Embedded Album Art

So I have read the various threads about the issues and very lengthy work arounds for album art not displaying for all tracks when using iTunes Match on the iPhone...
I took a lot of time up embedding album art into each track to see if this would resolve the issue where album art only initially displays on the first track of each album. Obviously, I am aware that the artwork will download as each track is played but this would mean carrying this process out for every track in my iPhone, which is ridiculous!
My questions then...
Is apple going to patch iTunes Match somehow to resolve this?
Or... Is there another way to force my iPhone to download album art for every track without performing such a time consuming task as mentioned above
(I have tried deleting and re downloading an album on my iPhone but the issue remains).
Thanks in advance.

The iTunes Match service will inevitably evolve - however, the current version does frustrate many with today's performance.
For iPhone 4S perhaps the simplest route at present is to use standard playlists built on the Computer library - view on the iPhone - scroll to end and select 'download all' option when on stable Wi-Fi network.

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