How to identify complete albums?

When choosing music on my 6th generation Nano by album, how can I identify complete albums vs albums that are represented by only one track (such as from a playlist)? I love the shuffle, playlist and genius features of iTunes, but sometimes I just want to listen to a complete album on my Nano and would like to identify them easily. Any suggestions?

You can put everything into the "Automatically add to iTunes" folder, but there are occasional horror stories about those files going missing. You can also add the entire media folder, but occasionally that can create duplicate entries in the library, particularly if you have split the media folder to a separate location on a drive that isn't permanently connected to your computer.
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Hello,
I have ripped 2403 albums from my CD collection on my iTunes. Yesterday I tried to install another two but I entered some info wrong and deleted the two new entries.
Unfortunately, I realized rightaway that my number of albums, which should have gone back to 2403, was now down to 2400. I have no idea what the 3 missing albums are; since I did not notice what happened during the deletion of my two new entries, they could be any of the other 2403.
Is there a way to find out which albums I deleted by mistake? I am thinking, perhaps, of an index list that would tell me what the last operations or modifications were made in iTunes, or the like.
Otherwise it is like trying to find three needles in a stack of 2403 other needles.
Thank you. M.

You can put everything into the "Automatically add to iTunes" folder, but there are occasional horror stories about those files going missing. You can also add the entire media folder, but occasionally that can create duplicate entries in the library, particularly if you have split the media folder to a separate location on a drive that isn't permanently connected to your computer.
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How to identify which albums are missing from my iTunes

I recently got a new PC with loads of storage so I have been copying mp3's onto it from various old backups and CD's that wouldn't fit on my old laptop.
Is there an automated way of importing the albums that don't already exist in the iTunes library? It would be a mess to import everything then weed out the dupes!

You can put everything into the "Automatically add to iTunes" folder, but there are occasional horror stories about those files going missing. You can also add the entire media folder, but occasionally that can create duplicate entries in the library, particularly if you have split the media folder to a separate location on a drive that isn't permanently connected to your computer.
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Some of my downloaded albums tracks have been stored in my iTunes library in separate places, how do I complie them into a complete album?

Some of my downloaded album tracks have been stored in my iTunes library in separate places, how do I compile them together to form a complete album?

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.
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I have bought complete albums in the past... Now that I am trying to download them from the cloud, some songs no longer appear in My Purchases... How can/do I retrieve them?

I have bought complete albums in the past... Now that I am trying to download them from the cloud, some songs no longer appear in My Purchases... How can/do I retrieve them?

Do those tracks still show on the album in the store ? If not then the rights-holder must have removed them, in which case you won't be able to redownload them, you will have to copy them back from your backup of your downloads/library. If they are still on the album in the store then check to see if you've hidden them : iTunes Store: Hiding and unhiding purchases - Apple Support

HT1849 How do I transfer a single song that I purchased into my complete my album so I can have the complete album and not an incomplete album missing the single.

How do I transfer a single that I bought previously before purchasing the complete my album so that I have the complete album and not missing the single?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Not sure what you mean by transfer. I suspect you are trying to get it listed in iTunes as part of the album, in which case you can change the details in 'Get Info'.

How do i play a list of ten complete albums?

I want to listen to my music the way the production engineer put it together in complete albulms, How do I do this in Itunes? Thie is the biggest thing I miss about music match.
Thanks in advance.

If I go by your subject title; "how do (I) play a list of ten complete albums", then the answer is put each album into the same Playlist, in the order you want them to play, and then play the list without using shuffle.
However, if I look at the body of your thread;
survey89 wrote:
I want to listen to my music the way the production engineer put it together in complete albulms,
that suggests that you are simply referring to one album at a time, and that my previous answer would not in fact address your issue.
So, even though I'm still smarting from the bashing I had after helping someone else with that question, I'll point you to the thread. The subject title is
Is there any way whatsoever to listen to an album exactly as it was recorded without it inserting gaps between the tracks, crossfading, or anything else?
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20240686#20240686
You will probably need to read the complete thread, I'm afraid.
Feel free to ask further questions about your issue.
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How can I create a smart playlist of least played complete albums?

Hi,
How can I create a smart playlist of least played complete albums? (of a specific genre, say jazz)
What I would like to do is to have a playlist that will always automatically pull the least played albums of a specific genre (ideally, but not necessarily, with a random album play within that playlist) Hope you are getting the concept!
Thank you for any idea!
Daniel
p.s. there have been solutions for earlier versions of iTunes, none working with iTunes 10 apparently

As you say, you can't access the Gapless property in a smart playlist rule.
The obvious way that comes to mind would be to create another playlist with stuff to exclude from your final list and put the gapless tracks and anything else that won't filter out easily into it.
Yes you say but I have oodles of gapless tracks and I don't want to gather them up by hand.
OK, so you'll need a script. Here is one I've just created for the purpose: GaplessToPlaylist
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HT1711 purchase complete album, 1 track cuts off before complete how do I fix

purchased a complet album 1 track cutts of before complete how do I fix

If your country's iTunes Store allows you to redownload purchased tracks, I'd delete your current copy of the track and try redownloading a fresh one. See the following document for instructions:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise, I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the item that is not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the item, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" link next to the item.

My Library shows some albums as separate titles so you can only choose 1 title at a time but not the whole album to be played. How do I create a complete album ?

My Library shows some albums as separate titles so you can only choose 1 title at a time but not the whole album to be played. How do I create a complete album ?

check out this excellent user tip by Steve MacGuire.

On itunes store there is a partial album. I own the original album complete. How can I do to give the missing songs to the store so that it stores the complete 'album?

on itunes store there is a partial album. I own the original album complete. How can I do to give the missing songs to the store so that it stores the complete 'album?
Album: 100 ans de bal musette

Hey Garghy,
Thanks for the question. The following article may help to answer any questions you have regarding Complete My Album:
iTunes Store: Complete My Album Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1849
Thanks,
Matt M.

How to I get iTunes to merge partial albums into a complete album?

When I've brought a single before the album was out the album then lists all the tracks but not the single(s) already in itunes.
For example I have all tracks but track 3 is missing and displayed and played as a single and its missing if i play just the album.
Real example: I have Muse's album Black Holes and Relevations, brought Supermassive Black Hole before the Album. Now I have Black Holes as a single and tracks 1,2 4-11 but no track 3. So when I play the album either in iTunes or any of my apple devices it doesnt have a complete album.
I have a few of these uncomplete albums, it is very annoying!
Any ideas what i can do?
I have been to the iTunes store online and it already says i have purchased the missing track so it recognises that I have brought it but won't put it in its right place!
Thanks!

The song is tagged differently.
Right-click (CTRL-click) the single > Get Info > Info and make sure the fields are the same as the fields for the songs in the album except for the name and track number.

How to show only complete albums in Albums view NOT singles?

I will try to explain this sa simple as I can:
- In albums view I ONLY want my completed albums listed.
- I tried to rename the album title of all my singles or songs with incomplete albums as "singles/incomplete albums" but they are still listed individually by artists under albums. So instead of one album names "singles.." there are hundreds with that name, just as before, one big hodgepodge of albums.
- I just want all my full albums (500 or so) listed nice and neat NOT like 2000 albums listed.
- To have my albums nice and sorted I have always had to make an individual playlist for eah album, under a folder called "albums". I figured by iTunes 11 I would be able to have only my full albums listed in one place AND be able to use the new slick looking interface.
Thanks!

- I tried to rename the album title of all my singles or songs with incomplete albums as "singles/incomplete albums"
Then you have already done the hard part. Now, just make a smart playlist with the rule "Album" "does not contain" "incomplete". Go into that smart playlist and switch to Album view.

HT1879 how do i search for complete albums?

I have an ipod shuffle and want to purchase complete albums (or better yet, find ones that are in the public domain!). I would appreciate any tips from users experienced in this issue.
Thanks, Yaron

Photo albums are not searched by Spotlight Search. Go to Settings > General > Spotlight Search to see and reorder the available search items.
For more details, see page 12 of the iPad iOS 5.1 User Guide

Why does my music from one album show up as two separate albums: one with all the songs in it, and another with two or three. Why is it that when i delete the incomplete album it takes the same songs out of the complete album also?

When I first imported music from my CDs onto my iTunes library, all the songs appeared, but those with the album artist and guest/additional artists they appeared in their own album under the same album name. After searching through iTunes help and support, I learned how to put all the songs under the same album (part of a compalition) and add the additional songs information, artwork, lyrics, etc. After getting all the music (imported from my CDs) onto the iTunes library and in their album. I synced my music onto my iPhone. (My iPhone is a 3GS)
Once the music was on my iPhone i noticed that the albums appeared in 2s again. One was the complete album with all the songs, song info, etc. together (solo tracks and/or one with multiple artists) and another album of the same name, artwork, etc. with 2-4 of the songs from that album. Since all I saw need for was to have the completed album on my iPhone, I deleted the album with only 2-4 of the songs. When I went back and selected the completed album, all the songs I had deleted from the incomplete album were also deleted from the completed album too! I just couldn't figure out why it did that and my my friends with iPods and iPhones said they didn't know what caused it either. So now I'm here with the idea how to fix this problem.
If anyone has a solution to this problem, please reply. It will be greatly appreciated.

I'm not sure why this happens, but I found a workaround. Below the album title it will list the artist(s). The issue seems to happen when there are multiple artists. For example, an Album titled "Over the Sea to Skye" has The Chieftains and James Galway as artists. Some tracks (for whatever reason) will list only one of these and result in the playlist showing what appears to be multiple albums. You can click on the artists and it will highlight. Paste in what is appearing on the other "albums" and it will then show as one:
Hope that is somewhat clear enough to help. Doesn't fix whatever the issue is but it is a workaround. For me this is only happening with CD's that I have imported.

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