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I'm a big fan of Pandora, the web radio which finds songs you would love according to your taste in music. Based on my liking for songs which feature country roots, subtle use of vocal harmony, and melodious acoustic, Pandora recommended this song which I couldn't find on any P2P network; desperation ensued and I whipped out my Solo card and got my very first 79p legally downloaded music from iTunes. Long story short, I have an iTunes Music Store (iTMS) account.

With an iTMS account, the new iTunes can be both a blessing and a curse; it fetches album artwork automatically for your existing songs provided they have the correct meta data. The thing is, a "not-so-big" part of my collection is of questionable acquisition practices, hence the songs don't have the right album names for iTunes to fetch the album artworks.

Being the anal person that I am, I couldn't stand the fact that "some" of my songs were not garnished with pretty cover artworks. To that end, I invested a great deal of time editing the songs' meta data manually so that iTunes could find the right album artwork. My hardwork paid off; I can now switch to the cover browser without my obsessive-compulsive self cringing at the sight of unembellished-by-artwork songs. I'm satisfied. For now.