slimpy;283723 Wrote: > Keep in mind that SC treats albums as a compilation if it finds more > than one artist. > One solution is to tag the files with COMPILATION=0 (as you did). If > I'm correct this will however lead to the album being listed as "album > by artist A, artist B" and the album will be listed under both > artists. > I usually don't list guest performers in the artist field but append > them to the track title, eg. "(feat. artist A)" > Guest artists don't appear in the artist list this way but they can > still be found by a quick search. > I don't want albums to be listed under an artist if that artist only > appears as a guest performer on one or two songs on the album. > > YMMV, of course. > > -s.
The trouble is this "wrong". Or at least contrary to expectations, and contrary to iTunes. For example: a album of 20 Frank Sinatra tracks, on one of which Frank is joined by Shirley MacLain. Now does this make the album a Compilation? It shouldn't do, especially if I have Compilation=No. If I set the Album Artist to "Frank Sinatra" should this be listed under "Various Artists", of course not. Example #2: Adrian Boult and the LPO play Wagner. Under iTunes a can set the composer to Richard Wanger, the Album Artist to Wagner and Artist for each track to be Adrian Boult (plus appropriate soloist). Now under iTunes I can list this cd by "Album by Artist" and it appears under W for Wagner. All right and proper. But under SC this now gets listed under Adrian Boult and assorted other "Various Artists" No! Now I'm not saying iTunes is correct at all time, but SC does ask if I'm also using iTune s and should be able to work in concert. I've pointed this out before and got shot down in flames. SC needs a "List by Album Artist" option because the "List album by band option" is not fit for purpose. Only in the absence of the Album Artist, should the track artist be used in this circumstance. -- bullgod ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bullgod's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9916 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45280 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
