gharris999;541798 Wrote: > > So, what is an ALBUMARTIST for, in the SBS context? >
To my thinking, it's who 'owns' the album. It's mostly for dealing with albums that have varied artist lineups, including guest artists. Normally, those albums would be viewed as VA albums, since the artists aren't the same on all tracks. I think the concept of who owns the album is used for two purposes: 1) the artist name that is displayed in the album's by-line in album listings and 2) the artist used when sorting albums by artist name. If I have a 'duet' album: TRACK=1 TITLE=The Lady Is A Tramp ALBUM=Duets ARTIST=Frank Sinatra ARTIST=Luther Vandros TRACK=2 TITLE=What Now My Love ALBUM=Duets ARTIST=Frank Sinatra ARTIST=Aretha Franklin etc... This would be considered a VA album by the logic that says an album with differing artists is a compilation. I could add a COMPILATION=0 tag to force the album to not be considered a compilation, but then it's anyone's guess as to who the album will be attributed to. So by adding ALBUMARTIST=Frank Sinatra, it makes this a Frank Sinatra album and not a VA album. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77928 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
