diff --git a/backend/lib/ytdlp.js b/backend/lib/ytdlp.js
index 937b517..ffafee1 100644
--- a/backend/lib/ytdlp.js
+++ b/backend/lib/ytdlp.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function buildTitleKeywords(title) {
     return escaped ? [escaped] : [];
   }
   const VARIANT_WORDS = new Set(['sped','speedup','slowed','reverb','nightcore','karaoke','parody','remix','cover','acoustic','instrumental']);
-  const STOPWORDS = new Set(['the','a','an','and','or','of','in','on','at','to','for','feat','ft','with']);
+  const STOPWORDS = new Set(['the','a','an','and','or','of','in','on','at','to','for','feat','ft','with','single','ep','album','remaster','remastered','deluxe','edition','version','live','bonus']);
   const MIX_QUALIFIERS = ['radio', 'extended', 'club', 'vip', 'original', 'edit'];
   const lower = (title || '').toLowerCase();
   const strippedTitle = (title || '').replace(/\([^)]*\)/g, '').trim();
@@ -110,8 +110,12 @@ async function downloadTrack({ jobId, artist, rawArtist, albumArtist, title, alb
 
   const escRe = s => s.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
 
-  const variantFilter = buildVariantFilter(title);
-  const titleKws      = buildTitleKeywords(title);
+  // Strip release-type suffixes Spotify sometimes appends to track/album names
+  // e.g. "recognize - Single" → "recognize", "Blue Moon - EP" → "Blue Moon"
+  const searchTitle = title.replace(/\s*[-–]\s*(single|ep|album|remaster(?:ed)?|deluxe(?:\s+edition)?|bonus\s+track)s?\s*$/i, '').trim() || title;
+
+  const variantFilter = buildVariantFilter(searchTitle);
+  const titleKws      = buildTitleKeywords(searchTitle);
   const variantPart   = variantFilter ? ` & ${variantFilter}` : '';
   const titleKwPart   = titleKws.length ? titleKws.map(k => ` & title ~= (?i)${k}`).join('') : '';
 
@@ -139,7 +143,7 @@ async function downloadTrack({ jobId, artist, rawArtist, albumArtist, title, alb
   // For Western tracks, artist + title + duration matching is sufficient (matches spotdl behaviour).
   const albumQuerySuffix = hasJpTitle && albumWords ? ' ' + albumWords : '';
 
-  const query = `${ytmArtist} - ${title}${albumQuerySuffix}`;
+  const query = `${ytmArtist} - ${searchTitle}${albumQuerySuffix}`;
 
   const baseArgs = [
     '--extract-audio',