Switching off Compilations in Home Sharing Artists?

Like in iTunes, is there any way of switching off compilations in Home Sharing, so that a zillion artists don't show up under Artists?
It's a real pain.

Hi, this can't be changed. No idea if Apple is working on it.
You can send the idea to them.
itunes menu > help > provide itunes feedback
I'd LOVE to see a way to keep metadata synced between several PCs without using something like TuneRanger.

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