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    deserves full biography

    rootsmusic · 2 · Last reply by rootsmusic

    For an artist who has several 4-star albums, Stomu Yamashta deserves more than a single-sentence bio.  I know that I can read album reviews, but a full biography would have a career overview that helps a newbie understand which album that I'm more likely to prefer.  An album pick would also be a nice tip to decide among his highest rated albums.

  • reviewing reissues

    rootsmusic · 0 · Posted

    Recently, I discovered a couple reviews of reissues that were overlooked by editors upon initial release.  Occasionally, an editor would also fully review a reissue (instead of appending a couple of sentences to the initial release's review).  These retrospective reviews aren't read by as many users as those reviewing new releases.

    As lamented in reviewing a digital reissue: "Between major-label mergers and the fact that it just says 'Largo' on the cover, this flat-out masterpiece was lost in the shuffle and almost no one heard it."  If a tree falls in the forest and no one heard it, did it

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    John Grant, Nas and Turnstile

    Matski · 2 · Last reply by Matski

    Hi Zac and the rest of the forum team. Could you find out from the editorial team if there are any plans to review these recent releases:

    1. John Grant - Boy from Michigan Surprised that it hasn't been reviewed yet, considering Grant is well-known and there are reviews for all his previous albums. As the vinyl version has just been released, it might be that a review is currently underway. It wouldn't be the first time I've posted a request and a review was uploaded the next day. Just in case there isn't one in the works, please let

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    OpenWeb profile

    rootsmusic · 2 · Last reply by Zac

    When I sign into your website, I'm automatically signed into Spot.im.  So your website should be a SSO site, which is supposed to automatically transfer my account information.  But why don't my profile's username and Gravatar transfer from your website to my profile with Spot.im?  Spot.im won't let me edit anything in my profile.  Thanks.

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    Add Music Data To Allmusic

    SK Fans · 1 · Last reply by Zac

    Hello, I ask you to add the latest work of Shahrum Kashani in the Allmusic database 

    Music Title : Sahneh Sazi

    Artist/Performer : Shahrum Kashani

    Credits

    Composer, Lyricist, Arrangement, Producer : Ali Hosseinzadeh

    Guiatr : Amir Tabari

    Violin : Jamal Chalabyani

    This music is the last music of Shahrum Kashani, which was shown at his funeral. This work was made many years ago and Shahram loves him very much. This work was taken from the facts of Shahrum Kashani's life 

          View this post on Instagram A post shared by BBC NEWS فارسی (@bbcpersian) BBC News World https://www.instagram.com/p/CSzSGO8IUz_/   

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    Would it be possible to bring back the short, tagline-like versions of the bio, perhaps with a read-more button to expand them to the full bio?

    As the artist pages stand right now, I see little point in even having the biography tab when the biography is already taking up most of the page real estate to begin with. The short taglines were earnestly my favorite feature of the site - the ability to quickly learn what an artist is about without having to read the full bio was EXTREMELY valuable to me, and in building my own personal library I often added the short bio taglines as "comments" in the metadata of my MP3s, and wrote my own when none were to be found. Besides

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    Would it be possible to bring back the short, tagline-like versions of the bio, perhaps with a read-more button to expand them to the full bio?

    Sophie Corsentino · 3 · Last reply by Dylan Medlock

    As the artist pages stand right now, I see little point in even having the biography tab when the biography is already taking up most of the page real estate to begin with. The short taglines were earnestly my favorite feature of the site - the ability to quickly learn what an artist is about without having to read the full bio was EXTREMELY valuable to me, and in building my own personal library I often added the short bio taglines as "comments" in the metadata of my MP3s, and wrote my own when none were to be found. Besides

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    reviews missing ratings

    rootsmusic · 0 · Posted

    To discover albums, I often use ratings to filter.  Occasionally, editors review an album and neglect rating it.  Lacking ratings, these reviews can't attract views from more users.  Since your business model relies on increasing views, you should try to identify which reviews still need ratings. In recent days, I've been binging on Nanci Griffith after her surprisingly premature death.  If I hadn't been dwelling on her discography, I couldn't have discovered her remix compilation.  It has a full review but is missing a rating.  Although the review would not have been highly rated, the rarity of a folk remix still

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    Album Ratings and Admin Errors

    anonymized · 2 · Last reply by anonymized

    There's something I want to ask about your ratings. When an artist's album pick (the suggested entry point) differs from being their most highly-rated, editors usually provide criticisms in the review that explain why the album pick release hasn't received a higher rating. See Erykah Badu or Lou Reed.

    Lately, I've noticed that there are occasions where criticisms weren't given to explain the choice. It has led me to wonder if errors were made instead. There are two very different acts that I wanted to highlight this with.

    The first is the late Nanci Griffith. Once in a Very Blue

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    alphabetization

    rootsmusic · 5 · Last reply by Zac

    When I alphabetically sort album titles at https://www.allmusic.com/artist/cleopatra-mn0000818011, why does it divide the albums into two sets?  It's as if there's a maximum number of records that can be sorted in a single set, so it needs to separately sort the remaining records.  (See screenshot of where the remaining records are sorted as a separate set.)

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    Mariah Carey Concern

    Richard · 18 · Last reply by hungaryspeed2

    Hello, I have noticed a glaring issue with the discography for Mariah Carey. Other female artists (Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Lil’ Kim, TLC, Aaliyah, Mary J. Blige, Madonna, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Donna Summer, Britney Spears - compilation, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, etc.) have appropriately had album scores updated to five stars to reflect their respective classic albums, but this has not been done for Carey despite her level of influence and her insanely high-quality discography. It seems inexplicable that albums like Butterfly, Emancipation of Mimi, Daydream, Greatest Hits have not been updated to five stars to reflect their quality, influence, and

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    sideways album cover photo

    Bwcrum · 2 · Last reply by Zac

    The album cover for one of my releases, Great Lakes s/t, appears sideways on your site. I would appreciate it if you could fix this. Thank you. - Ben

    https://www.allmusic.com/album/great-lakes-mw0000063679

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    release date

    rootsmusic · 1 · Last reply by Zac

    "Ever Call Ready" has an original release date in 1985, and its releases has a single CD released in 2021.  That release's catalog number matches its cover art, but the cover art's copyright was 2006.  So which year is the release?

    P.S. the editor was mostly right in noting that "The self-titled, sole album by Ever Call Ready is sometimes variously attributed in discographies to the musicians on the record," except this wasn't their sole album.  (Why does a release year matter?  Because if it's a new release, then it'd mean the resurrection of the label and the editor's return to Allmusic.)

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    Why has not a former NARAS Grammy voter for over ten years not updated on AMG page?

    CJPStaff CJP-NHRecords · 3 · Last reply by Zac

    Please update Nikki Hornsby's lifelong professional career as a musician, singer songwriter, recording artist on AMG. Data attached. There are video's online as well. The record label is licensed and is on www.cjp-nhrecords.com posted every years since created. Nikki Hornsby has multiple credits as she inherited her talents from her Grandfather who passed away before they could meet but has carried on the Hornsby Music Family Tradition. Contact CJPStaff at 6199383322 if validation is required for anything anytime since she has also been a talent & songwriter judge for many years worldwide. Note: there is an office for CJP-NHRecords in

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    add record labels to Advanced Search

    rootsmusic · 2 · Last reply by rootsmusic

    Please add record label as a field in Advanced Search. For most record labels, browsing returns too many results without filtering capability.  For example, Cleopatra has been credited as a record label on thousands of albums. (About a quarter of its albums are tributes, and many have an interesting twist because they're recorded in a musical style different from the tributee's style.)

    P.S. please delete my duplicate idea.

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    Why do you ignore K-Pop? Most albums and EPs get ignored, even from the major Korean labels.

    Desoc111 · 1 · Last reply by Zac

    It's such a shame K-Pop gets ignored by AllMusic. Most of the major releases (albums, EPs/mini-albums, stand-alone singles, live albums) by my favorites - f(x), Red Velvet, 2ne1, Blackpink, Chung Ha, et al - are unreviewed by AllMusic. I think most who love K-Pop have come to expect this from "Western" media, so they've created their own spaces (Reddit, FB groups, etc.). It's still quite a shame, considering how exciting KPop is.

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    Would be nice to filter by calendar by genre

    Jonathan Hyde · 1 · Last reply by Zac

    Used to use this site all the time. It's been years since I logged in since a lot of sites offer similar functionality now. Was really hoping the calendar had a filter by genre option. It doesn't so it'll probably be years till I login again but would definitely use that feature if it were an option.

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    cannot open allmusic

    b k · 1 · Last reply by Zac

    hello. no matter which broswer i use, "firefox", chrome", or "edge": no matter how many settings i change; how many times i disable my ad blocker which happens to be "ad blocker plus"; i continue to receive the following message: "continue after disabling ad blocking". i am a member which seems to be of no use. i've done everything but pay the $12.00 which i will do if i must to save my sanity! please help! thank you, bk