Finding photos not assigned to an album

Hello,
Does anyone know of a way to find photos in the library that are not assigned to an album? I tried looking at the properties of a photo to see if there was any album information and I am not seeing anything.
Thanks for the help.

Eric:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Just create a Smart Album with the criteria: Album is not any. That will do it.
OT

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