Horrible edge cases to consider when dealing with music

I'm a huge fan of navidrome,<br>and thus spent some time reading its source code, and discussing with<br>Deluan about its data model, making this<br>list of weird edge-cases as we went.

Weird album names:<br>† from Justice

★ from David Bowie

' from Frank Zappa

() from Sigur Rós

Love Symbol from Prince, of course. He also changed his stage name to the symbol in 1993,<br>and was thus usually referred to as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince".

from Caravan Palace

Both Microsoft's Windows and Linux might dislike the naming scheme of MASTER BOOT RECORD's albums.

If you're on Linux, you might appreciate ///////-//-///// from<br>The You Suck Flying Circus.

Apparently, the vaporwave<br>movement genre artists like to put spaces between each letter,<br>like on Hallmark '87<br>A T R I U M.

Laughing Mantis released a song called X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*,<br>also known as the EICAR test file

Albums without a title, like<br>Rammstein's latest album,<br>Led Zeppelin's fourth album,<br>KoЯn's eighth album,

Some albums have multiple covers:<br>The Police's Synchronicity has 36 cover variations.

Art Garfunkel' Fate for breakfast had 6 covers,<br>but since it made a flop in the USA, most people only have seen one.

Ian Dury & The BLockheads'<br>Do it yourself had at least 34 sleeves

Some albums have confusing or problematic covers:<br>Scorpion's Virgin Killer

GGGOLDDD's No Image

Amanda Palmer's There Will Be No Intermission<br>features a picture of her fully naked, leading to censored versions.

John Lennon & Yoko Ono's<br>Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins

Confusing album names:<br>(untitled) from<br>The Byrds

untitled from R<br>Kelly

untilted from Autechre

Self-Titled Long-Playing Debut Album from<br>+/-.

Tintern Abbey's 7" Vinyl single<br>A-side is named Beeside.

Weezer released a couple of albums titled Weezer,<br>sometimes twice a year.

Underoath released an<br>album called Ø (Disambiguation),<br>making the wikipedia page for Ø (disambiguation) confusing.

Meghan Trainor's Title

Some tracks don't have a title or have a confusing name:<br>Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II.

Mezbrow's Yantra Material Action

Autechre's EP7<br>has an untitled track in the pregap, and another regular one called "Left Blank".

Some tracks are long:<br>"Doom Apocalypse X, The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe (Part IX: The Photon Era)" from<br>NǽnøĉÿbbŒrğ VbëřřĦōlökäävsŦ, lasting almost 7h,<br>with the full album, "The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe" a bit under 23h.

The Rise and Fall of Bossanova from Pipe Choir Three,<br>a 13 hours long song split in 5 parts.

Bull Of Heaven – 209: Blurred With Tears And Suffering Beyond Hope Bull Of Heaven - 209: Blurred With Tears And Suffering Beyond Hope, with a 4723h, 54min, 37s track.

Some tracks are short:<br>Nine in Nails's<br>Broken<br>has 99 tracks, with tracks 7 to 97 consist of 4 seconds of silence<br>each.

Speaking of size, some albums' name are long as well:<br>Prajecyrujučy Sinhuliarnaje Wypramieńwańnie Daktryny Absaliutnaha J Usiopahłynaĺnaha Zła Skroź Šaścihrannuju Pryzmu Sîn-Ahhī-Erība Na Hipierpawierchniu Zadyjakaĺnaha Kaŭčęha Zasnawaĺnikaŭ Kosmatęchničnaha Ordęna Palieakantakta, Najstaražytnyja Ipastasi Dawosiewych Cywilizacyj Prywodziać U Ruch Ręzanansny Transfarmatar Časowapadobnaj Biaskoncaści Budučyni U Ćwiardyniach Absierwatoryi Nwn-Hu-Kek-Amon, Uwasabliajučy Ŭ Ęfirnuju Matęryju Prach Ałulima Na Zachad Ad Ękzapłaniety<br>from Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxułum

When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right,<br>from Fiona Apple.

Music to Listen to~Dance to~Blaze to~Pray to~Feed to~Sleep to~Talk to~Grind to~Trip to~Breathe to~Help to~Hurt to~Scroll to~Roll to~Love to~Hate to~Learn Too~Plot to~Play to~Be to~Feel to~Breed to~Sweat to~Dream to~Hide to~Live to~Die to~Go To from Bring me the Horizon

Tracks can have multiple artists, like GRAY (그레이) (Feat. Various Artists) - 119 REMIX<br>which has, of course, 119 different ones.

Some bands are kinda changing their name:<br>GZR, also known as g//z/r on their first album, geezer on their second, and GZR on their third.

Ghost was known as Ghost B.C. for some times, but only in the USA.

Suede, known as "The London Suede" in the USA.

Zoviet France, also<br>known as ":$OVIET:FRANCE:", "Soviet France", ":Zoviet-France:" and latterly usually written as ":zoviet*france:".

Invent, Animate changed their name to "Invent, Animate"<br>to avoid being confused for 2 distinct artists. Their latest EP,<br>The Sun Sleeps, As If It Never Was,<br>consists of 3 tracks: "The Sun Sleeps, "," and "As If It Never Was".

Some artists have several...