iTunes question. Annoying.

[imported_Primordial]

Hi,

Something has been bugging me for quite some time. In iTunes, you have the option of tagging by "Artist" as well as "Album Artist." I don't know if either of these will work, but you tell me.

I will use the soundtrack to "The Fellowship Of The Ring" as an example.

The composer is Howard Shore, all except the last song which is sung by Enya, but has Shore's music in the background.

To have this album all as one, and in order, I need to tag the Enya song as Howard Shore. If I tag it Enya it goes under Enya on my iPod and the album will be missing this song. I tried tagging the album artist "Howard Shore" and artist "Enya" but then it puts the Enya song at the beginning of the album.

How do I make this album whole, and in order... without incorrectly tagging the Enya song?


Thanks,
Aaron

 

[Tegeril]

If you do as you said you did, the Enya song should stay where it ought to be. Make sure the track information (and totally track count) is correct.

 

[CKent]

/obligatory "use a music player that doesn't suck" response

 

[Inspector Jihad]

i used to struggle with that too. Now I just put the album artist in artist slot and I add 'feat. ...." after the song name. Makes it much easier to tag.

 

[kami333]

I used the compilation option.

 

[imported_Primordial]

hmm. how exactly can you use the compilation feature to your advantage? I haven't figured out a use yet...

 

[chcarnage]

If you check the "part of a compilation" box, iTunes sorts the selected songs by album name instead of the artist/album artist tags. This is especially useful on iPods or if you like browsing iTunes in the hierarchical view mode. But I prefer to have album artist, composer and similar tags empty, they're just a waste of space. 😉