>>>>> Phil Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I use TXXX ALBUMARTIST a lot, and SqueezeCenter correctly uses this
> to group songs by that artist instead of creating the album as a
> compilation (various artists) album.

Great, I'll use that instead of TPE2 and the useBandAsAlbumArtist
option in SC (which is broken; see bug 6490).

> If all songs were by Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, I would tag as:
> ARTIST=Jimmy Page
> ARTIST=Robert Plant
> ALBUMARTIST=Page and Plant

> and "Page and Plant" would appear in the list of artists nicely.
> The "Unledded" album is largely advertised as "Page and Plant", and
> it has 2 contributing artists.  The album info page would report 1
> Album Artist and 2 Track Artists.

Really?  In cases like this I do it the other way around.  I would
never want "Page and Plant" to appear in the "Browse Artists" list,
only "Robert Plant" and "Jimmy Page".  And I would want this album to
appear under *both*.  To achieve this, I tag as follows:

ARTIST=Page and Plant
ALBUMARTIST=Jimmy Page
ALBUMARTIST=Robert Plant

This significantly de-clutters the "Browse Artists" list because it
gets rid of all these artist combinations.  I've also been tagging
"project" albums like this, so I don't need to remember that Kris
Delmhorst is part of Redbird to find all her albums:

ARTIST=Redbird
ALBUMARTIST=Redbird
ALBUMARTIST=Kris Delmhorst
ALBUMARTIST=Peter Mulvey
ALBUMARTIST=Jeffrey Foucault

and now I'll find that album under any of those four artist headings
in "Browse Artists".

greg
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