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My Thanks to Albums

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Melody Bot, Jan 11, 2020.

  1. Melody Bot Jan 11, 2020
    Melody Bot

    Your friendly little forum bot. Staff Member

    This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply.

    I’ve always been the kind of music fan that likes to listen to albums. I’ve never been one for picking out random songs, or putting things on repeat, or building giant playlists of things in shuffle order. I like putting on an album, sitting back, and listening front to back. That’s why I was really drawn to the iOS app, nicely named, Albums.

    Albums is an album-focused music player for iOS. It is the perfect companion for music nerds who use Apple Music (or have a local library) and really love to listen to albums as a whole. They just launched version 2.0 and it’s available as free download.

    The app is built for those that want to listen, specifically, to albums as a whole and be able to find them and consume them in an easy manner. In addition to offering features like album shuffle, the app also hooks into MusicBrainz and Discogs to pull in production credits, release dates, and record label. It also makes the most of the latest iOS features, like Siri Shortcuts, Dark Mode, and context menus. And, the latest update has an in-app purchase to use built in Last.fm scrobbling.

    Check it out now on the App Store.

    You can also follow the app on Twitter.

    Our thanks to Albums for sponsoring Chorus this week. More information about sponsored posts and purchasing advertisements on this website can be found here.

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  2. bradsonemanband Jan 11, 2020
    bradsonemanband

    a band called frick. Supporter

    I’m going to download this app and see what the big whoop is all about. I don’t understand what the actual appeal of this Albums app is since Spotify let’s me listen to full albums.

    EDIT: Welp jk. My phone doesn’t have a compatible iOS version, apparently. Soooo someone tell me how this app differs from something like Spotify, please? :-)
     
  3. vcmstone Jan 11, 2020
    vcmstone

    Newbie

    Any chance an Android version is in the pipes?
     
  4. Former Planets Jan 11, 2020
    Former Planets

    Aaaachem!

    I don’t think this is essential but I downloaded it and it’s pretty fun.
     
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  6. punkzilla84 Jan 11, 2020
    punkzilla84

    Newbie

    This is a game changer for sure! I love it.
     
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  7. snaps Jan 13, 2020
    snaps

    Regular Supporter

    Is this catered to me in the app images or is Weatherbox featured in the promo?
     

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  8. JayLightBeer Jan 13, 2020
    JayLightBeer

    !

    Love it so far. If only Apple just followed what the iPod did and let you change the settings to Albums instead of Songs on the Shuffle, we wouldn't need it. Albums were always my setting.
     
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  9. Jason Tate Jan 13, 2020
    Jason Tate

    liner notes is back Staff Member

    They’re featured. The app developer is a website reader/fan.
     
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  10. Olyphantastic Jan 14, 2020
    Olyphantastic

    "See you in the car! Best wishes" -Milhouse Supporter

    That you can't do this in Apple Music on iOS (while still being able to in iTunes) is my biggest gripe with the app. Not enough to get me to download a whole other app (though it does look neat), but still.
     
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  11. snaps Jan 14, 2020
    snaps

    Regular Supporter

    That is incredible
     
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  12. kwilcox Jan 16, 2020
    kwilcox

    Newbie

    Great app! I've used this so much in the last two weeks