Do you have internet access? Do you like music? Spotify is for you. (spotify.com)

Member Name: Midrange

Product:	spotify.com
Date:	24/08/09 (16 review reads)
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Advantages: Very easy to install and use. Impressive music library from a large variety of labels.

Disadvantages: Short adverts play every 3 or 4 songs on the free version. Doesn't bother me though

If you have internet access and you're into music then download Spotify.

I cannot stress how glad I am that I was introduced to this application. Numerous large record labels have provided Spotify with thousands and thousands of tracks. Spotify is a music library that is free to access and enjoy at any time. Currently I am using Spotify in its "Free" manifestation - the only drawback of which is that every 3 or 4 songs a short advert is played. As a music lover, I can honestly that I am not bothered by the 20 second intrusions every so often - I'm just grateful that the record labels are allowing access to their Artists. The occasional advert now and again is a tiny price to pay. Indeed, if you were listening to the radio you'd hear 10 times as many adverts and not be able to....

TOTALLY CUSTOMISE YOUR PLAYLIST AND RADIO STATIONS! Woo!

So at the moment I just typed in "IQ" (as in the neo-prog rock band). It's just playing everything it's got under "IQ" (including some pretty embarrassing rap music and a punk band I've never heard of). But its so easy to stop it doing that. I can select albums, queue up tracks, create playlists, browse through "Similar Artists" (including "Yes", "Marillion" and "Kayak"... just in case you wanted to know!) and even buy the track online.

I haven't yet explored the Radio Station options in any depth. It appears that Artists are "linked" together and so if you're a fan of Damien Rice (which I am) you can listen to the Damien Rice "Station" - which just plays that "kind" of music. Good stuff.

I also understand that I can pay 99p for a Spotify "Day Pass" which allows me to listen to 24 hours of uninterrupted music... perfect for a party. I cannot agree more. I can easily imagine compiling a playlist long before the event, then paying my 99p on the day and allow Spotify to do the rest. Up till now we've been using my wife's iTunes to do the same thing... but our combined music collection feels tiny compared the wealth of stuff on Spotify.

Complaints I've heard are that the library isn't big enough. Sure, it doesn't have EVERY song - far from it. But it does offer a fair cross section. If only more record labels would sign up!

Download it today. It will not disappoint you.

Summary: Music library program allowing access to 1000s of songs, radio stations, playlists and more