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iTunes split my album when importing from CD

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MacAndy74

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This is quite annoying. I was importing a CD into my iTunes collection. It's 1 album, yet it appears as about 4 different separate pieces of music in iTunes.

Just wondering, is there a way to change this behavior in iTunes?
 

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You may find it useful to put the featured artists with the song name when removing them from the artist field.
 

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I always tag them like this to prevent this

Song Title (feat. Artist) - Main Artist

It also makes scrolling through artists (on my iPod) easier, I hate having Artist feat. Artist everywhere while scrolling artists.
 
Galley said:
That's not necessary if you're using the Album Artist field properly.
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That's another way. But I wouldn't say there is a proper way to use the Album artist field. Personally I don't use it at all. I have my own "proper" way to sort my music.
 
Jolly Jimmy said:
You may find it useful to put the featured artists with the song name when removing them from the artist field.
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That's how I do it as well. Artist selection doesn't get overcrowded, but a search still brings up all songs featuring the artist I searched for. I mainly use the Album Artist field for artist compilations which include tracks by other bands featuring the artist in question (Delerium on a Sarah McLachlan Best Of for example).
 
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