Listing albums by release date in 'music' app. ?

We can sort albums by release date in iTunes on our Macs but I can't find a way to do it on the phone so I can listen to my music in chronological order. is there a way?

Create a play list on computer iTunes, arrange the order you want and then sync to your iPhone.
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PLEASE HELP! finding ORIGINAL release date of music

Does anyone know of a way to change the default release date of music to the actual date the music was released? Is there a more efficient way, other than looking up each song one at a time at a site like www.allmusic.com? PLEASE HELP!!

Just in case I'm interpreting something about your description, you don't need to change info for every song one at a time.
If you have a lot of songs in which they are the only song of a given album, then yes, you have to. But in the case where you want to change all the tracks on a given album to have the release date of that album, you can select all the tracks for that album by clicking the first track, holding SHIFT, and then clicking the last track. Then press CMD+i to bring up the Info window and you can change the date for the whole album at once.

My app on the app store is not on category lists sorted by "release date"

yesterday, i got an email from apple that my first app is now on the app store! when i submitted the iphone app (popr), i marked it as an arcade and action game, as well as falling under the category of "entertainment." my belief is that these chosen categories is where my app will be displayed in itunes (for example, since my game is marked under "entertainment," i believe that the app should be viewable by launching the app store, clicking "entertainment" as a category, and hitting the "release date" tab at the top).
i am wondering if my belief is correct - does anyone know whether my app will get on this "recently added" list within the next few days (or at all)?
thanks in advance!

Noon Sept 3 - his app
10 am Sept 3 - my app
9:55 am Sept 3 - her app
7:42 am Sept 3 - their app
6:55 pm Sept 2 - his other app
3:15 pm Sept 2 - my other app
7 am Sept 2 - their other app
5:10 pm Sept 1 - someone else's app
You seem to be under the impression that there is importance to being on the list above #25. While there can be benefit for a very short time, this is such a small factor in the overall success of your app that you should not put any planning or hope into it.
Your app is now down on that list and will never go higher. I'll repeat...it will only go lower, each time another new app is released. Forget about it.
You now need to market your app. Get it talked about on game forums, issue a press release via prMac and hope for good reviews.

Adding or modifying the Release date on MUSIC

I like to create play lists based on when the music was released. Many of my songs do not have a release date and I have been unable to find a way to enter the correct dates.
It would also be nice if the smart playlist would include the release date field for sorting.
The year field is a mystery to me. I have albums that by default say 2001 when the album was released in the 70's. I assume this is the year it was made available to Apple.

The release date field annoyingly cannot be edited without using an external application. Using tagging software such as Musicbrainz Picard will achieve this, but updates all of the tracks metadata with that in the Musicbrainz database. You can read more about Musicbrainz here:
http://musicbrainz.org/
Alternatively, try an app like Kid3 Tag Editor to manually edit release date and other tags:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kid3/
The reason the year tag is wrong for older releases is because it is the release year of the particular reissue rather than the original release year. So, for example, The Beatles 2009 remasters would have '2009" in the year tag.

Why can I no longer sort my albums by release date in recent iTunes?

In the older versions of itunes I used to be able to create playlists for each of the artists in my music collection and they would be listed in chronological order ie: by the release date, so that the most recent album would appear at the top, this option is no longer available to me, why? Also why was the cover flow feature removed? My music collection is quite large, close to 4 thousand albums and I want to be able to organise itunes in the same way that I organise my CD collection, alphabetically and chronologically and ideally with the option to organise artists by surname not by first name, in a logical manner. So I guess my question is, can it be configured to work in a more logical and common sense way as it used to be?

I still can't see it. I had two other people try to look it up and they can't see it as well. This has been tried in WIndows 7 and Mac OSX. Both with fully updated iTunes applications. I'm also worried about the other keywords associated with my podcast not bringing it up either. Searching FFXIV only brings up the first two podcasts for me. Searching Final Fantasy XIV brings up a ton of podcasts, but ours isn't listed. Here's a screenshot of what I'm seeing when I search for FFXIV.

Is there a way to sort albums under artists in the Music app?

On my iPhone, the albums under each individual artist are sorted from newest to oldest. On the previous version of the iOS they were sorted oldest to newest. Is there a way to change it back to show oldest to newest? I like to listen to my albums in order.
When you go into your music app, select the artist, the Albums should be sorted from oldest release date to newest. Right now, when I go into Pink Floyd it shows:
Wish You Were Here (1975), then it shows
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), and finally
Meddle (1971)
Thank you.

If you find the music sorting order as annoying as I think most people do, let apple know at:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Why do lists flicker and jump in iOS Music app with iTunes match?

I recently signed up for iTunes match. I have a large library on iTunes on my Mac and I'm using iTunes Match to sync it to my iPhone 4S running iOS 7.
However now every list in the iOS Music app now constantly flickers and flashes. The album artwork flashes blank for a moment and then returns. It's as if the list is constanly updating. This happens about every 2 seconds.
Even worse... in playlists the entire list jiggles up and down. Again about every 2 seconds.
Does anyone else have the same problem? Is there a solution?

I don't know what the issue is, have had it since I have had match, and am thinking of ditching it because of it. Now, after deleting and replacing a whole slew of my music with the wrong songs, have the stuff won't play or download from match, even stuff I buy in iTunes. It's ridiculous. Apple should be paying me to be losing my media by using match. It's driving me CRAZY!

Can you sort albums by release date, rather than year, in album view?

I love the new album view in iTunes 11, but the only problem I have with it is sometimes albums are in the wrong order.
For example, last year Green Day released a trilogy of albums called ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! but since they were released in the same year, they're ordered as ¡Dos!, ¡Tré, ¡Uno! when sorted by artist and then year which really doesn't sit right with me.
In short, the sorting options for albums view are very limited, is there any way to extend them?
Also I'm aware that I could, as a cheap fix, change the sorting in album to the release date backwards, but I'd rather not do that as it would make it a bit more troublesome for me to navigate my albums on my iPhone.
Thanks!

I agree that Apple should improve the year field to be an actual date.
I am not 100% happy doing this, but when you have multiple albums from a single artist for the same release year, a temporary solution is to chage the album title by adding an outline type letter before album titles for that year, so that they appear in the correct order:
David Bowie
1977
a. Low
David Bowie
1977
b. "Heroes"
etc
This could help in the short term until Apple changes that field.

Full Albums not Showing up in Music App

I've been having problems with my album tab in the music app. In some albums not all of the songs appear in the album and say "Show Complete Album" when I tap that the songs that are not on the album appear in the album but have the "download" button on the side, but it's not clickable.
When I go into the songs tab the songs that are missing in the albums tab are there. I'm really not sure how to fix this.
Maybe it's an iTunes problem.I'm not really sure.

This could be related to the tags the album(s) are assocated with. Are they albums you purchased from the Apple Store, transferred from CD, or something else. If it's "something else," it could be that your iTunes library doesn't have the tags needed to manage the sound.
In any case, post with your comments. Interesting problem.

Album splitting and disappearing from Music App

Hi there!
I have a bunch albums in iTunes and Music App and they're splitting and disappearing randomly this **** is really annoyin me. Does anyone know how to fix and end this mess up?
Here are the screenshots of iTunes and Music App.
House Of Pain albums appears in iTunes:
But not in the Music App (I've bought those albums couple days ago via iTunes on iPhone, but today they gone):
And another issue with splitting the albums randomly:
Same album in iTunes:
The only way I found is to Reset To Factory Defaults. But ****, I can't do this thing each time I buy music
Looking forward for any ideas. Cheers!

Hi rugzmsk,
I'm sorry to hear you are having these issues with your music in iTunes and the Music app. If you are having unusual organization or splitting issues with your albums, you may want to check for the issues noted in the following article:
Why aren't songs with the same album art grouped together? - Apple Support
Regards,
- Brenden

Why aren't all albums listed under albums in my phone's Music app (home sharing)

I'm using home sharing to listen to music on my iPhone 4S. I can access the shared library no problem, but when I go to the Album list, not all albums are there. Everything that I've recently ripped is there but only 9 out of ~40 albums that I imported to the library (vs ripping) are listed. If I want to access that music, I can search under Artist.
I checked out the Info on albums that are listed vs those that aren't and I can't see a difference - they both have Artist & Album listed under the Info & Sorting tabs.
The main iTunes install that is doing the sharing is on a Windows 7 laptop; all the devices accessing the home share are either iOS or OS X.

Search pointed me here.
I have the same issue with an iPad3.
My iPad3, fully up to date will only show 8 albums from a home share and frequently misses all or some of the album art work.
Music served by latest iTunes on 10.8.2. Other devices like iPhones and older iPads list all the albums and album artwork without issue.
Did the log out and back in of home sharing step last night. Fixed it once and then no new albums were showing (converted a few more cds) and this morning I'm back to 8 albums according to iPad3.
iPhone 4 ... it is all there, instantly, never needed to log out ordoanything ...
Quite puzzling. All devices are up to date. Presumably the app would be the same for all IOS devices apart from layout.
It is strange also how it picks 8. It is not like they were the first or last ones added. Or alphabetically first or last by artist or album name. It spans dozens of albums.

Ipod touch erased all user data. Music, Apps, and Pics

Might have a good one for you guys...I work at a local electronics store and a customer came in with an Ipod touch that they claimed to have a "virus". I am aware that Apple products are not prone to viruses (I've never witnessed one before) however I went along with it to hear what the issue was. When using the Ipod Touch, after turning the screen off for a little while, the ipod restarted but there was absolutly no content on the device. Music was wiped, pictures were wiped, and apps icons will still present, but when selected they did nothing. I recommended doing the recovery option by connecting the Ipod to the origional computer it was first synced with, but they tried that and the computer does not register the device. The customer said they contacted the retailor because they purchased an exteneded warranty through them, but it doesn't cover software issues apparently. They contacted Apple support and Apple said their 1yr warranty does not cover software issues, but for $200 they can push an antivirus to the device (I was present during the phone call, which was on speaker phone). The customer is fairly upset about the situation, and rightfully so. I just took it on as a side project just to help them out as they have done a lot of local business with us and I'd like to help them out if I can.
This is where you guys come in. Not knowing exactly what was done to the Ipod doesn't give me a starting point for any tips or tricks that may exist, but I'd like to just run it over with you guys to be sure I'm not going on a while goose chase. Any help or recommendations would be welcome!
Thanks again guys!

You stated:
They contacted Apple support and Apple said their 1yr warranty does not cover software issues, but for $200 they can push an antivirus to the device (I was present during the phone call, which was on speaker phone).
That does not make sense. The warranty covers defects in hardware and software.
I suugest making an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

Album Art Sorting incorrectly in Compilations/Albums iphone Music App listing/tab

Album Art Sorting incorrectly in Compilations/Albums iphone Music App listing/tab
Sounds like a mouthful, but basically im saying that I have a bunch of compilations that when displayed in itunes on my pc,
show the album art which is set for the first track. This is to be expected.
But when i upload the compilations to my iPhone 5, and i open up the Music app and select the compilations tab...
The same compilations show another album art that is actually associated with another track in the compilation.
When i looked for a pattern, i found that it would basically take the album art from the track in the compilation based on the artists name in reverse alphabetical order.
So if i had album art associated with every track in the compilation, normally it would show in the listing the album art of the first track... but now it was actually the album art of the artist name starting closest to the letter z.
I've tested this many times. very annoying. but to explain again...
If i have a compilation containing artists from Coldplay to Ziggy Marley... no matter where in the listing Ziggy Marley is listed first to last... it will display the Album art associated to Ziggy Marley in the List view for the Compilations or Albums tab in the Music app on an iPhone 5.
Normally you would expect it to show the album art associated with the first track in the listing as it does in Itunes so as to keep uniformity between what you upload in iTunes and what you see in the Music app on the iPhone.
THIS IS A BUG APPLE!!!... test it for yourselves... someone broke your db sorting in the new itunes. ITunes 11, with iPhone 5
Please fix!
Thank you kindly...

another note... when i select the album from the list (on the iphone, in the music app) and it slides over to show all tracks in the compilation...
it then shows the proper album art as it should.
Also, when i check cover flow it then shows another incorrect cover?

Album View and Composer Tab on Music App on IOS7

The new Music App is not exactly brilliant...
There are several things what drive me "crazy":
1. The new Album View doesn't sort the albums alphabetically according the album artist, but by the name of the Album - the former cover flow did that and in itunes you can choose how you do it. Why can't you choose that in IOS7?
2. You selected a omposer - you go back to the composer list and select another composer - the music app on IOS 7 doesn't show the list of the songs by the new composer, but a mixture of the first selected and the selected composer... (that doesn't happen all the time, but very often) - when I go back to the composer list and select another composer I don't want to see a mixture.
3. Why are the Musicvideos shown in the Album view shown, too? I would start them via the vide app - how can I get them out of the album view?

See also this thread with same problem. Looks like a bug wrt. composer/album.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23353849#23353849

PR list with release date report..?

Hi all
Where we aill get the report of PR list with PR released date .
Thanks
sapmm

hi,
You can get the list of PR's from ME5A or from table EBAN etc...
BUt its not possible to get the exact release date...
It a biggest drawback..
Regards
Priyanka.P

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