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Show original year of album release

Submitted by on ‎2012-02-16 10:23 AM
Status: Implemented

I'd like to be able to see the date an album was originally released, even if the current version is a re-release. So many albums are re-released that for some artists it looks like all of their albums came out in the last few years, even though some of them may actually be a decade old or older.

 

When this happens, I wind up just having to go to Wikipedia or Allmusic to find out the real info. But why drive me away from the Spotify experience?

We're excited to announce that we've managed to implement this idea. Recently, our content team has made some improvements to the way we validate and interpret content from rights holders. We've updated nearly 50,000 albums already! You may notice some remaining content not showing accurate original release year and we're working on improving this content in the coming months. Thanks for the feedback and enjoy the music.
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Mi1ez
Newbie
2019-05-22 08:42 AM

So, they seem to have reverted back on this?

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tomlynham
Newbie
2019-06-04 04:58 PM

Seven years later and this hasn't actually been done.  Losers.

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Jheezee
Newbie
2019-09-03 10:51 AM

Please do this! Very often it shows just the date it was put up on Spotify. An EP that was originally released in 1995 now showed as 'may 2019'. Please save us the time to look everything up! 

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Rene01
Community Legend
2019-09-04 06:43 AM

Hi @Jheezee, 

This is a responsibility of the artist. The artist is responsible for putting all the content and meta data in spotify.

 

Regards,

René

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jazzyjez
Roadie
2019-09-04 07:11 AM
That can't be right. For a start, a lot of them are dead.
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JasonJensen
Casual Listener
2019-09-04 08:52 AM
Most of them are dead. Now what?
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JasonJensen
Casual Listener
2019-09-04 08:53 AM
Right? Worst Customer Service answer ever. Not my job. LOL
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Rene01
Community Legend
2019-09-04 09:54 AM

😀

 

I should have said: the owner of the songs.

 

By the way this is not a customer service portal, this is a community service. I'm not working for spotify customer service.

 

Regards,

René

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dls_cuddleMe
Visitor
2019-11-01 10:35 PM

I hear this is fixed now for the most part (not for any of my music which probably predates the moderators grandparents), but how could a system this reviled have been implemented in the first place?! It almost doesn't matter that spotify(tm) plans to fix this at all. That this system ever existed in the first place is sufficient grounds for  1000 tickles. 

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Muse-Aholic
Newbie
2020-01-16 06:46 PM

What date has that status update ?

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