Grouping tracks to an album

if im trying to make a compilation album from tracks in my library how do i tag the selected tracks so that they'll always appear together and in their given track listing.

Select all of the tracks you want to appear as part of your compilation album, press command-i to bring up the batch Get Info box, check off "Part of a compilation", and, to make sure they all have exactly the same album name, enter the name of the album. Click OK.
You can also enter track numbers if you want the tracks to appear in a certain order. This can only be done on a track-by-track basis.

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    I'm pretty sure I've tried all the suggestions I've found, but I can't seem to find a satisfactory option.
    I'll use a CD I just bought as an example.  I just bought "The Best of Sergio Mendes", all songs are written by Sergio Mendes, but some include Brasil '66.  iTunes thinks this album is a compilation, but I really just want to group it all as Sergio Mendes rather than Various Artists, but I still want to have the information about which songs include Brasil '66.  For some reason the tab "Sorting" does absolutely nothing, but it seems like the idea behind it would be really useful if it actually worked...  Is there a way of doing this or will I have to settle with a more confusing or less informative option?  I feel like this must be possible, or else it's a pretty big flaw for me as I have a fair few albums this would apply to.
    Thanks in advance for any help.

    Indeed, generally all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist. For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
    Don't try to use sort fields to merge different things together as it quickly goes wrong. These should be used consistently to make all things with one value sort as if they had a different one, e.g. Bowie, David to make David Bowie sort under B.
    tt2

  • How do I put a group of tracks into one album

    How do I put a group of songs into one album?  They copied separately into iTunes.

    Generally, in iTunes, all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist to keep things together. For older iPods each track from the same album should have the same artist, or be marked as a compilation where appropriate. On iOS devices you may need to go to Settings > Music > Group By Album Artist > On. For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
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  • Tracks missing from albums in library

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    Generally all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist. For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
    Sorting on the album column may help to reveal the missing tracks which could be sorted elsewhere in the library and so only appear to be missing.
    tt2

  • How do I group songs under one album, please?

    OK, so I
    iTunes works better than Windows media player for my set up with Windows 7 Ultimate .... BUT it 'took over' the Media Player library and put some tracks as separate entries - so, for example, I have one album of Rod Stewart in 6 different places, with tracks from the same album. I have tried everything I can think of, even deleting the whole album and starting again - frustratingly, same result. Can anyone help, please?

    Generally all you need to do is fill in appropriate Album and Album Artist fields. For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers and, if necessary, the two following sections.
    tt2

  • How to move tracks from one album to another in itunes library?

    I have imported an album from my 'Vuze Downloads' folder in my 'iTunes library' but it appears in the library as three seperate albums.
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    Make sure all tracks have the same album name and same artist name (look under Get Info) in order for them to group together. If the album is a compilation with different artists, under Get Info, mark it as a compilation.

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    With the new updates to itunes, I've been avoiding itunes, because I don't like them
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    Have you tried clicking the Albums button in the toolbar?
    If you then click on the album, it should show you all the tracks for that album. If the tracks aren't grouping correctly, see:
    http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp
    You can also see albums and the tracks they contain in the Songs listing if you show the Column Browser (View menu).
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    When I import a CD, itunes can't seem to keep these files in the same album if they happen to be by different artists.  I've tried manually editing the track information using the "get info" screen, but just can't get it.  The initial download places the tracks together, but after I use the "get track titles" option and download the track titles from Gracenote, I'm left with multiple albums, even though the albums show as having the same name.

    Generally all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist. For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
    tt2

  • Sort by grouping whilst seeing ALL album art (list view)

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    Bennal wrote:
    Two and a half years on, the album artist feature is still not supported by iPods? What the ****? Is this even on a 'todo' list at Apple?
    I'm really happy with iTunes, the album artist feature is a godsend, but seriously, why can't iPods support it?
    I quite agree... In the meantime you might find my previous post on Grouping Tracks Into Albums useful, it details workarounds for this and other quirks in the iTunes/iPod system.
    tt2

  • When i import a compilation cd how do i get all the tracks into one album in the music library. They are currently listed as individual tracks or albums.

    When I import a compilation CD the tracks list as individual albums. How can I get them consolidated into one album?

    Generally all you need to do is fill in an appropriate Album Artist. For a compilation use Various Artists and also set Part of a compilation to Yes on the Options tab of Get Info.
    For more details see my article on Grouping Tracks Into Albums, in particular the topic One album, too many covers.
    tt2

  • Sort ALL tracks into one album while listening to nano

    I have tried to sort all the tracks into one album to listen to the complete CD without having to keep choosing every song individually while on the nano.I have tried everything, sorting it by album/album and artist and also renaming the artist feat. so and so... can somebody please help me with this issue. Thanks!!!

    Hello Jr45,
    And welcome to Apple Discussions!
    Instead of having me try to explain this one, check out this wonderfully written article by another forum member turingtest2 on organizing content in iTunes. It should be able to assist you with this situation.
    http://samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp
    B-rock

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    Trying to clean up my iTunes library.  Some on my albums that I have ripped to my iMac have songs on the same album, but feature one or more other artist.  I'd like to find out the easiest way to get those songs into the same album group that they are from.  I've done one so far and edited the artist to just the original album artist, but I'd like to be able to see who else is on the track if possible.  Sort of knitpicking but that's me, thanks!!!

    Steve MacGuire aka turingtest2 - iTunes & iPod Hints & Tips - Grouping Tracks Into Albums - http://www.samsoft.org.uk/iTunes/grouping.asp (older post on Apple Discussions http://discussions.apple.com/message/9910895)
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    tt2

  • Consolidating tracks under one album

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