Part of a Compilation. Display Bug & Workaround

Hi all,

Continuing this thread..

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4590161

I have found the reason (for me, at least) why iTunes sometimes doesn't group a compilation in the Compilations section, even though the flag "Part of a Compilation" is correctly set in all album tracks.

If the Artist of any tracks in the album is equal to the Album Artist, the whole album will be listed in the main section and NOT under Compilations.

eg. I have a DJ-Kicks mix album by Chromeo:

The Album Artist is "Chromeo" and for track 16 the Artist is also "Chromeo". With the tags like this the album is NOT listed as a Compilation in iTunes. However, if I change the track 16 Artist to "Chromeo 2" or something the album IS listed as a Compilation in iTunes. I could have instead changed the Album Artist of all tracks to "Chromeo Mix" which would also work.

I can always "fix" problem albums by obeying the rule that "no Artist can be the same as the Album Artist". Definitely a bug and one that's been around for a long long time.

There is another bug where single-track albums (like a single-track mix album) will never be displayed as a Compilation, no matter what you do. The only workaround here is to tag a dummy track (maybe a couple of seconds of silence) as track 2 of the album and then it'll be displayed as a Compilation.

I originally posted this with screenshots to better illustrate but it was quickly removed without explanation. Hopefully this one stays and i'll try and post the screenshots as a reply.

regards

El.