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Fine, so reverse the order. But the larger point is still valid.

Face it: you are not going to get a main menu composer tag, simply because popular music cares less about composers, that performers. Few people care deeply who was the composer of Genie In A Bottle by Christina Aguilera.

At the same time, composers are obviously important in classical music. But since often various composers of pop music are listed in the tags, if you have a mixed collection (and most do,) then sorting by "Composer" is going to be a total mess, because all too often in pop every other song is by a different composer.

So, having categories for both "Artist" and "Album Artist" is good, because if you use your imagination, you can assign one of these two to the Composer and the other to the Performer. Then you can sort either by albums of music composed by Mozart, or by albums of music sung by Netrebko. And for most of your pop music, the two categories would be the same.

It may not fit perfectly in established convention, but it works.

<blockquote data-quote="MacMini" data-source="post: 172382" data-attributes="member: 20587">Fine, so reverse the order. But the larger point is still valid.Face it: you are not going to get a main menu composer tag, simply because popular music cares less about composers, that performers. Few people care deeply who was the composer of Genie In A Bottle by Christina Aguilera.At the same time, composers are obviously important in classical music. But since often various composers of pop music are listed in the tags, if you have a mixed collection (and most do,) then sorting by &quot;Composer&quot; is going to be a total mess, because all too often in pop every other song is by a different composer.So, having categories for both &quot;Artist&quot; and &quot;Album Artist&quot; is good, because if you use your imagination, you can assign one of these two to the Composer and the other to the Performer. Then you can sort either by albums of music composed by Mozart, or by albums of music sung by Netrebko. And for most of your pop music, the two categories would be the same.It may not fit perfectly in established convention, but it works.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacMini, post: 172382, member: 20587"] Fine, so reverse the order. But the larger point is still valid. Face it: you are not going to get a main menu composer tag, simply because popular music cares less about composers, that performers. Few people care deeply who was the composer of Genie In A Bottle by Christina Aguilera. At the same time, composers are obviously important in classical music. But since often various composers of pop music are listed in the tags, if you have a mixed collection (and most do,) then sorting by "Composer" is going to be a total mess, because all too often in pop every other song is by a different composer. So, having categories for both "Artist" and "Album Artist" is good, because if you use your imagination, you can assign one of these two to the Composer and the other to the Performer. Then you can sort either by albums of music composed by Mozart, or by albums of music sung by Netrebko. And for most of your pop music, the two categories would be the same. It may not fit perfectly in established convention, but it works. [/QUOTE]