Notes from Kapell.

Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums, Part 1

Notes from the first 50 albums from Rolling Stone's Top 500 Albums

v1.1.0 released

Deep links, track cursor, and improved playback.

Build b1611v1.1.0-b1611

• ADDTrack lists have a cursor — click selects
• ADDShare an album
• FIXNavigating away mid-load no longer yanks you back

Find another service like me

Kapell now contains an extensively connected dataset with GraphQL interface.

Build b1532v1.0.0-b1532

• ADD30-second previews without a subscription
• ADDCredits on artist pages
• FIXRevamped Crate playback

Build b1455v1.0.0-b1455

• ADDKapell opens without an Apple Music® subscription
• ADDLibrary search matches across title
• FIXMixed library/catalogue queues play every song in order

Luther Vandross

Luther Vandross was incredible, releasing a run of 11 consecutive platinum albums over 15 years.

You don't know nann

Improved artist names for album matches.

There's levels to this

Speeding up enrichment queries with a long-lived L2 cache.

Build b1420v0.1.0-b1420

• ADDHelp menu reaches Colophon
• FIXEnrichment and the trial marker appear reliably on installed builds

Build b1413v1.0.0-b1413

• ADDBuy Kapell any time from a new Purchase pane
• ADDA real Help menu
• FIXScrobbler sign-ins now stick across relaunches

Build b1386v0.1.0-b1386

• ADDScrobble your plays to ListenBrainz and Last.fm
• ADDPrivate Mode keeps a session off the record
• FIXJumping deep into a live crate lands on the right track

Build b1289v0.1.0-b1289

• ADDFirst-run tips that read like liner notes
• FIXBig crates play from your playhead
• FIXPrivate crates stay out of your Apple Music history

And I remember and

The connecting word `and` gives us a hard time, but we found another bug under that particular rock and more matches are the result.

Build b1259v0.1.0-b1259

• ADDManual crate control
• ADDCrate settings rebuilt
• FIXAlbum tracklist stops reflowing as credits load

Build b1243v0.1.0-b1243

• ADDRead the album from the now-playing sleeve
• ADD"Find it on" link-outs as a headed section
• FIXAlbum action buttons no longer wrap mid-label

Build b1230v0.1.0-b1230

• ADDPlayed tracks fold away to keep the playhead in view
• ADDSuggest less now skips the current track too
• FIXTracks no longer get stuck "preparing" forever

Introducing Kapell

Streaming flattened the album into a stream of anonymous audio. The liner notes — who played, who wrote, where it was cut — got left in the box. Kapell is a better place to listen, then it surrounds the music with the people, samples, and history behind it.

Build b1220v0.1.0-b1220

• ADDSongs are tri-state — favorite or suggest less
• ADDPlay next & track-actions menus
• FIXFavorites no longer wiped by a stale rating read