I think, however, that an online forum and crowdsourcing (letting users describe the album's genres themselves) would actually help solve this problem. Genre is a problem, as there are more possible genres and sound recordings have a harder time fitting into genres than books. There are a few issues that make this medium different. Of course, Goodreads would need to be altered for use with sound recordings. Also, a large percentage of resources is spent to describe the variants of a single "master" recording-something that is only slightly important in Goodreads. The "community" activity is really negligible (electronica/techno may be an exception for this), and people aren't really there as themselves to share their musical opinions with their friends. Discogs is mostly for audiophiles who are trying to buy and sell vinyl. While Discogs has much of the functionality of Goodreads, with star ratings and reviews, its focus is different. There is one site that comes close to this:. In an ideal system, many people could easily share and find sound recording reviews and ratings, maybe with recommendations based on previous reviews and ratings (some monetization is necessary for survival, of course). Maybe I would know if there was a Goodreads for music-an online forum where you could keep track of your own listening experiences and then share those experiences with your friends. I'm sure I would listen to more, had I the time and money. I realize that it doesn't take as long to listen to an album as read a book, but I've probably listened to 30 or 40, at least. As I contemplated why the number was so low (mostly, I forgot to record the dates read), I wondered how many albums I listened to this year.
This week, Goodreads sent me a list of all the books I read this year.
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