Now that I’m an old man, a lot of the music I download or import from CDs have many similar names for the albums like “Greatest Hits” or “Ultimate Collection.” When I select under the “Album” menu option I get all the songs from the album I want plus 6 others from other albums of the same name.
Here’s an example: I recently bought the Michael McDonald “Ultimate Collection” CD. I have two songs from Jeffrey Osborne’s “Ultimate Collection” CD and three from Eurythmic’s “Ultimate Collection” CD that I downloaded. When I select the “Ultimate Collection” album I get ALL of them in one list.
It’s especially irritating because on the Michael McDonald CD, there are several songs that are duets so the artist is listed as “Michael McDonald and Anita Baker” and some are listed “The Doobie Brothers” for his Doobie Brothers songs. As a result I can’t just go to “Artist” of Michael McDonald and select that album because I’ll only get two-thirds of the tracks.
So the ONLY way to listen to this CD from beginning to end without any other songs is to create a separate playlist. I’d REALLY like an MP3 player smart enough to know what’s on each album for albums with common names.
