
Cheers,
Supra92
The problem comes when the artist releases more than one album in a given year -- with that, you are at the mercy of praying for the first-released album to have a "lower" letter, alphabetically... otherwise the later-released album comes first.
As with this:
Having loved the Beatles for over 25 years, I know their 13 original albums better than the back of my own hand.... and seeing their 3rd album (Hard Day's Night) show up fourth, while the 4th album (Beatles For Sale) shows up third, is BEYOND disconcerting. Needless to say, it is not SS's fault whatsoever -- it is just doing its job.
It was sheer luck that the two 1963 albums and the two 1965 albums are in the correct chronological order. "P" before "W" re: the first two, and "H" before "R" re: Help before Rubber Soul. Sheer luck.
Believe me, I know the only real way around this is to go to the extreme solution of naming folders "YYYY-MM - AlbumTitle".... but that is seriously clunky and unnecessary for 99.5% of all SS albums.
That's my little worthless gripe for the day
Cheers,
Supra92