How Do You Organize Your Music?

i organize my music for maximum emotional impact; Saturday morning music, late night music, etc. i get into a certain mood and some music is always better than others at enhancing and complimenting that feeling. This helps find that next piece of music that keeps the the vibe steady.
You should have seen my sister in laws jaw hit the floor when i told her my 1500 or so cd's were sorted by emotion! Well, she asked....

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If you have not already, read Nick Hornby's book, High Fidelity. The movie adaptation of that book is not bad either. The main character goes through some, well, issues around organizing his LP's. Great book! Jack Black is hilarious in the film.

Marco

Thomasedison beat me to the High Fidelity reference that proghead mentioned. Seriously though if anyone into records has not seen that movie they should be ashamed. Plus it was probably the last good movie John Cusack has starred in. He's been in some stinkers for almost 10 years now. And to all you classical collectors...just looking at the headache of how to organize those records does nothing to make me want to get into classical music any deeper. Most of the classical titles I have are filed under Reich, Stockhausen, Satie, Varese, etc.

As I'm disorganized the best system for me is a simple one. I have one of those IKEA cubed wall units where each cube represents a letter of the alphabet. The key to making this work is NOT to organize alphabetically within each letter as it's way easier to put albums back on the shelf at the end instead of trying to find the exact spot.

This sometimes forces me to browse through sixty or seventy albums to find the one I want, but during the process I often see and take out another old album that I haven't played for years.