How to organize CD's?

Question

I'm organizing my CD's and starting by putting them in alphabetical order by artist. I have done that, now how does one usually order the albums of one artist? Should the older albums be on top or should it go from new to old?

Answer 1

Here's the thing -- you have already organized alphabetically by artist -- now ...

here is what I did to make things more manageable in my CD changer:

I classified by Holiday/Christmas, Classical, C/W, Showtunes/Movies, whatever.

In each of these classifications -- I then put them in Alphabetical order by Title of the Album/Artist Name.

After that -- I set up a spreadsheet with the first column being numbers (1 to 200 -- because I have a 200 Disc Changer) -- then next to that number I listed the Name of the Album and the Artist Name (if it was a single group or musician).

Once that listing was complete -- I just printed it out, and posted it on the inside wall of the shelf where the CD changer was positioned -- and now I can easily see where each one is -- and quickly select what I want to hear.

Answer 2

I think you are getting a little too involved here-by artist is enough.