Sorting Albums in a Playlist by Title???

Hello,
I created a Smart Playlist and when I change the grid view, the albums sort by Artist only and I cannot figure out how make them sort by Album Title.
Can anybody help?
Cheers

Comparable and Arrays.sort. Read the APIs, or look at the two or three examples I've done so far today in this forum. Or search the forum for +Comparable Arrays sort
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