Sorting Music By (lack of) Artwork

Is there a way to sort your library by those songs that lack artwork?
I want to update the songs without artwork, and need an easy way to locate them.
Thanks,
Shaun

Hello,
As far as I can see, you can't sort the order of music on the iPod Touch. It is always sorted alphabetically.
Maybe you can suggest that as a feature to Apple.
~Lt. Leviathan

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