No album artist menu?

Well, apparently I'm the only person in the world who has their MP3s properly tagged, because the iPod doesn't have the only menu I want. I would like to be able to view my music by Album Artist>Album>Song on the iPod. My music is tagged so that albums that have multiple artists place those in the "artist field", with only a single artist (usually the name of the movie the soundtrack is from, or the "collector" of the album), and in iTunes I use the sort "album by artist" to view things properly.
Unfortunately the ipod does not offer "album artist" as one of the choices in the music menu, which makes it frustrating, as the result is a menu full of hundreds of artists with only one song in them. How do I fix this?

No, there is no Album Artist menu, but there is a Compilation menu ...
For multi-artist albums, put the individual (or duet names) in the Artist field and put a name that is common to all songs in the Album Artist field (use "Various Artists" if there is no common name). Then, tag all songs on the album as "Part of a Compilation" and then activate* the Compilations setting on your iPod, that will remove all these one-hit artists from your artist directory. The Compilation album will be accessible in either the Albums menu, or the Compilations menu.
*To activate the Compilations setting on your Classic, go into +Settings/Main Menu+ or +Settings/Music Menu+ and select the Compilations feature.

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And when the song plays, it should say:
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I assume this static is present on any track you listen to versus only particular ones?
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See: Some songs don't show under artist on my iPod.
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See: Some songs don't show under artist on my iPod.
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PB
Message Edited by PeeBee on 07-8-2005 04:47 AM

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tt2

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ok i need help
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View > Column Browser > Hide Column Browser.
Alternatively choose different columns to display.
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Thanks for reading
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Hmmm, your situation is a little different than the bug I know about. Here is the bug I know of...
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2926406#2926406
Perhaps it is somehow related to yours.
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Hey there,
Is the album listed as a compilation? To check, just highlight one of the songs and bring up the get info screen and make sure the "Compilation " is not checked. Make sure this is the case with each song from the album. Lastly, check to be sure that all the songs are correctly titled and with the correct album name just to be sure. Hope this helps.
B-rock

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that will turn it off in the songlist,
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