"A Tribe Called Quest" vs "Tribe Called Quest"

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"A Tribe Called Quest" vs "Tribe Called Quest"

I just noticed that my library has split up albums by "A Tribe Called Quest". In the artist list I have one entry sorted as "A Tribe Called Quest" and then another sorted as "Tribe Called Quest" butin the list it still says "A Tribe Called Quest".

I'd like all albums be sorted the same, and I'd like to sort them as "A Tribe Called Quest" and not "Tribe Called Quest".

I've tried renaming all albums but it doesn't change anything. Where can I set this sort order?

iMac 24" C2D, MBP 15", Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Aug 27, 2008 12:38 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 27, 2008 12:51 AM in response to goka

Right click on a track in iTunes, then click Get Info, then Sorting. You can change the sort field.

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turingtest2

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Aug 27, 2008 2:22 AM in response to goka

By default iTunes will auto populate the sort fileds to drop leading prepositions (a/an/the) so it would normally sort "A Tribe Called Quest" under "T" instead of "A". Find one of the tracks that is currently sorting under "T" and *Get info*. On the Sorting tab change the Sort Artist & Sort Album Artist to "A Tribe Called Quest" and cick OK. Now option(right)-click on that file and select *Apply Sort Field > All Matching Fields*.

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goka Author

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Aug 28, 2008 9:24 AM in response to turingtest2

turingtest2 wrote:
By default iTunes will auto populate the sort fileds to drop leading prepositions (a/an/the) so it would normally sort "A Tribe Called Quest" under "T" instead of "A". Find one of the tracks that is currently sorting under "T" and *Get info*. On the Sorting tab change the Sort Artist & Sort Album Artist to "A Tribe Called Quest" and cick OK. Now option(right)-click on that file and select *Apply Sort Field > All Matching Fields*.

Great! I didn't really understand that last instruction "All matching fields" - I don't get the thought behind that user interaction. Do you think it is intuitive?

Anyway - it worked as expected, so I'm happy! 🙂

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turingtest2

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Aug 29, 2008 5:25 PM in response to goka

Great! I didn't really understand that last instruction "All matching fields" - I don't get the thought behind that user interaction. Do you think it is intuitive?

No - not in the least - a second tab in the grouped info. dialog would make much more sense.

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