While it wasn’t exactly a new years resolution, it was as close to one as I was ever going to get. For those late to the blog or those who can’t remember, I’m basically buying my entire music library. It was something that would bring one of two outcomes, bankruptcy or a smaller library; the latter won. I’ve deleted nearly two thirds of my music.

Other than a few dated albums that I don’t really listen to any more, the main reason for a deletion was quality over quantity. For example, LCD Soundsystem’s first album has a selection of sixteen tracks with many of them being quite throwaway. I like to get value for money but I’d rather add ten great tracks to my library rather than twenty tracks with a load of filler.

It’s honestly led me to just delete albums rather than buy them. Which is quite frankly, a shame.