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Trending Lyricist I
Aug 25, 2013 4:42 PM UTC

Show track artist when viewing the tracks in compilation album

Many topics about compilation albums are present, but I think this problem has not been addressed in this way (it is in the forums though, in 2009 already for that matter: http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=13742). When browsing the contents of a compilation album, only the track titles are shown. For compilation albums, the individual track artists should show as well. When you have many compilation album, those track titles names get pretty useless on their own. You need to see the respective artists along them. In the forums someone suggests to stick the artist in the title tag. Abusing the title tag by inserting the artist there along with the title is not an option. Other devices and programs use this tag too, I will not spoil it. The information is right in the (contributing) artist tag, just show it. There's plenty of room on all modern smartphones and tablets, let's use it.
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    Headliner I
    Mar 5, 2015 8:58 AM UTC
    We just have to hope the fix is not into the GUI but it is in the device software which was not updated I guess (this was only a GUI fix I think).
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    Lyricist II
    Mar 6, 2015 9:31 PM UTC
    Terrible customer care here Sonos ....how hard is this for you to address and fix ..... ignoring customers is not good practice.....how many times do you need to be asked to fix a problem ???? .... ridiculous
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    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    Mar 6, 2015 10:54 PM UTC
    You mean add a feature. Not fix a problem.
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    Headliner I
    Mar 6, 2015 11:08 PM UTC
    This is definitely a gui problem. Wonder why Sonos seems to be ignoring compilation albums...
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    Trending Lyricist I
    Mar 6, 2015 11:25 PM UTC
    You mean add a feature. Not fix a problem.
    Not a problem ??? Just consider how many threads on this and you will understand it is just the way it should work. When searching for artist songs, we are just expecting albums and compilation albums to be displayed... If it is an additional feature maybe we should avoid buying sonos system. But maybe, with your Champion rank you can explain us why Sonos cannot fix this (there is maybe a really technical reason, but why, the index already exists on contributing artists) Long life to Sonos
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    The_Bastard_Son
    Jan 15, 2016 8:15 PM UTC
    Bumping this thread up from hibernation. Any updates? Would be great if you fixed this at some point.
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    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    Jan 15, 2016 9:45 PM UTC
    Bumping this thread up from hibernation. Any updates? Would be great if you fixed this at some point.

    No updates right now. But we'll be waking everyone up if there is any news in the future. Thanks for asking.
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    Lyricist I
    Jan 8, 2017 12:15 PM UTC
    The way Sonos is handling the compilations is questionable and the way they handle user requests is disappointing. Differing between track and album/compilation artist is a basic function. Users need to search for track artists as well they need to see the track artist in tracklist.
    There is no need for the setting how to group compilations, espacially with a proprietary entry like iTunes.. there is only one correct way!

    I don't think that Sonos will change anything because they didn't do anything in the last decade... The only way is to use third party software/library for managing/searching music and use the speakers only for playback.
    According to the money there are other speakers I'll use/recommend in the future instead of wasting money for not usable functions...

    Sorry Sonos, that's the right way for loosing customers...
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