importing songs on computer to Music

Not sure what you mean by metadata. I was using iTunes until Big Sur, then Music replaced iTunes. I had copied many albums from CDs, each in folders w artist name and album. They were all there in iTunes. Some of those folders came thru w tags to Music, but many didn’t. I want to import those albums w the artist and album tag. I don’t want to tag all those albums in Music; a lot of work. Suggestions?

I turned off Keep and Copy, and put 10 songs in a folder labeled 60s History of Rock in a folder labeled Various Artists. I added the Various Artists folder to my library but there were no tags on any of the songs. Also not being able to reverse an add to the library is irritating. 

Perhaps I need to format the labels with Data Detectors or Smart Links? I notice that Music/iTunes/Music contains Artist/Album folders that match what is in th Music window. I also dragged a folder into Music and then consolidated the library, with Keep and Copy checked and then no. checked. The same thing happened: Songs added without the folder tags. What about Import Settings under preferences?

I do appreciate any advice you can offer.

Apple could make managing Music much easier with just a few reasonable tools. The answer is the Tag app I purchased. I see that I can reclassify the many tags lost when Apple forced the change from iTunes to Music. But even with the app, it will take (too much) time..

Thanks for your advice.

they don’t have tags because I have tried all methods of importing. However you clue re preferences sounds wonderful. I will try it. Thank you

Some advice. I tried Tag Editor Free Nikolay Kozlov. and upgraded for $15/yr. No good. Saves some tags but not others. I will look for another app.