Even though I'm viewing by Album and have sorted each track by Album, the tracks of a compliation are not sorted together in my library. How can I sort them together so to view all tracks on a single album? I want the compliation to appear as a single album with all tracks (1-13) listed together.
iTunes Library-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
.02 wrote:
Not true. I've got several comps like this in my library, all different artists grouped as one album.
Either because it is marked as a compilation or you are using iTunes menu View > Column Browser - Use Album Artist.
Sounds like the OP has not not done either of these.
Steve MacGuire aka turingtest2 - iTunes & iPod Hints & Tips - Grouping Tracks Into Albums - http://www.samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp (older post on Apple Discussions http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9910895)
Quick answer: Select all the tracks on the album, File > get info, and either give them all a single "album artist" or check the "compilation" flag.
You could give all the tracks the same album name, that willl group them together into a single album.
You could give all the tracks the same album name, that willl group them together into a single album.
Even if they have the same album name, if they have different artists (as a compilation album likely will) it will still split them up thinking it is several albums with the same name by different artists. You have to use album artist or the compilation flag to get them to identify as a single album with multiple artists.
Not true. I've got several comps like this in my library, all different artists grouped as one album.
And do you have the compilation tag set, or an identical album artist? Of course they also need the identical album tag too, but even if they do have that it won't get them to group with different artist unless you do as I suggested -- at least not in the last 10+ versions of iTunes I have seen discussed here in the last 6 years.
Yes, the "album artist" is the same as the "album" name, which may be a dealbreaker for some, but not for me. The seperate "artist" field lists all the different artists. I don't bother checking compilation.
Right, and because you have the identical anything (it doesn't matter what) in the album artist field, the tracks group.
.02 wrote:
Yes, the "album artist" is the same as the "album" name,
Album Artist is whoever created the album, such as Santana (or Various Artists). Album name is trhe nam,e of the album such as Greatest Hits.
Thanks, but I already have Compilations checked...no luck.
All tracks have same Album name and Compliations is selected on all tracks...no luck.
All tracks on Album are marked as complications and using Column Browser-Album Artist doesn't,t change anything.
Not sure what you're talking about when you say "identical anything" or this whole identical concept.
I'm having the problem with the Soundtrack to the Musical ,Wicked, if anyone has that in his/her library.
What Limnos said originally should work
Quick answer: Select all the tracks on the album, then go to File > get info, and either give them all a single "album artist" or check the "compilation" flag.
But also, if there are blank spaces after the - album artist name - in the get info window, that can throw iTunes sorting off too, if different tracks have any variation at all in album artist name among the songs, then they probably won't sort together. Also the same applies to the album title field, even differences in extra blank spaces can make iTunes think there are different albums (I have had this happen). Also in get Info you might want to look at the - sorting - fields, sometimes variations in those can cause songs to not appear as a single album. What you are describing sounds like a metadata problem that you should be able to correct with Get Info tags.
Hope this helps, good luck.
Managing Compilations in iTunes Library
