Philip Meyer;500835 Wrote: 
> If the album is tagged (or automatically detected) as a compilation, the
> album will appear under the Various Artists artist.  If you have an
> album artist tag, this overrides the "Various Artists" album artist
> name, but the album will still appear under Various Artists (which is
> where all compilation albums are placed).
> 
> It seems that you want "John Lennon (Tribute)" to be displayed as the
> album artist, and not be a compilation.


What I had wanted was for the "John Lennon (Tribute)" to be listed as
well as the individual artists for each track. 

I did have the option "list compilation albums under each artist"
option, but since the example album was not listed as a compilation,
only the album artist was shown.  As a result I found that setting the
compilation tag for that album listed all the track artists as well as
the album artist (as I wanted) while still showing the album under
Various Artists... I actually find that ideal and may take advantage of
that in the future.  I've always kind of hated having my compilations
with an Album Artist of "Various Artists" generically, but needed the
Album Artist to keep my Zune and other devices happy.  

I like the fact that I can now have a more specific Album Artist for my
compilation (i.e. I could use "Soundtrack" for soundtracks) but still be
able to browse the album under Various Artists in a more encompassing
way.

Phil, I also appreciate a lot of your information with respect to these
topics elsewhere in the forums.

The only thing I don't like at the moment, but I can live with is that
for albums with a guest artist or two, I don't want to set a compilation
tag, but if I don't set the tag, the guest artist won't show up in my
artist list (unless they are already there from their own album).  

This isn't a huge deal though as I am finding the search function works
well, and I will ultimately simplify my artist browsing by grouping the
compilations.  I'm mostly just trying to get a feel for the Squeezebox
before I customize too much.


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