diff --git a/beetsplug/acousticbrainz.py b/beetsplug/acousticbrainz.py
index bbbd098c7..3a6db7d4e 100644
--- a/beetsplug/acousticbrainz.py
+++ b/beetsplug/acousticbrainz.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 import requests
 
 from beets import plugins, ui
+from beets.dbcore import types
 
 ACOUSTIC_BASE = "https://acousticbrainz.org/"
 LEVELS = ["/low-level", "/high-level"]
@@ -102,13 +103,32 @@ ABSCHEME = {
 
     }
 }
-FLOAT_FIELDS = ['danceable', 'mood_acoustic', 'mood_aggressive',
-                'mood_electronic', 'mood_happy', 'mood_party', 'mood_relaxed',
-                'mood_sad', 'tonal', 'average_loudness', 'chords_changes_rate',
-                'chords_number_rate', 'key_strength']
 
 
 class AcousticPlugin(plugins.BeetsPlugin):
+    item_types = {
+        'average_loudness': types.FLOAT,
+        'chords_changes_rate': types.FLOAT,
+        'chords_key': types.STRING,
+        'chords_number_rate': types.FLOAT,
+        'chords_scale': types.STRING,
+        'danceable': types.FLOAT,
+        'gender': types.STRING,
+        'genre_rosamerica': types.STRING,
+        'initial_key': types.STRING,
+        'key_strength': types.FLOAT,
+        'mood_acoustic': types.FLOAT,
+        'mood_aggressive': types.FLOAT,
+        'mood_electronic': types.FLOAT,
+        'mood_happy': types.FLOAT,
+        'mood_party': types.FLOAT,
+        'mood_relaxed': types.FLOAT,
+        'mood_sad': types.FLOAT,
+        'rhythm': types.FLOAT,
+        'tonal': types.FLOAT,
+        'voice_instrumental': types.STRING,
+    }
+
     def __init__(self):
         super(AcousticPlugin, self).__init__()
 
@@ -156,7 +176,7 @@ class AcousticPlugin(plugins.BeetsPlugin):
                 return {}
 
             if res.status_code == 404:
-                self._log.info(u'recording ID {} not found', mbid)
+                self._log.info(u'recording ID \'{}\' not found', mbid)
                 return {}
 
             try:
@@ -179,28 +199,27 @@ class AcousticPlugin(plugins.BeetsPlugin):
             if not force:
                 mood_str = item.get('mood_acoustic', u'')
                 if mood_str:
-                    self._log.info(u'data already present for: {}', item)
+                    self._log.info(u'data already present for: \'{}\'', item)
                     continue
 
             # We can only fetch data for tracks with MBIDs.
             if not item.mb_trackid:
                 continue
 
-            self._log.info(u'getting data for: {}', item)
+            self._log.info(u'getting data for: \'{}\'', item)
             data = self._get_data(item.mb_trackid)
             if data:
                 for attr, val in self._map_data_to_scheme(data, ABSCHEME):
                     if not tags or attr in tags:
-                        if attr in FLOAT_FIELDS:
-                            val = '%f' % val
-                        self._log.debug(u'attribute {} of {} set to {}',
-                                        attr,
-                                        item,
-                                        val)
+                        self._log.debug(
+                            u'attribute \'{}\' of \'{}\' set to \'{}\'',
+                            attr,
+                            item,
+                            val)
                         setattr(item, attr, val)
                     else:
-                        self._log.debug(u'skipping attribute {} of {}'
-                                        u' (value {}) due to config',
+                        self._log.debug(u'skipping attribute \'{}\' of \'{}\''
+                                        u' (value \'{}\') due to config',
                                         attr,
                                         item,
                                         val)