William DeVaughn vs Curtis Mayfield
It’s titled “Curtis Mayfield - Diamond in the Back”
but it’s actually “Be Thankful for What You’ve Got” by William DeVaughn
Art Who?
how many Art Blakely & Jazz Messengers can there be?
Genre: Classical
Service: Turntable
Error: Artist listed as Unknown
Composer: Gustav Holst
Conductor: ?
Symphony: ?
Soloists: ?
Get Off The Grass!
Band: Vetiver
Service: Rdio
Album: The Errant Charm
Metadata Error:
The last track on the album is Soft Grass, but the actual title of the song is Soft Glass. The error appears in multiple services, this is a screenshot of one service. Error also spotted in Mog, Spotify, YouTube and Pandora. Why is the screenshot from Rdio? Because that is the service I was using when I spotted the error.
Probable Origin Of Error: Mastering Process or Distribution Process. Each service will likely have to go in and fix it individually. Don’t blame the services, it’s not their fault.
Just be sure to fix your own metadata, too - so you don’t spread it around!
Suggestion
This is a not a submission, just a request from someone who works at Rdio: It would be great if you could include your suggestion for what the erroneous metadata should be corrected to — that would make it much quicker for us to do the fixes. Thanks!
Soul Coughing: Bus To Beelzebug is bub
Correct Song Title: Bus To Beelzebub
Artist: Soul Coughing
Error Discovery Made On: Rdio
Direct Link: http://rd.io/x/QF74K1ixPg
Service: Rdio*
Artist: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
The Story: Listening to The Black Heart Procession I noticed they were inspired by both Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
and
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
Photos show the listing in Similar Artists & in Search Results
*I am an Rdio Subscriber & primarily use this service right now
Error: it’s a search party!
Why it’s an error: There’s only one Jimi Hendrix I am looking for if i’m searching for Jimi. The number of artist results indicate a metadata nightmare brewing in the database.
Service: Rhapsody
Article published in the SF Appeal, lists music metadata errors in iTunes, Rdio, LaLa, Rhapsody and more (collected january 2010). The article is short and worth the read.
Error: The same release 3 times, various release dates, and only one is listenable.
Functionality Error and Problem: Digital release date vs. Original Release date (or remaster release date) - search is affected because all three results show up.
found on: LaLa (in 2009)
Error: Nigerian band called The Wings, confused with Wings
Source of Discovery: Spotify
