When I alphabetically sort album titles at https://www.allmusic.com/artist/cleopatra-mn0000818011, why does it divide the albums into two sets? It's as if there's a maximum number of records that can be sorted in a single set, so it needs to separately sort the remaining records. (See screenshot of where the remaining records are sorted as a separate set.)
Zac, I'm filtering for "Primary Artist" in The Band's credits. Then I sort artist by reverse alphabetization. But their compilations with multiple Primary Artists aren't displayed near the top. It's just a nuisance for long credits.
I see. That is actually by design. We filter A-Z with blank entries at the bottom, then filter from Z-A with blank entries on the bottom.
We are able to replicate the issue and have filed a bug in our backlog.
This is something we plan on fixing but it is considered a lower priority than some of the other tasks in front of us.
Thanks
@rootsmusic
Are you sorting by Artist Name? Or Album Title?
By artist name.
Yes. The non-standard character was throwing off our sort. It would go from A-Z (or more accurately numbers and punctuation to Z), then find "Æ" and start re-sorting from there.
You have pointed out a bug. We have researched it and found a solution.
I filtered for "Primary Artist" and sorted by artist name on https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-band-mn0000038490/credits . It looks like the album 1968 is throwing off sorting in the screenshot below?
Zac, are you able to replicate the bug reported in my comment above?
Zac, I believe that they worked on this bug. But now compilations without a single artist (multiple Primary Artists) are grouped at the end of credits, regardless of sorting. When I used to browse V/A compilations, I used to sort by artist in reverse alphabetical order. Since most artists have a much longer credits page, such sorting was quicker.
Can you give me an example of an artist page where this is happening?
It has something to do with how the non-standard characters like " Æ" are being interpreted while sorting.
You can also see it here: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/zoo-entertainment-mn0000224880
We'll see if there is a simple fix for this.
Ok Zac, but also note the rest of my screenshot's albums don't begin with a non-standard character. Below my screenshot (not posted in this topic) are album titles that begin with letter B and so on.
