deadmandeadman
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Genre?

Posted about 5 years ago
OK. I'm loadin' music into the computer so i can load the ipod. How come Super Furry Animals "RINGS AROUND THE WORLD" is labeled Alternative on cd one, but Rock for cd two? Who at itunes decides this?
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  1. lemontwist
    lemontwist says Most of the albums I import automatically come up as Alternative & Punk. I'm with you, wtf?
    Permalink posted 01/12/2007
  2. deadmandeadman
    deadmandeadman says I Got one cd, (an' hence, one genre) that's officialy unclassifiabe. Each track is listed, but its UNCLASSIFIABLE
    Permalink posted 01/12/2007
  3. soda
    soda says No one decides this. Or, alternatively, everyone decides this. iTunes uses the Gracenote CDDB service - which, in turn, gets all of its tagging information from folks who bother to submit the info to the service when they discover it is lacking. It, oddly, does not come from the Super Furry Animals themselves - unless they or their label or management bother to enter it or correct it. I'm not explaining this well. Here: http://www.gracenote.com/music/corporate/FAQs.html/faqset=what/page=all
    Permalink posted 01/12/2007
  4. Universalis
    Universalis says Just learned what is that Gracenote (never clicked it cause believed that was advertisement 8-)) I knew of CDDB, but was not aware of it's developpement. Thanks Soda
    Permalink posted 01/12/2007
  5. ivylander
    ivylander says For some reason, the version I have of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' "Perfect Skin" falls under the category of "folklore." Anybody got a guess as to how that happened?
    Permalink posted 01/12/2007
  6. Gritshake's Garage
    Gritshake's Garage says It's done differently depending upon the record label. Sometimes the data is submitted to Gracenote by someone in the production department at the label. Other times it's embedded in the CD by the manufacturer. You'll know it's embedded if the song titles, etc turn up in your player even though not connected to internet. Many times it's just some college intern who doesn't give a shit who mislabel, misspell, etc. Vince
    Permalink posted 01/12/2007
  7. faeriedanzer19
    faeriedanzer19 says i always wondered about that...hm. sweet.
    Permalink posted 01/12/2007
  8. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says frickin gracenote n shit they need to give me a job to fix this stuff
    Permalink posted 01/12/2007
  9. Zeroskilz
    Zeroskilz says LOL, from what I've seen Pimp, you would have two categories: Rawk! and Not Rawk. :)
    Permalink posted 01/12/2007
  10. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says why HOWEVER did you know?
    Permalink posted 01/13/2007
  11. B42
    B42 says Genres are a silly lot.
    Permalink posted 01/13/2007
  12. ROCKNROLLPIMP1
    ROCKNROLLPIMP1 says u got that right......
    Permalink posted 01/13/2007

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