itp Wrote: 
> Hi,
> 
> For a compilation album, say, the soundtrack to Garden State, I imagine
> I wouldn't set an ALBUMARTIST at all, and would just set the ARTIST tag
> on each track to e.g. The Shins, etc.  Is this correct?  I expect that
> SlimServer will automatically file these under Various Artists, and
> that will be the end of it.
> 
> For "normal" albums, should they be tagged with ALBUMARTIST and ARTIST
> identical, just ARTIST, or just ALBUMARTIST?
> 

I like to keep things simple, so I always use ALBUMARTIST and ARTIST.
For compilations I use Various as ALBUMARTIST, elsewhere I use the
artist's name as ALBUMARTIST. There is one exception: For musicals, I
use the composer name's eg. Andrew Lloyd Webber


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