Album by Artist only?

The recent iTunes updates changed the column of 'Album' for one 'Album by Artist'. I understand the idea, but it would certainly be useful still to sort the list by 'Album', given that if there are multiple artists in an album, a particular album will appear out of order. Is there a way to do this? Can't figure it out...
Cheers,
Carlos

Hi, Carlos.
Just click on the words Album By Artist in the column heading and they will change to Album By Year.
Click on those words and they will change to Album.

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