# Tracklist order is wrong (i have the album) but i can't edit it? **URL:** \ **Category:** MusicBrainz\ **Tags:** musicbrainz\ **Created:** [September 29, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracklist-order-is-wrong-i-have-the-album-but-i-cant-edit-it/657488 "2023-09-29T03:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sirromz](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@Sirromz](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Sirromz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracklist-order-is-wrong-i-have-the-album-but-i-cant-edit-it/657488/1 "2023-09-29T03:02:03Z")
I’m trying to edit the tracklist order as they’ve been inputted wrong at some point on this album:https://musicbrainz.org/release/514eb0eb-4ce4-4760-8267-fc3ddba90d2c but i keep getting an error saying i cant change it “this medium has more than one discid which prevents this information from being changed” anyone know how to get around this and correct the track order? ---
**Author:** ![UltimateRiff](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/ultimateriff/32/47799_2.png) [@UltimateRiff](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/UltimateRiff)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracklist-order-is-wrong-i-have-the-album-but-i-cant-edit-it/657488/2 "2023-09-29T06:16:50Z")
welcome to the community, @Sirromz!~ that’s interesting, I’ve never seen that message before… I can see the tracklist on MusicBrainz is different than the back cover scan included, seemingly track 3 got moved there from track 6 (and perhaps others further down the list) looking at [the original edit](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/25535456), there may have been some confusion about the tracklist and this same error, actually… I can’t quite tell for certain what happened to the release @muddipanda added, because that’s listed in the same edit history, but if I’m reading it correctly, it looks like that release might have got “corrected” and merged into the release you linked… does the tracklist for your release match the back cover scan and the linked Discogs release? with the Silence remix on track 3 instead of track 4? (I’ll leave some notes on the merge edits, see if we can get some input from the original editors~) @dj_judas21, @221bbs, @fmera seem pretty active in the merge and/or might have a copy of the release? ---
**Author:** ![jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/jesus2099/32/36_2.png) [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracklist-order-is-wrong-i-have-the-album-but-i-cant-edit-it/657488/3 "2023-09-29T06:30:14Z")
First make sure that you have exactly this MOSCD343 edition. [https://musicbrainz.org/release/514eb0eb-4ce4-4760-8267-fc3ddba90d2c/cover-art](https://musicbrainz.org/release/514eb0eb-4ce4-4760-8267-fc3ddba90d2c/cover-art) Including with the past editors, like @UltimateRiff. Then here is how to swap tracks, if recordings in themselves are correct (correct AcoustID user data and duration, correct ISRC, title, duration, etc.): > [@Tracks on album were switched; renamed recordings will change different album](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracks-on-album-were-switched-renamed-recordings-will-change-different-album/574787/6): > > [Edit the release:] > > 1. Swap tracks in Tracklist tab > 2. Swap recordings in Recordings tab > > [This] method makes only one clean ‘‘Edit medium’’ edit, does not repurpose already correct recordings and does not impact other releases or entities (works, ISRC, AcoustID, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![UltimateRiff](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/ultimateriff/32/47799_2.png) [@UltimateRiff](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/UltimateRiff)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracklist-order-is-wrong-i-have-the-album-but-i-cant-edit-it/657488/4 "2023-09-29T06:41:18Z")
> [@jesus2099](#): > > Then here is how to swap tracks, if recordings in themselves are correct (correct AcoustID user data and duration, correct ISRC, title, duration, etc.): the (possible) issue here is the tracklist can’t be changed with the arrows on the Tracklist tab, it gives this pop-up when you hover over the arrows, and they don’t function ![image](https://community.metabrainz.org/uploads/default/original/3X/5/b/5bcb5766d894b82793dde3ef920ede5ac3b2e805.png) this could maybe be done by copy-pasting the track titles and track artists from each track to the correct position, but that could be tricky, even for some experienced editors ---
**Author:** ![IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/ivandobsky/32/11785_2.png) [@IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/IvanDobsky)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracklist-order-is-wrong-i-have-the-album-but-i-cant-edit-it/657488/5 "2023-09-29T07:42:49Z")
The main point that causes the error message is attempting to change the track lengths. Just cut\paste track titles and manually fix the artist. OR if lots of tracks, open the Track Parser and use that window to do the cut and pastes in. And then don’t set the track times. I’ll often copy out to Notepad++ when I see an issue like this to fix. ---
**Author:** ![jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/jesus2099/32/36_2.png) [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracklist-order-is-wrong-i-have-the-album-but-i-cant-edit-it/657488/6 "2023-09-29T09:31:04Z")
> [@UltimateRiff](#): > > the (possible) issue here is the tracklist can’t be changed with the arrows on the Tracklist tab Yes yes, exactly, as you say: Instead of _1. Swap tracks in Tracklist tab_, I should have said Swap the track titles (manually by cut paste the text from one text field to the other). Instead of _2. Swap recordings in Recordings tab_ I should have said Reassign the recordings to match the teenage tracks (you can copy paste the recording URL to select the ones you want). 1. **Tracklist tab** Swap the track titles (manually by cut/paste the texts from one text field to the other) 2. **Recordings tab** Reassign the recordings to match the teenage tracks (you can copy paste the recording URL to select the ones you want) ---
**Author:** ![Sirromz](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@Sirromz](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Sirromz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracklist-order-is-wrong-i-have-the-album-but-i-cant-edit-it/657488/7 "2023-09-29T10:44:43Z")
Thankyou! I’m new to this as im in the process of starting to copy all my cd’s to my home media server for the second time after my original hdd with everything on died, so i’m trying to make sure everything is perfect as i go! I’ve just checked and the tracklist on discogs and the back of my cd matches so i think it’s just been inputted in error on here. I’ll give what’s been suggested a go but i’m not really sure what i’m doing yet 😅 also Thanks for adding the notes too ---
**Author:** ![Sirromz](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@Sirromz](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Sirromz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracklist-order-is-wrong-i-have-the-album-but-i-cant-edit-it/657488/8 "2023-09-29T11:07:45Z")
Thanks, i just tried doing this but it reverted back to what it was before after i pressed finish? ---
**Author:** ![Sirromz](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7993a0/32.png) [@Sirromz](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Sirromz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracklist-order-is-wrong-i-have-the-album-but-i-cant-edit-it/657488/9 "2023-09-29T11:32:17Z")
I have just tried doing this but when i saved it, it just reverts back to the old one? ---
**Author:** ![fmera](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/fmera/32/4492_2.png) [@fmera](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/fmera)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracklist-order-is-wrong-i-have-the-album-but-i-cant-edit-it/657488/10 "2023-09-29T14:49:05Z")
i’m inclined to accept the 3 discids (all added by the same editor i believe), so we’ve at least got the track duration sequence to go on. i’ve also retrieved the 4 original recordings (unlinked at some point in the past, so no duration retained) with a list of acoustids captured in annotations (i guess i believed at the time) that belong to each of those 4 recordings of interest. hope that helps with untangling the 4 tracks/recordings, whichever their true sequence may be. Adagio for Strings (part of a “MoS: Anthems Trance” DJ‐mix) - [Recording “Adagio for Strings” by Tiësto - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/3dac8a5c-a287-43ad-b591-a53dc7955f2c) Silence (DJ Tiësto’s In Search of Sunshine mix) - [Recording “Silence (DJ Tiësto’s In Search of Sunshine mix)” by Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/096598b0-c570-4a26-a4ed-a9450343d8d5) Gouryella (part of a “MoS: Anthems Trance” DJ‐mix) - [Recording “Gouryella” by Gouryella - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/0c07ea29-8d18-4b2f-a950-ee07c1654910) 1998 (part of a “MoS: Anthems Trance” DJ‐mix) - [Recording “1998” by Binary Finary - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/c9189fbe-c5e1-47dc-bbcd-4cff880e67fd) (think it was [Edit #56272262 - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/56272262) from 2018 that got all 4 recordings orphaned) also see [Edit #37314399 - MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/37314399#note-37314399-9) ---
**Author:** ![spUdux](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/spudux/32/45854_2.png) [@spUdux](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/spUdux)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tracklist-order-is-wrong-i-have-the-album-but-i-cant-edit-it/657488/11 "2023-09-29T15:48:52Z")
> [@Sirromz](#): > > I have just tried doing this but when i saved it, it just reverts back to the old one? Only [auto-edits](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Edit) get applied immediately. Yours are still [open](https://musicbrainz.org/user/Sirromz/edits/open), and this is totally normal. BTW, you should cancel the later duplicate [edit](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/104184162).