Chronological Album Organization

Question

I like to file all my music alphabetically by artist. However, when I do that, itunes will then organize the albums of a given artist in alphabetical order. Is there a way I can continue to organize by artist, but have the albums of that given artist in order of release date?

Answer 1

I already have them sorted that way, but itunes took
a few random albums and threw them at the end of my
library. I found that unchecking " part of a
compolation" helped with some, and others I had to
use various Artists in the "artist Field", while on
or two, I'm still at a loss.
Keep experimenting. There's clearly a reason things are getting organized the way they are. You just need to figure out what field iTunes is using to sort things.
Alos, now that I have itunes the way I like it,
When I sync my ipod the albums are still listed
aphabetically under the artist heading. Any
thoughts?
It appears that the only way to do a non-standard sort on the iPod is by setting up a playlist. That will be sorted the way it is on iTunes - but of course playlists only include songs, no album or artist breakdown. As soon as the iPod does its own organization, e.g., by album or artist, it goes back to the default alphabetization.
Perhaps someday all those fancy new sort fields will be available on the iPod as well, but that doesn't seem to be the case today - at least on my Nano.
hanks; you've been a great help
You're welcome.