Itunes Library sorting

I remember having an older version of itunes where you could sort library by artist and their albums, now when you do this it sorsts as such but it has the tracklist with the album, is there a way to sort your library now, by just grouping the artists albums and not showing the tracklist.
Thanks

is there a way to sort your library now, by just grouping the artists albums and not showing the tracklist
No.
You can view Albums & sort by Artist.
They aren't grouped with a separator but they are Artist order.

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