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List:       amarok-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 199483] Various artists album with album artist tag filled
From:       Ivan Vasin <nisavid () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-09-29 18:29:10
Message-ID: E1R9LM6-0000j7-Qh () bugs ! kde ! org
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--- Comment #33 from Ivan Vasin <nisavid gmail com>  2011-09-29 18:29:10 ---
does it make sense to change "First Level --> Album Artist" to be the default? 
i can think of several reasons for it, and none against it.  most importantly:

  * with "First Level --> Artist", it's painstaking to put an album under
"Various Artists" (for reference, or for playing the whole album in order)
unless the track artist is the same throughout the album.  with some genres and
release types, seeing different track artists within an album is the most
common case.

  * users are typically more likely to know the album artist than the
particular combination of collaborating artists on each track.

  * having tens or hundreds of albums under "Various Artists" makes it
impractical to browse them without filtering.  sorting the first level by album
artist reduces the count, especially with well tagged tracks.

perhaps the level selection can be made clearer, or perhaps the sorting can be
improved by some redesign.  i think those improvements should be the topics of
separate bug reports.  until then, changing the default dimension for first
level sorting would provide a major improvement for most users.

i also suggest renaming "First Level --> Artist" to "First Level --> Track
Artist" to avoid ambiguity and confusion.  after all, album artists are also
artists.

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