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You can if you are constantly controlling what comes up next, but is there a way to automatically stay listening to an artist after an album ends? What I'm tal
by 4oo4 3y ago
You can if you are constantly controlling what comes up next, but is there a way to automatically stay listening to an artist after an album ends?
What I'm talking about is that I put on a certain album on Spotify, and as soon as that ends it immediately goes to the algorithmic anonymous playlist, if you have the Autoplay setting on.
It really comes down to that I'm against the norm in that I prefer albums as opposed to individual tracks like the vast majority of Spotify listeners do, and the effect of having randomized playlist hurts being able to know what artist you're listening to at any given moment unless you're constantly watching the tracks change (which probably no one does).
I want an algorithm that can slow down slightly and recommend me a series of albums so I can get a good sampling of similar artists, but also have enough time to see who I'm listening to and listen to the work as the artist intended, instead of just a random smattering of faceless "content".
- DropInIn 3y agoWait, so paying for premium means having the same shitty uncontrollable "you'll listen to what we choose and like it" experience as free, just without the perioidic ads? If so, I couldn't be happier I've never paid for it.
- hcolors 3y agoNo, you can choose to play whatever you want in any order. It is trivial to queue up multiple albums. When whatever you have queued ends, Spotify then will play 'radio' based on the album that just finished if autoplay is on. The parent commenter seemingly would just like more control over how the radio function works, suggesting something like an album radio. Queueing up multiple albums from e.g. 'discover' fills the role pretty well.
- 4oo4 3y agoFair point, this is a feature I didn't realize I could use, will give that a try. However I will still continue to avoid using Spotify whenever possible out of principle based on their business practices and bad search feature. Also a lot of music I'm into isn't on it.
- jemmyw 3y agoIt's a setting under playback "Autoplay similar content" if you want to turn it off