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"Filter Discography By" not working in Phone Browser

I do not recall this function to have ever worked since using the site on my phone. But filtering the discography of an artist by Compilations, Singles & EPs, Others or All does not work when in a phone browser. Selecting these options does not change the results displayed. The only results are for Albums, which stay constant regardless of the filter choice. The only solution is to enter the Desktop view of your browser and all filter options become available. But this greatly decreases the user experience of the website (the font is small, you have to zoom in, and you need to press additional buttons to enter desktop view etc). The browsers I've used on Android are Opera and Vivaldi and the issue is on both. 

Similarly, the phone view of Album Highlights lists (of genres for example) is very limited. Unlike in the desktop view, the user is unable to filter for anything here (see attachments).

It would be fantastic if it would be possible to filter for Year, Album/Artist, Allmusic Rating, and especially User Rating in phone mode for both Album Highlights lists and artist discographies. Please add this. It would enhance phone user's experience substantially and make the site significantly more user-friendly. 

PS: On occasion, the album art still does not load unless I connect to a non-EU VPN, as can be seen in the attachments. However, for whatever reason, this seems to not always be the case.  

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You are not going to believe this, but we just revamped the site and included many of the things you have asked for (including sorting by Average User Rating).

Regarding the album cover display issue, this is something we are aware of with some European ISPs. We hope to have a solution for this in the upcoming months.

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Fantastic! I have been waiting for this for quite some time. I like the look of the update very much. Nicely done.

Unfortunately, the "Album Highlights List" for genres is now nowhere to be seen. The list allowed you to filter according to user ratings. The reason this is a great feature is that it allows you to discover new music within a genre easily. I like to be able to see the user ratings at first glance because they tend to be a good representation of consent regarding the quality of a release. Essentially they are a convenient way of filtering out music that may be to your liking, and having to open an album just to see the user ratings is a bit cumbersome.

Anyway, the album art seems to be back for me again!

Also, if you could somehow add the Discography Timeline of an artist when viewing one of his/her albums in phone view that would be fantastic! It's a great feature only visible in desktop mode. It eliminates having to go back to the artist's discography every time you are done checking out one release or having to open multiple releases in new tabs when scrolling through artist pages to discover new music.

We'll definitely be taking in user feedback and incorporating them into the new design in phases. Thanks for the feedback.

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