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Is there a way of sorting albums for an artist by year in iTunes?
For example: "Coda" is actually Led Zeppelin's last album, but it appears first for me in iTunes. I'd prefer it if it sorted albums by Year, so "Led Zeppelin" was at the top, followed by "Led Zeppelin II", and so on (and "Coda" was at the bottom).
Is this possible?
I believe that currently the only way to do this is by setting the Album Artist. Considering that you only need to set the Album Artist for albums that you are having problems with, and that you only need to copy and paste the artist name once for each album, it doesn't seem very tedious.
As of iTunes 10 (or possibly 9), the main library window has the option to do exactly what you want. You need to have it in Album List mode (View menu -> as Album list; or the 2nd option in the view controller:
Then select the "Album by ..." pulldown and select Album by Artist/Year:
You should be all set and have a nice organized list of albums sorted by artist and year.
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I've just found the answer! It's kind of hidden away, but it is possible:
Select "Show Menu Bar"...
Then under View select "View Options..."
A new window with View Options appears!