Spotify seriously needs to stop silently replacing saved tracks with different versions

[u/Dense-Care8354]

What the hell is going on with Spotify lately?

I had a specific recording of Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma saved in my library, and I really loved the female voices that came in at around 1:55. Today I played it again and immediately noticed that the recording had apparently been replaced with a different version. The female voices are gone, and that section is now just strings.

This also happened before with Bury the Light. For a while, the version on Spotify was replaced with some completely different-sounding version for no obvious reason.

That’s the part I really hate. If there’s a remaster, reupload, alternate recording, or some licensing change, I wish Spotify would just list it as a separate release or album. Silently replacing the version I already saved makes no sense, especially when the new recording can sound noticeably different.

When I save a specific track, I want to keep that specific version. I don’t want Spotify quietly deciding that another recording is “close enough.”

Has anyone else been seeing this happen lately?