Often I find albums I want to listen to but can’t do it right away. It would be nice to be able to save albums in a “want to listen” tag before deciding to add to the library or not. This can keep my library focused on music I know I like.
Currently you can save music to a playlist without adding them to a library, but it’s track based rather than album based.
This is how I handle new releases I want to play. But I add the entire album to the playlist, and simply let the playlist run. If I want to revisit, or play something else, I hold the queue on another zone, or locate the album and play from there.
Personally, I don’t want any streaming releases in my library, or touching the database.
Glad to see your still keeping this up. Much like I do.
I’ve been advocating for “album playlists” for over 20 years, but it feels like their value often goes unnoticed. For me, these playlists are a deeply personal way to create sub-collections from my library—albums I intentionally group together based on nothing other than my own choice. There’s no AI, no automation, no tagging—this is something only I can curate.
Take this as an example: no library manager, whether it’s Roon or any other, can compile all the albums by artists I’ve seen at a specific festival. Why? Because they simply don’t understand the personal connections I make. And that’s just one example. For me, it’s all about ultimate personalization and flexibility—tailoring my music experience in a way that no system or feature can replicate.
Is there anyone else who sees the potential in this? Or perhaps a way forward to make this idea resonate?
I am using tags to handle situations like this. The main drawback I’ve found here is that an album must be in my library in order to add it to a tag. Other than that limitation, they work really well and I love roon’s tagging functionality for exactly the reason you describe.
I see my library as something quite dynamic. As my tags.
When I find an album I want to listen to later, I add to library and to a tag “Listen later”. Later on, I will listen to it and or keep it in my library and changing to another tag (like Heavy rotation) , or just remove it from my library. I try to not get many albums on this Listen later tag.
I think this is now solved. Good timing from the Roon team 
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