i did in the past vs. I had done

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Good day,


Question 1.
If I wanted to tell my friend that my original music compositions were terrible in the past. But, I have improved a lot and my work sounds better now.

Should I say:

A:
The songs that I did in the past were terrible. (Simple past tense)
B:
The songs that I had done were terrible. (Past perfect tense)

I’m confuse about which sentence I should use, because the songs I did in the past were completed in different period of time.

Question 2.

Can I use the word “works” to represent the songs I have composed?
Or is the word limited to only large amount of compositions done by famous people?

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The songs that I did in the past were terrible. (Simple past tense)-- Use past perfect only when the chronological order of the 2 past events is otherwise unclear.

You can use ‘works’, but ‘songs’ or ‘compositions’ might be better choices.

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It’s clear to me now …Thanks .