The BEST album art fetching program?

Hey guys,
I've been through a lot of album art fetching programs, and none seem to be top notch - FetchArt and Synergy come to mind.
I'm looking for something that can handle my 18,200 song library, that's maybe smart enough to search and apply art by album rather than individual songs (it seems more logical to search and apply art for 1876 albums vs. 18,200 songs), and might be able to do the job overnight, accurately.
Does anyone know of anything close? Am I dreaming?
Thank you!
Alec

Hi Alec
Welcome to Apple Discussions
I've found Clutter very useful for getting artwork. But then again, I usually get the artwork when I'm importing the album, not a long time afterwards.
Regards
Colin R.

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