# Is there a comprehensive music database on the web that is categorised by year?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 17, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-comprehensive-music-database-on-the-web-that-is-categorised-by-year/202050 "2003-09-17T00:03:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-comprehensive-music-database-on-the-web-that-is-categorised-by-year/202050/1 "2003-09-17T00:03:36Z")

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I’m trying to put together a playlist for some radio work and I need to be able to browse music (pop, rock, indie etc) by year - does anyone know of a resource on the web that I can use?

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**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-comprehensive-music-database-on-the-web-that-is-categorised-by-year/202050/2 "2003-09-17T00:19:26Z")

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The [All Music Guide](http://www.allmusic.com/) lets you browse by decade (Music Maps\>Genre\>by decade).