Wrong artist photos appearing in album view

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Wrong artist photos appearing in album view

Hi there,

So I updated my iPhone 5 to ios 7 yesterday and have been happy with the new features for the most part, however when going to play some music I noticed something wasn't right.

Whilst scrolling through the list of artist I could see that rather than pulling through the first album's artwork as iTunes does on my mac it every now and again decides to provide an alternative image.

At first my OCD wasn't too impressed, but I figured I'd get over it. That was until I scrolled past the album I have for 1960's British rock outfit Cream's replaced by two schmucks that look like they've been dragged through the 90's backwards. If I go into the folder to view the album the correct artwork is there.

I wasn't too impressed by this, but figured it to be a one of blip.

Anyways I pressed on until I got to the Dio folder. Expecting to see the cover of Holy Diver or Dream Evil I'm instead greeted with the face of a black guy in a purple top hat. I have no idea who this man is, but I can assure you he never fronted classic rock pioneers Black Sabbath or Rainbow nor has he had a song written by Tenacious D about him.

This guy, although dapper has never sored on the wings of a demon. A bold judgement I know, but I'm pretty certain I am correct.

I digress.

How do I fix this issue as it is pishing me of to no end?

Yours,

MF Stringhaussen

iPhone 5, iOS 7, Music

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 8:39 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 22, 2013 12:02 PM in response to MF Stringhaussen

I'm having these exact issues, in addition to seeing NO album artwork while scrolling through the artist view in the music app.

This thread might be relevant, though I haven't been able to fix any of my artwork issues -

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5321516?answerId=23080490022#23080490022

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Answer 2

mrsnork

Level 1

9 points

Oct 3, 2013 6:49 AM in response to MF Stringhaussen

Had the same annoying issue with Cream. No idea who is in the photo. I looked on iTunes and saw that there is no profile photo for Cream, so it should just show album art for them. I was able to trick iOS 7 into showing album art by changing the artist name for all Cream tracks, adding a space immediately after the word "Cream" in the artist field in iTunes. When I did that the incorrect artist photo was replaced by album art.

I am using Match, so the change was pushed, but I imagine it will work the same if you add music manually or sync the music library with iTunes.

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Answer 3

Verzig

Level 1

6 points

Dec 20, 2013 8:53 PM in response to MF Stringhaussen

I have this Dio ‘wrong’ cover. I hate this artists tiny photos, looks all the same… I prefer an artcover. Bad move Apple, bring artcover back… and this time, I would choose which cover from the artist collection, not random. thanks

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Answer 4

Jan 11, 2014 8:58 PM in response to mrsnork

Thank you, mrsnork! Adding a space after the artist name in the artist field worked! Simply lovely fix. I selected 'get info' then added a space after the artist name, clicked 'ok' then synched my iphone. I'm so happy now. :-)

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Answer 5

MiCoIT

Level 1

55 points

Jan 16, 2014 1:36 AM in response to MF Stringhaussen

I'm now also doing the workaround with the space in the 'Album Artist' field, but also I am a pedant and it bothers me.

The only thing I can suggest you guys to do, is to fill out a bug-report as I did: https://bugreport.apple.com

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Answer 6

Mar 18, 2015 4:00 PM in response to mrsnork

mrsnork, does the "adding a space" after the first name in the Artist field still apply for iTunes 12.1? I tried it and the "space" does not hold. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything wrong, but it seems like this doesn't work in the latest release of iTunes.

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Answer 7

mrsnork

Level 1

9 points

Mar 18, 2015 4:07 PM in response to CapeCodKid

You know, I have not tried it with iTunes 12. I just looked at my phone though and the band Cream still displays album art instead of the incorrect artist pic.

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