arranging your cds

Nice setup dude

I am now through to the R's. I think i am going to stop buying cds....

For those that arrange alphabetically, where do you put an album whose band name is a number?

I recently picked up Funny Thing by 40 Ft. Ringo. Should I put them before 'A' or at the beginning of 'F' for forty? At the end of the 'F's? After 'Z'?

MetalGuy71 wrote:

For those that arrange alphabetically, where do you put an album whose band name is a number?

I recently picked up Funny Thing by 40 Ft. Ringo. Should I put them before 'A' or at the beginning of 'F' for forty? At the end of the 'F's? After 'Z'?

I don't think I even have any bands with "number" names but in any case, I would put it with the "F's" as if the # was spelled out "Forty."

But that's just me.

I do the same as FF, I put the arrange the bands CD's like the name has been spelled out

My CDs have NO hope for ever being arranged. I've let most of my CD cases go. Didn't want to go back to the ex's parents house to go through them and lug them down to FL this coming Monday.

well mine are now arranged but I think I liked the genre way better. On the upside I found 21 cds I didnt have on my list...

exact33 wrote:

well mine are now arranged but I think I liked the genre way better. On the upside I found 21 cds I didnt have on my list...

I don't know how you can possibly arrange CDs by genre. There are way too many bands that don't confine themselves to a single style. Take Rancid for instance. Are they punk or are they ska punk? What about Eve 6? Some of their stuff is emo, some is power pop.
And don't even ask about bands like VAST or Alabama 3.

IMO, attempting to arrange your CDs by genre is like herding cats; it can't be done cleanly and therefore is futile.

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

well mine are now arranged but I think I liked the genre way better. On the upside I found 21 cds I didnt have on my list...

I don't know how you can possibly arrange CDs by genre. There are way too many bands that don't confine themselves to a single style. Take Rancid for instance. Are they punk or are they ska punk? What about Eve 6? Some of their stuff is emo, some is power pop.
And don't even ask about bands like VAST or Alabama 3.

IMO, attempting to arrange your CDs by genre is like herding cats; it can't be done cleanly and therefore is futile.

thats why I listen to power metal... err... glam... err... prog... err.. swing... classic rock...

I know its hard by genre but i am more of a generalist in sorting by genre. Suicidal tendencies may have other elements than metal but thats where I put em...

Wait until you have about double the number of CDs you have now; any arrangement other than alphabetic makes finding what you're looking for impossible.

Even the alphabetic arrangement has problems. Where do you put Ian Anderson's solo albums which are nothing like Jethro Tull? Genre-wise they're closest to world music but they don't fall neatly into that category. Using my alphabetic system, I would normally file Ian's solo discs under "A" for "Anderson" but I likely would never pull them out for play then. As a result I file Ian's solo stuff after Jethro Tull in The Vault.

Lots of stuff I have doesn't fall neatly into a genre so I have no idea how I'd sort everything using that criterion. Bruce Hornsby? His early stuff is pop music, his later stuff is more like jazz and his most recent output is improvisational. Shotgun Messiah? First 2 album might fit neatly into a hair metal genre but then Violent New Breed comes out and is a solid industrial metal album How would you ever find that one if you arrange your collection by genre? Me, I look in the "S" section and I find them all.

tohostudios wrote:

Wait until you have about double the number of CDs you have now; any arrangement other than alphabetic makes finding what you're looking for impossible.

Even the alphabetic arrangement has problems. Where do you put Ian Anderson's solo albums which are nothing like Jethro Tull? Genre-wise they're closest to world music but they don't fall neatly into that category. Using my alphabetic system, I would normally file Ian's solo discs under "A" for "Anderson" but I likely would never pull them out for play then. As a result I file Ian's solo stuff after Jethro Tull in The Vault.

Lots of stuff I have doesn't fall neatly into a genre so I have no idea how I'd sort everything using that criterion. Bruce Hornsby? His early stuff is pop music, his later stuff is more like jazz and his most recent output is improvisational. Shotgun Messiah? First 2 album might fit neatly into a hair metal genre but then Violent New Breed comes out and is a solid industrial metal album How would you ever find that one if you arrange your collection by genre? Me, I look in the "S" section and I find them all.

my wife will kill me if i get to double my cds oh - she just said i overestimated her patience

exact33 wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Wait until you have about double the number of CDs you have now; any arrangement other than alphabetic makes finding what you're looking for impossible.

Even the alphabetic arrangement has problems. Where do you put Ian Anderson's solo albums which are nothing like Jethro Tull? Genre-wise they're closest to world music but they don't fall neatly into that category. Using my alphabetic system, I would normally file Ian's solo discs under "A" for "Anderson" but I likely would never pull them out for play then. As a result I file Ian's solo stuff after Jethro Tull in The Vault.

Lots of stuff I have doesn't fall neatly into a genre so I have no idea how I'd sort everything using that criterion. Bruce Hornsby? His early stuff is pop music, his later stuff is more like jazz and his most recent output is improvisational. Shotgun Messiah? First 2 album might fit neatly into a hair metal genre but then Violent New Breed comes out and is a solid industrial metal album How would you ever find that one if you arrange your collection by genre? Me, I look in the "S" section and I find them all.

my wife will kill me if i get to double my cds oh - she just said i overestimated her patience

I guess all wives are the same,eh?

007 wrote:

exact33 wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Wait until you have about double the number of CDs you have now; any arrangement other than alphabetic makes finding what you're looking for impossible.

Even the alphabetic arrangement has problems. Where do you put Ian Anderson's solo albums which are nothing like Jethro Tull? Genre-wise they're closest to world music but they don't fall neatly into that category. Using my alphabetic system, I would normally file Ian's solo discs under "A" for "Anderson" but I likely would never pull them out for play then. As a result I file Ian's solo stuff after Jethro Tull in The Vault.

Lots of stuff I have doesn't fall neatly into a genre so I have no idea how I'd sort everything using that criterion. Bruce Hornsby? His early stuff is pop music, his later stuff is more like jazz and his most recent output is improvisational. Shotgun Messiah? First 2 album might fit neatly into a hair metal genre but then Violent New Breed comes out and is a solid industrial metal album How would you ever find that one if you arrange your collection by genre? Me, I look in the "S" section and I find them all.

my wife will kill me if i get to double my cds oh - she just said i overestimated her patience

I guess all wives are the same,eh?

<<This is an automated message. Alex is currently on his way to the hospital after mentioning 3300 cds really isnt that many and bumping one of the kids out of their room to make room for the cds isnt a big deal.>>

Fat Freddy wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

For those that arrange alphabetically, where do you put an album whose band name is a number?

I recently picked up Funny Thing by 40 Ft. Ringo. Should I put them before 'A' or at the beginning of 'F' for forty? At the end of the 'F's? After 'Z'?

I don't think I even have any bands with "number" names but in any case, I would put it with the "F's" as if the # was spelled out "Forty."

But that's just me.

That probably what I'll do. It'll be first in the 'F' section. The number/name thing is a first for me too.

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What about Eve 6? Some of their stuff is emo, some is power pop.
And don't even ask about bands like VAST or Alabama 3.

Is "poop" too broad a genre?

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This is an automated message. Alex is currently on his way to the hospital after mentioning 3300 cds really isnt that many and bumping one of the kids out of their room to make room for the cds isnt a big deal

That made me choke on my beer just a little.

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Is "poop" too broad a genre?

I was wondering when someone would say that. Took a lot longer than I expected.

As long as we're talking arrangements, does anybody share the strange quirk I have? I've found that most people file tribute albums under "various" or at the end of their shelves with compilations and other oddities, but I stick'em at the end of the section for the band being tributed, i.e. my NATIVITY IN BLACK disc is at the end of my Sabbath CDs, the HOLY DIO disc is at the end of my Dio section, etc., etc.

Fat Freddy wrote:

As long as we're talking arrangements, does anybody share the strange quirk I have? I've found that most people file tribute albums under "various" or at the end of their shelves with compilations and other oddities, but I stick'em at the end of the section for the band being tributed, i.e. my NATIVITY IN BLACK disc is at the end of my Sabbath CDs, the HOLY DIO disc is at the end of my Dio section, etc., etc.

That's just crazy talk.

tohostudios wrote:

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Is "poop" too broad a genre?

I was wondering when someone would say that. Took a lot longer than I expected.

Sorry, I was busy shaving my bikini area. Headed back to the beach this weekend.

Fat Freddy wrote:

As long as we're talking arrangements, does anybody share the strange quirk I have? I've found that most people file tribute albums under "various" or at the end of their shelves with compilations and other oddities, but I stick'em at the end of the section for the band being tributed, i.e. my NATIVITY IN BLACK disc is at the end of my Sabbath CDs, the HOLY DIO disc is at the end of my Dio section, etc., etc.

I do arrange tribute albums the same way FF, and bootlegs (which I have very very few of) at the end of their discography also.

All my tribute albums or compilations of various artists are lumped together at the beginning of "V" for various. The few bootlegs I have are stored with the artist in chronological order when possible.

All my tributes, movie soundtracks and miscellaneous hit compilations are after "Z".

Fat Freddy wrote:

As long as we're talking arrangements, does anybody share the strange quirk I have? I've found that most people file tribute albums under "various" or at the end of their shelves with compilations and other oddities, but I stick'em at the end of the section for the band being tributed, i.e. my NATIVITY IN BLACK disc is at the end of my Sabbath CDs, the HOLY DIO disc is at the end of my Dio section, etc., etc.

I put the various artists under V. The other way would be too confusing to me...

I just group mine into band names and the tribute albums with the band they are doing the tribute of. I put my favorite group such as Ozzy in my favorite cd rack. Alphabetical seems like too much work at the moment. Funny to read all the comments about the wives, wonder what it would be like if a couple were both metalheads, would they fight about who owns the new cd they both want to get or each buy their own and guard their collections? I've never been with a metalhead guy before so its never been an issue.

I forgot to say Wargod 48, anyone who wears a Doro shirt is ok in my books!!