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Re: Song length

arthur237 — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 15:25:15 GMT

Author: arthur237

Posted: 07/14/2013 19:25

I think there should be an option for when you put a new album on the database to put the length of the song/album and slowly implement across the site. I am not saying put all the timings on songs/albums straight away. This could also be a good way to gain points and go up levels on site and I think it is important to know how long a song is, as high rated 6/7 minute songs would be attractive for me to listen to as I like developed music.

Re: Song length

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 12:34:46 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/14/2013 16:34

albummaster wrote:

Yes, I certainly don't see this as being an easy thing to implement (especially with 40,000 existing albums to go through).

Though I like the idea, I believe this was discussed before and dismissed. Plus, like most people have said about various other ideas, there's always Google. I'm not suggesting Google because of the whole "we don't need it because of the internet" argument, but rather to avoid conflicts.

Re: Song length

EyeKanFly — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:20:16 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 07/14/2013 15:20

Facetious wrote:

For example?

Sometimes vinyl vs. CD re-release or physical vs. digital have differences. However, track listing is sometimes a major difference, and this is also something BEA hasn't really addressed (except for giving the track list for the original release, which seems the most reasonable aside from maybe the way Wikipedia does it).

Re: Song length

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 08:28:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/14/2013 12:28

I don't really see the point in wasting time creating something that could easily found on Wikipedia in seconds.
It would take hours to implement this, when those hours have already been spent elsewhere online.

It's my view that this site is for ranking music, not to become yet another music database.

Re: Song length

Patman360 — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 08:17:56 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 07/14/2013 12:17

Facetious wrote:

For example?

I think what OChurch is saying is that the length of a certain track can vary on different albums, from studio albums to compilations, live albums, even re-releases and so on, meaning certain tracks could have numerous different values of length depending on which album they're in I guess. Looking through my music now I can see examples of this from numerous artists, such as Ramones, Bob Marley, Nirvana and so on.

Re: Song length

Facetious — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 07:42:40 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 07/14/2013 11:42

Ochurch25 wrote:

Another problem could be that there is some conflict over the length of some songs.

For example?

Re: Song length

albummaster — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 05:28:08 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 07/14/2013 09:28

Yes, I certainly don't see this as being an easy thing to implement (especially with 40,000 existing albums to go through).

Re: Song length

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 03:54:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/14/2013 07:54

albummaster wrote:

I'd love to have the info here as it would also help validating the minimum length of albums that appear on BEA. I'm happy to add to the list, but as suggested the main problem will be back-populating the database with all of the info.

Another problem could be that there is some conflict over the length of some songs.

Re: Song length

albummaster — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 03:50:59 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 07/14/2013 07:50

arthur237 wrote:

Hello all just suggesting that there should be information available on each song/album on how long the song/album lasts in minutes?

Re: Song length

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 02:52:01 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 07/14/2013 06:52

I'm up for this though I don't see it as being urgent.

Re: Song length

sheep21 — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 22:25:14 GMT

Author: sheep21

Posted: 07/14/2013 02:25

Interesting.....It would be a nice feature but I think it would take too much effort to initiate.

Re: Song length

Patman360 — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 21:18:06 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 07/14/2013 01:18

This isn't a bad idea, especially for lesser known albums that can't be found on sites such as Wikipedia, but it would be very time consuming to go back and add lengths of time to all the albums and tracks in the sites database.
It's an interesting suggestion.

Song length

arthur237 — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 20:07:26 GMT

Author: arthur237

Posted: 07/14/2013 00:07

Hello all just suggesting that there should be information available on each song/album on how long the song/album lasts in minutes?