Sorting a CD collection (or not)

[manwithnoname]

I've got about 150 cd's. They are normally 'stored' either stacked on my speakers or on the floor. Unfortunately when the stack topples some cd cases break so I've finally purchased a case to fit them all into.

Question how do you sort your CD's: by artist or just throw them all in (or some new Labour 3rd way)?

(I liked the stacking method as the least recently played cd was at the bottom)

EDIT: corrected a bit of grammar

[dave87]

well, all my cd's are ripped onto my pc, so most of them just go into a cupboard in cronological order (rather the order I bought them in anyway). Probably the best way is to do it alphabetically by artist the album name, though this could be a problem when adding extras in half way through the alphabet

[beanbandit]

Question how do you sort your CD's: by artist or just throw them all in (or some new Labour 3rd way)?

Just throw them back in as i listen to them. So its completely random. But at the moment i'm currently ripping all my CD's to FLAC/MP3/AAC so i never need the CD's again, so when i've finally finished they will be put into order by artist and stored.

[TheAnimus]

FILO i prefer, means you don't get stuck listening to kid a every day.

[pak000]

all my music is ripped to my computer, that failing however, i have four stacks, most commonly listened to and most recently purchased at the top. 1 pile is only annoying, none standard cases that tend to make the piles lean.

I did, in the past, back when i had a "managable" number of CD's sort them alphabetically, but that rapidly changed

[Howard]

D:\Albums\Artist\Album\

I never use CDs

[Sair33]

Mine are in alphabetical order by artist.... does that make me strange?!! I'd never manage to find what I was looking for otherwise and that would drive me nuts!

[BenW]

I don't have too many CDs at the moment, maybe 40 but they're sorted by genre. So depending on what i feel like i go to that genre and pick something out.

Thats for the stereo, pc its all ripped with EAC+FLAC and sorted by artist name

[Nick F]

I used to sort mine by alphabet but now I have stuck all 89 of them on Ebay

[pr0p4g4nd4]

D:\Albums\Artist\Album\

I never use CDs

Same here but I'm D:\Audio\Artist\Album\

[ajbrun]

I only have less than 20 CDs, but I thought it's best to have a system now, so it's still organised when I have 50. Got everything ordered by artist then album in alphabetical order. It may sound sad, but at least I know where everything is then. I wouldn't just stack them either. You'd need a device so that when you take out a middle on, then the top ones don't fall over. My device is called a 'desk'. I have them all lined up with a bookend to keep them up.

Even though I rarley touch the CDs themselves, I don't like the idea of just downloading tracks. I'd still rather have something physical to keep.

[Workaholic]

Mine are in chronological order (for music) so I can easily get access to the newer music.

All my drivers disc though are just thrown into a shoebox.... (only time I need them is when I re-format and I'll need them all.)