Can Apple Music show Albums?

Long time VLC user trying out Apple Music. This sounds like a stupid question, but please read on...


Under Library, I choose "Albums".

In the menu with the three lines, I choose "All Albums".

In the same menu, I choose "View Options", and pick sort by "Title".

In the same menu, I choose "Sort Options" and pick only "Title".

Every song has the same value for both the album name and album artist tags. Album=x, Album Artist=x, Artist=y.

In Apple Music's UI, I selected multiple songs in the same album, selected "Get Info", and checked "Album is a compilation of songs by various artists".


Result:

Albums which contain songs with different artists are shown as different albums. Thus there are about 20 tiles shown for the same album, and like I said, the Album Artist and the Album are the same for all 20 songs.

I choose "Get info", and the "Album is a compilation..." checkbox is unchecked. No matter how many times I re-check it, the setting never sticks.


I would like very much to play the album, not play one song at a time from the album.


Does Apple Music have this capability?


A workaround appears to be to create a playlist for every album, but it is a bit of work to do that when the tags already indicate how they should be organized.

MacBook Air 13″

Posted on Mar 26, 2024 9:31 PM

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Posted on Mar 27, 2024 6:34 AM

Select the Songs view, then make sure the following options are ticked:

  • View > Column Browser > Group Compilations
  • View > Column Browser > Use Album Artists


Despite being locked away in the column browser submenu these options have global effects in the app.


Note I would recommend using Various Artists as the album artist for compilation albums. See Grouping tracks into albums for more. While focused on iTunes instead of Music the concepts are pretty much unchanged.


tt2

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Mar 27, 2024 6:34 AM in response to lotsolentils

Select the Songs view, then make sure the following options are ticked:

  • View > Column Browser > Group Compilations
  • View > Column Browser > Use Album Artists


Despite being locked away in the column browser submenu these options have global effects in the app.


Note I would recommend using Various Artists as the album artist for compilation albums. See Grouping tracks into albums for more. While focused on iTunes instead of Music the concepts are pretty much unchanged.


tt2

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