How Spin of the Day works

What is Spin of the Day?

Every day the Spin tab shows one record from your shelf. It's a suggestion, not a play. Nothing is logged until you tell the app you put it on.

Why did it pick that record?

Under the credits there's a line saying why. It might be an artist's birthday, an anniversary, the weather, a record you added recently, or one of your grails. When nothing lines up, it says it pulled the record at random.

• An album you've spun in the last 30 days doesn't come back.
• A shelf set to Keep out of spins is skipped too. That's set on Shelves.
• Ratings don't change the pick. A 5 won't make a record turn up more often.

What do the buttons do, left to right?

• Play streams the album through Apple Music or Tidal if you've connected one. Without one you get a 30-second preview.
• Spin logs it as played. That's the tap that counts for your Spin History, and for Last.fm if you've connected it. Play and Spin are separate on purpose.
• The Kebab (3 dots) on the card has Flex art, Your ratings, Edit Notes, Shelve…, Ask the Clerk and View pressing. Flex art makes a share card from the record.
• Eject, at the end, opens the tracklist and credits.

The small ratings line on the card opens the same rating sheet as the menu. The menu only shows for a record you own.

What else is there for listening?

• Music holidays. On days like Metal Day and Christmas the Spin page is built around the day: Music holidays and your Spin of the Day.
• Holiday badges. Open Gatefold or spin a record on a music holiday and you earn its badge: Holiday badges.
• Scrobbling. Send the spins you confirm to Last.fm: Last.fm scrobbling.
• Listen. Something playing in the room? Listen names it, like Shazam, and finds the album so you can add it: Add a record that's playing with Listen (Shazam).