Sorting iphoto albums into album title order

I've only just got my mac and there are somethings I'm struggling with...I'd like my photo albums in iphoto to be sorted by album title but can't seem to do this. An earlier answer said to right click in the albums area, but the only option I get if I do that is to paste. I'm sure it must be very simple really, can anybody help me please..? Thank you

Control-lick on any album and you should get this contextual menu:
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That's a big shame if this change was intended. To have your Albums listed in a casual order and not Alphabetically seems a huge step back for the iOS version and all of its users. It makes that menu redundant in all honesty, especially if you have over 100 albums. Why change or take away a very important part of the experience that a lot of users want?
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They list the Albums exactly like Spotify used to (before the last update). So in Artist Alphabetical order, with the Albums underneath in alphabetical order too. This means I can scroll through all of "My Music" in alphabetical order without realising some artists are at the top or bottom and mixed in with others.
For me, it makes no sense at all for Spotify to change this. It now looks a mess and the "Album" section to me, and others, is now useless. I now have to filter "Artists" and select that, to then select an album I want. This is not intuitive at all. As I said, it's a step backwards.
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