The Bottom Line
This add-on allows you to search allmusic.com for a particular artist, album, or song title directly from Firefox's browser window. Allmusic, the self-proclaimed most comprehensive music reference source on the planet, has a vast wealth of information on even the most obscure tracks and the artists that made them.
Pros
- The toolbar lets you easily search a massive collection of music information directly from Firefox.
- This add-on's presence and location is convenient and non-obtrusive.
- By searching allmusic.com, you will inevitably discover great artists and songs.
Cons
- Although resizable, the toolbar cannot be moved to another location within the Firefox window.
- Some of the reviews returned in the search results leave a lot to be desired.
Description
- allmusic.com Search Toolbar adds a small toolbar to Firefox's toolbar section, allowing you to directly search allmusic.com.
- A drop-down menu lets you choose between artist, album, and song.
- The toolbar records and displays a full history of your past searches.
- The entry field can be easily resized to accommodate long song or album titles.
- allmusic.com's searches return a bevy of facts including in-depth biographies, discographies, song histories, and much more.
- The searches also provide links to listen to songs, watch music videos, and purchase music.
Guide Review - allmusic.com Search Toolbar
This small browser add-on can become very addictive for a music junkie. In just a few short weeks I have unearthed some great pieces of music as well as learned a lot more about my favorite artists and the background of their work. allmusic.com delivers the search results in a clean and interesting fashion, even going as far as to list artist influences and then linking to their own biographies. Being able to quickly listen to clips or watch videos is an added bonus which you will probably find yourself taking advantage of quite often. My recommendation is to use the toolbar in addition to another add-on that you use to play your music, such as FoxyTunes. Install this and you might find yourself hooked on the encyclopedia of tunes which is allmusic.com.
