[r3trohack3r]

I built this to satisfy the new music itch: https://audile.blankenship.io/

Every time you load the page it recommends a random album from Deezer’s catalog. The algorithm is pretty silly: loop Math.random() * MAX_ID until you find an album id that actually exists and return it.

The goal was to recreate that feeling you’d get going down to someone’s basement and thumbing through an old record collection.

Also 1001 Albums to Listen To Before You Die is a pretty decent collection of canonical albums from the record industry that’ll keep you busy for quite a while.

[JansjoFromIkea]

Part of that feeling involves piecing together that person's tastes and whether you can be bothered digging deeper into their collection. A more accurate recreation of that feeling might be to pick a random user with a large collection (or maybe a couple of users that are mutual friends) and select from their owned albums? Discogs would potentially be a better fit but you'd be veering into serious collectors there rather than a random person's basement.

I think it's neat though, enjoyed refreshing and seeing loads of weird album art!

[pugets]

What I do is use RateYourMusic.com and find people who rate albums similar to the way I do. The site even lets you build music charts and filter albums by how highly they’re rated by the users you follow.

[magnetowasright]

I love discogs. Also hate it because I spend too much money there! Serious collectors and random basement are both vibes I need in my music discovery life!

[magnetowasright]

That's really cool! I love it. I feel like I'm going to get a use out of it.

Yeah, I'm all over the lists. So many are so narrow in scope, which can be frustrating.