diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/MediaFiles/AudioTagServiceFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/MediaFiles/AudioTagServiceFixture.cs
index a9bd0701d..637c03afa 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/MediaFiles/AudioTagServiceFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/MediaFiles/AudioTagServiceFixture.cs
@@ -298,7 +298,23 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.MediaFiles.AudioTagServiceFixture
             onDisk.Date.HasValue.Should().BeFalse();
             onDisk.OriginalReleaseDate.HasValue.Should().BeFalse();
         }
-        
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_ignore_non_parsable_id3v23_date()
+        {
+            GivenFileCopy("nin.mp2");
+
+            using(var file = TagLib.File.Create(copiedFile))
+            {
+                var id3tag = (TagLib.Id3v2.Tag) file.GetTag(TagLib.TagTypes.Id3v2);
+                id3tag.SetTextFrame("TORY", "0");
+                file.Save();
+            }
+
+            var tag = Subject.ReadAudioTag(copiedFile);
+            tag.OriginalReleaseDate.HasValue.Should().BeFalse();
+        }
+
         private TrackFile GivenPopulatedTrackfile()
         {
             var meta = Builder<ArtistMetadata>.CreateNew().Build();
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/AudioTag.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/AudioTag.cs
index d0c4c7bf9..1da33d112 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/AudioTag.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/MediaFiles/AudioTag.cs
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles
             else
             {
                 // taglib maps the v3 TORY to TDRC so we just get a year
-                return Int32.TryParse(date, out int year) ? new DateTime(year, 1, 1) : default(DateTime?);
+                return Int32.TryParse(date, out int year) && year >= 1860 && year <= DateTime.UtcNow.Year + 1 ? new DateTime(year, 1, 1) : default(DateTime?);
             }
         }