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I recently noticed that in some of my playlists, the album (greyed out) is displayed under the song title. However, in other playlists, the album is displayed in a separate column.
Both playlists are set to: View As > Playlist
See screenshots below
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
Hi Zombocom1023,
Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
From your post, it looks like you have a question about why some albums titles are listed in a separate column and some are displayed underneath. I want to help. Do you notice this issue only happening when the title of the album is the same as the band, as is in the case with the screenshot you shared? If so, that may be why.
Also, this article has more information about how to Create a playlist in Music on Mac - Apple Support
Best Regards!
Hi Alex_h1,
Thanks for replying. To answer your question, no - it does not only happen when the title of the album is the same as the band. I'm annoyed with myself that I used that screenshot because I realized its a poor representation of this issue. To be clear, further down the playlist, there were other albums by Crosby, Stills & Nash titled Deja Vu, Daylight Again, etc. and the issue was still present. It's either the whole playlist, or not at all.
On that note, I also confirmed this issue happened whether the playlist had different band names (like a compilation) within the playlist, or if the entire playlist is made up of albums of the same band name (typed exactly the same). So it was truly random.
However, as an update, I went into iTunes > View > Show View Options > Changed "View As" to "Songs", unchecked "Album" and then the album title stopped appearing under the song title name (on ALL playlists throughout iTunes).
But I'm still curious why it did it in the first place. Truthfully, I like it better with the album name in grey text under the song title. I just don't know how to get it back. Searching online, I only found one other person sharing the same experience, but no one replied to his post.
Any thoughts?
Why are album titles listed under song titles on some playlists and not others?
