Show original year of album release

[incandenza]

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?

[MattSuda]

I agree! This is so annoying!

[Smashbox]

Agreed - this is my biggest annoyance w/ the service

[czechokeflavik]

Me too. Albums are organized by year, but what is the significance of the year? It should be the original release date.

[bradavon]

Agreed. It's really annoying. I'm always having to go to the likes of Wikipedia to find out the proper order.

I appreciate it's done by "re-release" year but when the album is identical it's rather pointless.

[sekuether21]

List the original release date for albums that have been rereleased - allow sorting on original release dates

[licenced]

Agree with this. It's a pain trying to sort through an artists work when the date listed against them all is the same just because they've only just been listed (or remastered, or re-released, or ...)

[bradavon]

This has already been suggested: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Ideas-and-Feedback/Show-original-year-of-album-release/idi-...

Please search :-). Could this thread be locked so support can be consolidated into one thread. I agree btw, it's very annoying.

[licenced]

This has just been duplicated by http://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Ideas-and-Feedback/Show-original-year-of-album-release/idi-p...

[licenced]

Yeah, sorry, just noticed that this is a dup

[akrde]

Original release date timeline selection for genre radios would be a stroke of genius!!!