What does group by album artist mean

[himynameiscody]

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Under settings then music. I don't see anything changing. Just asking because I can't find an album but somehow found it previously accidentally

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Under settings then music. I don't see anything changing. Just asking because I can't find an album but somehow found it previously accidentally

iTunes lets you set an "Album Artist" separately from "Artist". Sometimes songs will be listed by multiple people, for example I have a Willie Nelson album bought from iTunes, but one song lists the artist as "Willie Nelson & Ray Price". The Album Artist is "Willie Nelson", so that all the songs on that album get listed together.

 

[BergerFan]

Alll too often, albums have the exact same name. This is another way of differentiation.

 

[bjb.butler]

Album artist is pointless IMO. I have Album Artist and Artist always the same. If there's a feature, that goes in the track title:
Snoop Dogg feat. The Doors

I'm kinda anal about iTunes organization.

 

[saving107]

Album artist is pointless IMO. I have Album Artist and Artist always the same. If there's a feature, that goes in the track title:
Snoop Dogg feat. The Doors

I'm kinda anal about iTunes organization.

This is my example of why it benefits me. I listen to a variety of music and one example is my techno music (I'm also anal about my iTunes organization)

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Album artist is pointless IMO. I have Album Artist and Artist always the same. If there's a feature, that goes in the track title:
Snoop Dogg feat. The Doors

I'm kinda anal about iTunes organization.

What is "Track title"? The song name ("Name" field)?

I guess if it works for you, great. I would not want that extra info in the song name though. "Album Artist" is an elegant way to handle the issue.

 

[bjb.butler]

This is my example of why it benefits me. I listen to a variety of music and one example is my techno music (I'm also anal about my iTunes organization)

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Yeah I listen to Techno as well, and a variety of other genres with albums like the one you have above. I really don't like having each artist separated like that when they're from one album. For example, if I had Kaleidoscope in my library, one track would read:

Track Title: It's Not The Things You Say feat. Kele Okereke
Artist: Tiësto

What is "Track title"? The song name ("Name" field)?I guess if it works for you, great. I would not want that extra info in the song name though. "Album Artist" is an elegant way to handle the issue.

Read above

 

[walie]

Album artist is pointless IMO. I have Album Artist and Artist always the same. If there's a feature, that goes in the track title:
Snoop Dogg feat. The Doors

I'm kinda anal about iTunes organization.

Compilations

 

[bjb.butler]

Compilations

Read my previous post

 

[walie]

Read my previous post

incorrect

 

[bjb.butler]

incorrect

Hmm... Maybe you're confused or have reading comprehension troubles.
How I want my iTunes library to look is personal preference, so it cannot could be "incorrect"

 

[himynameiscody]

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Under settings then music. I don't see anything changing. Just asking because I can't find an album but somehow found it previously accidentally

iTunes lets you set an "Album Artist" separately from "Artist". Sometimes songs will be listed by multiple people, for example I have a Willie Nelson album bought from iTunes, but one song lists the artist as "Willie Nelson & Ray Price". The Album Artist is "Willie Nelson", so that all the songs on that album get listed together.

So I take it that means you have it on?

 

[himynameiscody]

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What If i dont have an album artist that I entered? I just want to go to albums and find all the song on that album or go to an artist and find all their songs

 

[asleep]

It groups by the artist who did the drawing on the cover.