Albums not showing all songs; issues with "Work name" and "Songs"

I listen to classical music, so my albums often have a mixture of multimovement songs and stand alone ones**. I recently went through and reformatted every album to reflect this by using the "Work name" option for the appropriate songs and leaving the stand alone songs alone. Everything shows up on my computer just fine, but when I transferred my library to my phone, only the multimovement works show up in the "Albums" section. As far as I can tell, all the songs are on my phone (I can find them in the 'Songs' file), but I want the albums to show every track. How do I accomplish this?


**In case this isn't clear, a single album might have an overture (stand alone song) and a violin sonata (3 or 4 movements, each labeled as their own track, which collectively are treated/viewed as one song)

iPhone 6s Plus, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 17, 2020 7:01 PM

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Oct 22, 2020 9:27 AM in response to Tchaik_fan

Hello Tchaik_fan,


It looks like you have customized your music collection to how it works best for you, but when you transfer the library to your iPhone the files are not showing as you had previously arranged them on your computer. Making sure your music collection appears in the order you prefer on all your devices is essential to finding particular movements or songs you are looking for. You've come to the right place for help.


Did you sync your entire library, or did you sync playlists collections over? Let's start with the steps in the article below for help with syncing your content over:


Use iTunes to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with your computer


Test syncing one album, movement or song at a time to verify it syncs properly.


We hope this helps. Take care!

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