Spotify has a neat "library" function, where even though you don't "own" anything on the platform, you can still build up a "collection" of albums and music that you like listening to on a regular basis.
Since I tend to prefer listening to albums rather than playlists full of random bits and pieces, this is great for me — so I've been making an effort to rebuild my late '90s/early '00s CD collection that I no longer own. Several house moves ago, we did a fair bit of "downsizing" of possessions, and as part of that we had a big Music Magpie session with old CDs in order to get a bit of money in exchange for our old garbage.
Oddly, despite being quite attached to that CD collection, I've been struggling to recall its exact contents. Certain inclusions are easy, because everyone had them at the time — stuff like Alanis Morisette's Jagged Little Pill, all the Oasis albums up to Be Here Now and the like — and there are likewise a fair few "mainstream indie" albums that I remember owning. But I'm reaching a point where I'm at something of a loss as to what to add next; I'm sure I used to have more than I've added to the library so far, but I really can't think what it might be.
I know I bought a fair amount of cheesy pop like Spice Girls and S Club 7 semi-ironically (I did not-so-secretly genuinely like quite a lot of it) but that doesn't account for what feels like a big gap in my virtual collection. And, weirdly, I can't find the receipt for the Music Magpie order that we did, so I can't check against the listing of the CDs that we actually got paid for.
Oh well, I'm sure it will all come back to me at some point. And perhaps I'm forgetting some of those albums for a good reason!
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