[GH-ISSUE #166] Option to not split albums by artist in album view #113

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opened 2026-02-26 02:32:10 +03:00 by kerem · 9 comments
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Originally created by @uszasty on GitHub (Dec 30, 2015).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/koel/koel/issues/166

When adding an album that features tracks from more than one artist, koel splits it into different albums, which becomes annoying when, in example, you add a mix album that consist of 20 songs by 20 different artists. There should be at least option to merge certain albums or just disabling that behaviour.

Originally created by @uszasty on GitHub (Dec 30, 2015). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/koel/koel/issues/166 When adding an album that features tracks from more than one artist, koel splits it into different albums, which becomes annoying when, in example, you add a mix album that consist of 20 songs by 20 different artists. There should be at least option to merge certain albums or just disabling that behaviour.
kerem closed this issue 2026-02-26 02:32:10 +03:00
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@TwizzyDizzy commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2016):

I guess we need to specify: currently, the album view seems to be based on artist + album ID3-Tag. That means that currently

File 1: Artist=foo1, Album=bar
File 2: Artist=foo1 + foo2, Album=bar

results in 2 albums in the album view where only one should be shown.

Needless to say: I second that.

Cheers
Thomas

<!-- gh-comment-id:168693252 --> @TwizzyDizzy commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2016): I guess we need to specify: currently, the album view seems to be based on _artist_ + _album_ ID3-Tag. That means that currently > File 1: Artist=foo1, Album=bar > File 2: Artist=foo1 + foo2, Album=bar results in 2 albums in the album view where only one should be shown. Needless to say: I second that. Cheers Thomas
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@phanan commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2016):

I guess we need to specify: currently, the album view seems to be based on artist + album ID3-Tag

No, Koel uses a different approach: Organize media by Artists > Albums > Songs. That's why such a "mixed album" is currently not displayed/organized the way it should be. For a real example, this is mine:

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Personally I'm totally fine with it though.

<!-- gh-comment-id:168728972 --> @phanan commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2016): > I guess we need to specify: currently, the album view seems to be based on artist + album ID3-Tag No, Koel uses a different approach: Organize media by Artists > Albums > Songs. That's why such a "mixed album" is currently not displayed/organized the way it should be. For a real example, this is mine: ![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/8056274/12094708/15f911a0-b345-11e5-85d1-20fb6ca6a4dc.png) Personally I'm totally fine with it though.
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@TwizzyDizzy commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2016):

I see.

My question would then be: how do you - yourself - play a complete album - say a specific CD you ripped that is one album and you want to hear exactly that album and all tracks contained in it?

Cheers
Thomas

<!-- gh-comment-id:168972854 --> @TwizzyDizzy commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2016): I see. My question would then be: how do you - yourself - play a complete album - say a specific CD you ripped that is one album and you want to hear exactly that album and all tracks contained in it? Cheers Thomas
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@phanan commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2016):

Filter by the album name perhaps?

<!-- gh-comment-id:168973497 --> @phanan commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2016): Filter by the album name perhaps?
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@phanan commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2016):

Anyway I'm not saying this option will not be implemented. What I'm saying is, this isn't considered critical to me at the moment – there are other issues to solve first. If you guys can send a PR by, that would be great of course.

<!-- gh-comment-id:168973859 --> @phanan commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2016): Anyway I'm not saying this option will not be implemented. What I'm saying is, this isn't considered critical to me at the moment – there are other issues to solve first. If you guys can send a PR by, that would be great of course.
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@TwizzyDizzy commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2016):

Mh... yeah right, that is indeed sufficient :)

<!-- gh-comment-id:168974094 --> @TwizzyDizzy commented on GitHub (Jan 5, 2016): Mh... yeah right, that is indeed sufficient :)
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@SlashmanX commented on GitHub (Mar 31, 2016):

Just wanted to chime in here and mention that iTunes used to have a "[ ] Is Compilation?" checkbox in the album info dialog to get around this issue.

<!-- gh-comment-id:203971162 --> @SlashmanX commented on GitHub (Mar 31, 2016): Just wanted to chime in here and mention that iTunes used to have a "[ ] Is Compilation?" checkbox in the album info dialog to get around this issue.
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@BernardGoldberger commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2016):

My $0.2 here

One solution could be to have a table for "Album artist" and if exits it should take priority over "Artist" or "Contributing artist".

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This might be something unique to Windows I'm not sure.

<!-- gh-comment-id:204596529 --> @BernardGoldberger commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2016): My $0.2 here One solution could be to have a table for "Album artist" and if exits it should take priority over "Artist" or "Contributing artist". ![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/10334679/14221968/3574c84c-f839-11e5-970a-b82d5fce79dd.png) This might be something unique to Windows I'm not sure.
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@phanan commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2016):

Merging with #21.

<!-- gh-comment-id:211797444 --> @phanan commented on GitHub (Apr 19, 2016): Merging with #21.
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