"Road To Ruin" has more than one song. So does "End Of The Century"

[mcp1959]

The Ramones, who I like a great deal, pop up on a lot of my stations.  That might say something about my limited musical taste, but they appear on stations ranging from The Gun Club to Pere Ubu, so there is that.

My problem is this:   No matter how I tweak any of these stations, I hear the same one or two songs from some Ramones albums:  Specifically, "Road To Ruin" and "End Of The Century".  Pandora ALWAYS plays "I'm Against It" from Road to Ruin, and "Let's Go" from End of the Century.   I suppose I could just set up a Ramones station and select artist only, except for two reasons - first, I don't want to; and second, I kinda doubt even that would work.   I tried forcing Pandora to add songs from "Stink" by the replacements by listening to the whole EP and thumb upping the songs I wanted to hear, but to no effect.

What can I do to get greater variety off a specific album?

[AdamPandora · Accepted solution]

@mcp1959 Nice to see you around the community.

I understand that it's frustrating not to hear more tracks from a specific album on your stations, but there's no way to control when or how often particular songs will play on free Pandora or Pandora Plus, so it's not possible to create a station and hear that album or track play right away (though it could happen by chance). Because of our licenses, we have to limit the predictability of a certain song or artist from playing on those services.

That said, for complete control of what you hear on Pandora, try Pandora Premium. It combines our industry leading internet radio service with on-demand listening and easy playlist generation.

With this level of service, you can play that specific album on demand, and pick and choose the specific songs you want to listen to.

Alternatively, you can start a complimentary session simply by searching our library for a song or album, and clicking play. This will trigger a short advertisement, after which you can enjoy content on-demand.

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Additional suggestions:

Although you mentioned you would prefer to not create a specific station for The Ramones and utilize Pandora Modes, I think it would be worth giving it a try.

I would focus on utilizing the following Modes:

Deep Cuts: Deep Cuts mode focuses on playing lesser-known tracks by the artists that normally play on your station.

Your Thumbs Down will function normally in this mode, but Thumbing Up tracks will tell your station that you'd like more variety and B-Sides in My Station mode moving forward.

Artist Only: Artist Only mode does exactly what it implies: plays only songs by the artist you used to seed your station (unless you've added variety to your station, in which case it will play tracks from those artists as well). This mode will only be available on some stations.

Due to licensing requirements, Artist Only mode requires a Pandora Premium subscription or complimentary Pandora Premium Session. Free listeners and Pandora Plus subscribers can activate a temporary and complimentary session of Pandora Premium by viewing an advertisement.

Your Thumbs will function normally in this mode.

You can find a full description of what each Pandora Mode offers here.

You can also check out this thread for some additional tips on getting the most out of your Pandora stations: Tips for better stations

I hope this helps!