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Evangelion

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Jan 10, 2005
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I'm not 100% sure that should I post this in the iPod touch forum or here, since the problem manifests itself in my touch....

I have a bunch of songs from ZZTop from their "Greatest Hits"-compilation. I have also bought Richard Marx's song "Hazard" from ITMS, and it's from his "Greatest Hits" compilation. Now, if I browse my songs in the touch by album, I only have one album called "Greatest Hits" listed, and that album contains songs from both ZZTop and Richard Marx. In iTunes's album-view those albums are listed separately like it should be.

I have checked the settings in iTunes, and I have checked the "Part of a compilation" in both artist's songs, and the metadata (Artist, Album Artist etc.). What gives?
 

theodor p

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Jan 25, 2008
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what i did is change the album name from "Greatest Hits" to "Greatest Hits - (insert band name here)"

seems to work pretty well, or you could change the info in the "sorting" pane of the get info window of the song.
 

bsheridan

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Jan 11, 2008
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In itunes go to Get Info | Sorting | Sort Album. Then for ZZtop type ZZTop greatest hits, and likewise for the other album.
This way both albums should appear as Greatest Hits but as 2 separate albums.
You have to edit each song individually though to access the 'Sort Album' option.

Good luck, B.
 

losx12

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Aug 13, 2006
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You should uncheck "part of a compilation" off both albums. When you check it, it makes itunes think its one album with various artists which is not the case here.
 

Evangelion

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I think setting the "Album Artist" tag gets around this problem.

That tag is already set like that

You should uncheck "part of a compilation" off both albums. When you check it, it makes itunes think its one album with various artists which is not the case here.

I do have that box checked. I'll try unchecking it.

EDIT: I unchecked the checkbox, and re-synced my touch, but it still lists those two albums as one :(
 
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