Ignore articles (A, An, The) when sorting albums and songs

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Jason

• December 28, 2022 16:38

Ignore leading "A", "An" and "The" when sorting album and song titles.

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  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • December 29, 2022 01:29

  This is not a good idea.

  We do ignore The when sorting The Beatles or The Rolling Stones. When it comes to albums or songs, The Wall or A Rush of Blood to the Head is the proper names of those albums. It is about artistic integrity. Thanks for understanding.
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  Jason

  • December 29, 2022 01:53

  Sorry if I was not clear. My suggestion is to sort the titles without regard to articles, not to omit them altogether. I could not agree more about artistic integrity, which is why it should be “The Beatles” and sorted under B. The same should apply to album and song titles.

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  Jason

  • December 29, 2022 03:09

  By the way, what I’m suggesting is no different than what libraries and bibliographers have done for a very long time. The purpose is to find The Wall under W, not T, which is absurd. (But not to omit “The”.)

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  Nononsense

  • January 15, 2023 02:33

  Make it an option so that users can decide?

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  Derek Stratton

  • January 15, 2023 19:44

  How about ignoring "Best Of" as well?

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