A database is only as good as the quality of its data and metadata (neither of which include bios or reviews).  The existing process for manual data-entry has been inconsistent, incomplete and imperfect.  When users follow Xperi's instruction for product submissions, data-entry can still be incomplete.

Every Xperi employee seems to use his/her judgment on how to perform data-entry, because there are apparently no guidelines.  For example, data-entry can list a duo's albums under the discographies of: each artist as an individual primary artist; the duo as a performing entity but not under each artist individually; or both (cross-listing).  Similarly

The band Saxon is one of the best and most consistent metal bands out there and the albums ''Battering Ram'' , ''Thunderbolt'', ''Inspirations'', ''Carpe Diem'', ''More Inspirations'' and the upcoming ''Hell, Fire And Damnation'' do not have ratings on your website. I hope you could listen to them and review them on the website because i would like that very much, and i think they deserve that because they're so fricking great.

Can't FIND a way to notify you of incorrect INFO! Incorrect info on page - Oscar Peterson At Carnegie Hall (1952) Mercury – MG C-107 [recorded Sept 18 1949-NYC released 1952] no pic, no info.

WHY can i log into ALLMUSIC, but can't give you INFO about BAD INFO on your site? (must log into ALLMEDIA network which apparently does not use same log in?

As a 50+ year old lifetime music fan, record buyer, songwriter and musician, I discovered long ago -- The only thing your site is good for is a reference guide for album dates, track listings, and personnel. All of which can be much easier and quickly obtainable through Wikipedia.

Your All Music reviews are mostly uneducated reports written by young people who never followed the band or have no experience with them. Perfect example is Eduardo Rivadavia's review of UFO - Phenomenon (1974) a landmark rock album https://www.allmusic.com/album/phenomenon-mw0000651879

If you surveyed thousands of UFO fans, they would likely tell you

The site is illegible due to ad placement. Put a banner at the top and bottom. Embedding them under discography is shitty practice, folks. Stop forcing ads. Place them elegantly and let the ad do the rest. It feels like a pirate streaming site now. I sent links to friends who are not users, and they always send me a message "I left, all the ads made me think I was going to get malware on my phone." At what point to you listen to customer feedback over non-effective ad revenue? Seems like a no-brainer. I come back a few

This is Day 1 of my repeated requests to offer a membership tier where I do not have to navigate ads. Please offer a subscription model. You have to offer either a subscription model or ad del. It is not honorable to spam subscribers by doing both. It's an age-old adage. 

Missing album: New (2023) double LP version of album "Liquored Up and Laquered Down" by Southern Culture on the Skids is not in your database.

Released on October 16, 2023, the 2 LP version of "Liquored Up and Laquered Down" with four "bonus songs" is available from their merch store -- online and at venues. Online purchases includes a digital download.

This would be an new "release" of this AllMusic entry: https://www.allmusic.com/album/liquored-up-and-laquered-down-mw0000620736

...or perhaps a new item, as it has additional tracks.

See new release at link below: https://stores.portmerch.com/southerncultureontheskids/featured-products/liquored-up-lp.html/

When editors don't review two consecutive albums, I get concerned that Allmusic is dropping artist coverage.  This request is to review artists who shouldn't be ignored.

Bonny Light Horseman is releasing a DOUBLE-album, and their prior one has been rated by 44 users.  Only their debut has been reviewed though, and I always advocate against dropping coverage of a new artist after just one review.

(A monumental box set has been updated with an additional disc, but Allmusic didn't catch its new release.  Despite the banjo's African origin, bluegrass is barely heard on that additional disc because it's historically rare

I would like to request reviewing 'Right Place, Wrong Person' by RM.

Wouldn't an entry about the electro-industrial group 'Abortive Gasp' also be interesting for AllMusic? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortive_Gasp

(I've always thought that your business model's fatal flaw is its singular dependence on a data vendor.)  At least for content, would you consider adding content sources?  If you don't want to directly hire freelancing editors to supplement your data vendor's content, then you can syndicate content from other music publishers.  Otherwise, your growth is constrained by an independent business over which you have no influence.

Problem 1: The website new layout has its advantages, but also it made worse some aspects. For instance, everytime the "Collection" (inside users profile) is accessed, the standard display is "Your Rating (Highest to Lowest)". Although we have the option to change to other formats, every time you go back to Collection you need to set it again, this is very annoying. Personally, I like to see "Artist name (A-Z), but every time I need to change it back. Same thing happens in other sections are accessed, like "Ratings".

Problem 2: When editing a list (also in user profile), the

Would look much better with album covers, and it would be more enjoyable to show my reviews to friends when there is more than just artist and album name.

At least if you can't provide support for dark mode browser use right now, maybe consider doing something about the highlight color, like for track picks and such? It would be great if you brought back the symbol next to the track number, but even making the color not so washed out and a little more visible would go a long way.

I know I complained about this before, but I don't think I'm the only person with a visual disability trying to use the site and finding it extremely difficult.

The featured new releases section/newsletter for 12/6/24 significantly left out Rosé’s Rosie. Maybe there is a policy of not including many “international” releases. If so, that shouldn’t apply to something as globally significant as this album or even other Blackpink members or massively internationally popular artists that are also well known in the U.S. Rosé’s “APT” alone should qualify the album to be featured. It’s had significant U.S. airplay and is a massive hit. And it’s good. I remember when Paris Hilton’s Paris came out, was featured in new releases, and received five stars from an AllMusic critic (not user review).

Garth Hudson was so talented and musically brilliant on a variety of instruments.  I'm revisiting his credits playing on other artists' sessions.  Since there's no advanced credits search (which would be a better idea than this one), below are some ideas to make the credits page more useful.

1. Allow filter to exclude composer as credited role.
2. Add filter for main albums and EPs.
3. Show editor ratings.
4. Show icon if editor reviewed album.

Not only are there missing albums, but Xperi's data is also becoming more and more incomplete for albums that its editors aren't reviewing.  For many of these albums, Xperi has decided to skip data-entry of track listings or credits or composers.  If Xperi is earning more from its customers, the customers are getting less data in return.

I think that Xperi would be happy to reduce its workload for data-entry to only albums that its editors are reviewing.  By reducing its workload this way, Xperi would cut its operating costs.  I also think that Xperi would be willing to pay

Hello AllMusicians,

Yesterday I went to the vinyl store to check the naivety of the phonorecord industry - or worse - of the consumer. 

Have you guys noticed that "Tate McRae" album just coincides with... Deftones latest ? 

Or is it the same woman ???

Please help me out to uncover this mystery!

Marcio Hendrik

Composer and Editor

artigoaudio.com

Since you "don't have the staffing or bandwidth to implement other data sources at this time", how about letting users to link reviews from professional critics?  Because Xperi has downsized its editorial staff, you've allowed users to write user reviews.  But most users aren't as eloquent and as knowledgeable as professional critics, so many user reviews aren't professional quality.  Moreover, user reviews are more likely to be motivated by favortism or by personal hate.

By linking to external reviews from professional critics, Allmusic would still be the one-stop website for users to find professional reviews despite fewer being penned by