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Apple music merges two albums with the same name from the same artist into one when saved to the library

Please note that this is NOT in the Apple Music Classical app. This issue has not occured until recently. Previously, I have had 2 saved albums, both from Berlin Philharmonic & Herbert von Karajan, and both named "Beethoven: Symphony No. 9". However, these two are different recordings, with different album covers, song names (for both parts of mvt.IV), descriptions (I believe), song lengths, etc. The only similarities are that they are both called the same name, by the same two artists, and of the same music, though they are different recordings. They are also listed as seperate albums when searched. Previously, the albums would haved looked like this when saved in the library:

And the other recording:


However, in my personal library, only the album cover of the second recording (the one with "Choral" in parantheses) is shown, and for whatever reason, the components of the two recordings are mixed together in a very strange way, with the header for the first recording (by "header" I mean the thing that is listed before the first song of both albums with the name of the piece, the composer, and singers) listed first, before the first song of the first recording, followed by the header for the second recording, the first dong in the second recording, the header for the first recording again, the second song in the first recording, etc. (though sometimes it varies, there seems to be no consistancy, and this is unimportant as what I want is for the songs in the first recording to be seperated into their own album, and for the ones in the second recording to be in their own album. Again, this is how the albums are organized when searching, but not when both albums are saved to my library.)

Scrolling down below that:


You can see the pattern from the images above. Once again, I will state that it has not always been like this, as just a few weeks ago the two albums were seperated as they should be. These two albums are also the only ones in which I have observed this phenomenon, but it is likely that this would occur with any two or more albums with the same name and artists. I have also only observed this on my iPad, but I do not know if other devices have this problem, though I believe it is likely.


Another thing to note: I sometimes use terms such as but not limited to "song" instead of "piece" as this is what Apple Music labels them as.


Once again, I want these two albums to be seperated. Is there any way I can do that?

iPad (8th generation)

Posted on Aug 1, 2023 10:19 AM

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Posted on Aug 1, 2023 10:37 AM

Finds the Apple Music classically perfect, hence an annual subscription. Each run is unique and it's probably a bug causing this. Have you already tried to delete the merged albums, then listen to the different albums again. This is probably the best solution. The classic App is the most customer-friendly App. I have stopped posting in the library. For example, I search through composer for the work I want to hear and then choose between the sometimes hundreds of performances. But you don't have to search long, those that belong to the first often sound the best and meet your taste.

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Aug 1, 2023 10:37 AM in response to dgx-jl-bh-c

Finds the Apple Music classically perfect, hence an annual subscription. Each run is unique and it's probably a bug causing this. Have you already tried to delete the merged albums, then listen to the different albums again. This is probably the best solution. The classic App is the most customer-friendly App. I have stopped posting in the library. For example, I search through composer for the work I want to hear and then choose between the sometimes hundreds of performances. But you don't have to search long, those that belong to the first often sound the best and meet your taste.

Apple music merges two albums with the same name from the same artist into one when saved to the library

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