diff --git a/src/streamers/soundcloud/main.ts b/src/streamers/soundcloud/main.ts
index 36534b7..b7bb4b2 100644
--- a/src/streamers/soundcloud/main.ts
+++ b/src/streamers/soundcloud/main.ts
@@ -46,11 +46,12 @@ interface SoundcloudTranscoding {
 export default class Soundcloud implements Streamer {
 	hostnames = ['soundcloud.com', 'm.soundcloud.com', 'www.soundcloud.com']
 	oauthToken?: string
+	client?: ScClient
 	constructor(options: SoundcloudOptions) {
 		this.oauthToken = options?.oauthToken
 	}
 	async search(query: string, limit = 20): Promise<SearchResults> {
-		const client = await this.#getClient()
+		const client = this.client || (await this.#getClient())
 		const response = await fetch(
 			this.#formatURL(
 				`https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ export default class Soundcloud implements Streamer {
 			else if (resultResponse.collection[i].kind == 'playlist')
 				items.albums.push(await parseAlbum(<RawAlbum>resultResponse.collection[i]))
 			else if (resultResponse.collection[i].kind == 'user')
-				items.artists.push(parseArtist(<RawArtist>resultResponse.collection[i]))
+				items.artists.push((await parseArtist(<RawArtist>resultResponse.collection[i])))
 		}
 
 		return items
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ export default class Soundcloud implements Streamer {
 			id: await fetchKey(response)
 		}
 
+		this.client = client
 		return client
 	}
 
@@ -134,7 +136,7 @@ export default class Soundcloud implements Streamer {
 		// loosely based off: https://github.com/wukko/cobalt/blob/92c0e1d7b7df262fcd82ea7f5cf8c58c6d2ad744/src/modules/processing/services/soundcloud.js
 
 		const type = await this.getTypeFromUrl(url)
-		const client = await this.#getClient()
+		const client = this.client || (await this.#getClient())
 
 		// getting the IDs and track authorization
 		const html = await (await fetch(url, { method: 'get', headers: headers() })).text()
@@ -179,17 +181,13 @@ export default class Soundcloud implements Streamer {
 				const parsed: GetByUrlResponse = {
 					type: 'album',
 					metadata: await parseAlbum(data),
-					tracks: await Promise.all(
-						data.tracks.map(async (track: RawTrack) => {
-							if (!track.title) track = await this.#getRawTrackInfo(track.id, client)
-							track.user = data.user
-							return parseTrack(track)
-						})
-					)
+					tracks: []
 				}
 
 				for (const i in data.tracks) {
-					const track = data.tracks[i]
+					let track = data.tracks[i]
+
+					if (!track.title) track = await this.#getRawTrackInfo(track.id, client)
 
 					const parsedTrack = {
 						type: 'track',
@@ -217,7 +215,7 @@ export default class Soundcloud implements Streamer {
 
 				return {
 					type: 'artist',
-					metadata: parseArtist(data)
+					metadata: (await parseArtist(data))
 				}
 			}
 			default:
@@ -232,9 +230,9 @@ export default class Soundcloud implements Streamer {
 					headers: headers(this.oauthToken)
 				})
 			).text()
-		)[0]
+		)
 
-		return api
+		return {...api, id}
 	}
 	async getAccountInfo(): Promise<StreamerAccount> {
 		const track = <TrackGetByUrlResponse>await this.getByUrl('https://soundcloud.com/ween/polka-dot-tail')
diff --git a/src/streamers/soundcloud/parse.ts b/src/streamers/soundcloud/parse.ts
index d3fb9b3..138f1d6 100644
--- a/src/streamers/soundcloud/parse.ts
+++ b/src/streamers/soundcloud/parse.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export interface Headers {
 	'User-Agent': string
 }
 
-export function parseArtist(raw: RawArtist): Artist {
+export async function parseArtist(raw: RawArtist): Promise<Artist> {
 	const artist: Artist = {
 		id: raw.id,
 		url: raw.permalink_url,
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export interface RawAlbum {
 	track_count: number
 	release_date: string
 	user: RawArtist
+	user_id: number | string
 	kind: 'playlist'
 }
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ export async function parseAlbum(raw: RawAlbum): Promise<Album> {
 		url: raw.permalink_url,
 		trackCount: raw.track_count,
 		releaseDate: new Date(raw.release_date),
-		artists: [parseArtist(raw.user)]
+		artists: [(await parseArtist(raw.user))]
 	}
 	if (raw.tracks?.[0]?.artwork_url != undefined) {
 		album.coverArtwork = [await parseCoverArtwork(raw?.tracks?.[0]?.artwork_url)]
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ export interface RawTrack {
 		transcodings?: { duration: number }[]
 	}
 	kind: 'track'
-	id: number
+	id: number | string
 	title: string
 	duration: number,
 	created_at: string,
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ export interface RawTrack {
 	user: RawArtist,
 	last_modified: string,
 	description: string
+	user_id: number | string
 }
 
 export async function parseTrack(raw: RawTrack): Promise<Track> {
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ export async function parseTrack(raw: RawTrack): Promise<Track> {
 		id: raw.id,
 		title: raw.title,
 		url: raw.permalink_url,
-		artists: [parseArtist(raw.user)],
+		artists: [(await parseArtist(raw.user))],
 		durationMs: (raw.full_duration || raw.media?.transcodings?.[0]?.duration),
 		releaseDate: new Date(raw.created_at),
 		description: raw.description