diff --git a/src/subsonic.rs b/src/subsonic.rs
index 82d0927..4ed3dce 100644
--- a/src/subsonic.rs
+++ b/src/subsonic.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 pub mod schema;
 
+mod album_list;
+pub use album_list::AlbumListType;
+
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use md5::Digest;
 use rand::Rng;
@@ -49,12 +52,13 @@ impl From<reqwest::Error> for Error {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Client {
     client: reqwest::Client,
     base_url: reqwest::Url,
 }
 
-fn get_random_salt(length: usize) -> String {
+fn random_salt(length: usize) -> String {
     let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
     std::iter::repeat(())
         // 0.9: s/distributions/distr
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ impl Client {
         const SALT_BYTES: usize = 8;
 
         // subsonic docs say to generate a salt per request, but that's completely unnecessary
-        let salt_hex = get_random_salt(SALT_BYTES);
+        let salt_hex = random_salt(SALT_BYTES);
 
         let mut hasher = md5::Md5::new();
         hasher.update(password);
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ impl Client {
         self.get(&["rest", "ping"], &[]).await
     }
 
-    pub async fn get_random_songs(&self, size: u32) -> Result<Vec<schema::Child>, Error> {
+    pub async fn random_songs(&self, size: u32) -> Result<Vec<schema::Child>, Error> {
         self.get::<schema::RandomSongsOuter>(
             &["rest", "getRandomSongs"],
             &[("size", &size.to_string())],
diff --git a/src/subsonic/album_list.rs b/src/subsonic/album_list.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..670500b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/subsonic/album_list.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+use super::{schema, Client, Error};
+use futures::{Stream, TryStreamExt};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub enum AlbumListType {
+    Random,
+    Newest,
+    Highest,
+    Frequent,
+    Recent,
+    AlphabeticalByName,
+    AlphabeticalByArtist,
+    ByYear { from: u32, to: u32 },
+    ByGenre(String),
+}
+
+impl Client {
+    pub async fn album_list(
+        &self,
+        type_: &AlbumListType,
+        size: u32,
+        offset: u32,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<schema::AlbumID3>, Error> {
+        match type_ {
+            AlbumListType::Newest => {
+                self.get::<schema::AlbumList2Outer>(
+                    &["rest", "getAlbumList2"],
+                    &[
+                        ("type", "newest"),
+                        ("size", &size.to_string()),
+                        ("offset", &offset.to_string()),
+                    ],
+                )
+                .await
+            }
+
+            _ => todo!("{type_:?}"),
+        }
+        .map(|response| match response.album_list2.album {
+            Some(albums) => albums,
+            None => vec![],
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn album_list_full(
+        &self,
+        type_: AlbumListType,
+    ) -> impl Stream<Item = Result<schema::AlbumID3, Error>> + use<'_> {
+        futures::stream::try_unfold(0usize, move |offset| {
+            let type_ = type_.clone();
+            async move {
+                match self.album_list(&type_, 500, offset as u32).await {
+                    Ok(albums) if albums.len() == 0 => Ok(None),
+                    Ok(albums) => {
+                        let next_offset = offset + albums.len();
+                        Ok(Some((
+                            futures::stream::iter(albums.into_iter().map(Result::Ok)),
+                            next_offset,
+                        )))
+                    }
+                    Err(err) => Err(err),
+                }
+            }
+        })
+        .try_flatten()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/subsonic/schema.rs b/src/subsonic/schema.rs
index e36c134..ef27b1f 100644
--- a/src/subsonic/schema.rs
+++ b/src/subsonic/schema.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use chrono::{offset::Utc, DateTime};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
@@ -44,10 +45,40 @@ pub struct Child {
     pub artist: String,
     pub track: Option<u32>,
     pub year: Option<u32>,
-    pub starred: Option<chrono::DateTime<chrono::offset::Utc>>, // TODO: check which is best
+    pub starred: Option<DateTime<Utc>>, // TODO: check which is best
     // applicable
-    pub duration: u64,
+    pub duration: u32,
     //pub play_count: Option<u32>,
     pub genre: Option<String>,
     pub cover_art: String,
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct AlbumList2Outer {
+    pub album_list2: AlbumList2,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+pub struct AlbumList2 {
+    pub album: Option<Vec<AlbumID3>>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct AlbumID3 {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub artist: Option<String>,
+    pub artist_id: Option<String>,
+    pub cover_art: Option<String>,
+    pub song_count: u32,
+    pub duration: u32,
+    pub play_count: Option<u32>,
+    pub created: DateTime<Utc>,
+    pub starred: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    pub year: Option<u32>,
+    pub genre: Option<String>,
+    pub played: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    // TODO: opensubsonic extensions?
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/window.rs b/src/ui/window.rs
index b65593c..b339653 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.rs
+++ b/src/ui/window.rs
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ mod imp {
                 let api = self.api.borrow();
                 Rc::clone(api.as_ref().unwrap())
             };
-            for song in api.get_random_songs(10).await.unwrap().into_iter() {
+            for song in api.random_songs(10).await.unwrap().into_iter() {
                 let song = Song::from_child(&api, &song, true);
                 self.mpv
                     .command(["loadfile", &song.stream_url(), "append-play"])
@@ -319,9 +319,7 @@ mod imp {
         }
 
         fn playlist_pos(&self) -> i64 {
-            self.mpv
-                .get_property("playlist-pos")
-                .unwrap()
+            self.mpv.get_property("playlist-pos").unwrap()
         }
 
         fn time_pos(&self) -> f64 {
@@ -658,6 +656,19 @@ impl Window {
     pub fn setup_connected(&self, api: crate::subsonic::Client) {
         self.imp().api.replace(Some(Rc::new(api)));
         self.set_can_click_shuffle_all(true);
+
+        let api = Rc::clone(self.imp().api.borrow().as_ref().unwrap());
+        glib::spawn_future_local(async move {
+            use futures::TryStreamExt;
+
+            let mut count = 0;
+            let mut albums =
+                std::pin::pin!(api.album_list_full(crate::subsonic::AlbumListType::Newest));
+            while let Some(_) = albums.try_next().await.unwrap() {
+                count += 1;
+            }
+            println!("gathered {count} albums");
+        });
     }
 
     pub fn playlist_next(&self) {