iTunes Tip: sort by Album is smarter than you think

@Erlendo: when you write in the search box you can click on the little arrow next to the magnifier icon. From there you can set filters on the search.

Nice option, but still:
I'd like to have all songs sorted by artist -> album -> year, and still be able to just write e.g. "pink" and get pink floyd, not some album called "pink...". It doesn't work clicking the Artist column again, 'cause then the albums get mixed again.. Can anyone help me..?

I knew this already.

@ #1, Al Nyden - "That second option is especially nice, since it's actually a 'Sort by Artist by Album Year.'" So, what it does it arranges all the library by album, then groups all the albums from the same artist and then sorts all albums by one artist in accordance to the year. So what you will get is a library that will have the oldest album by the artist whose name starts with 'A' at the top of the list. The most recent album by the artist whose name starts with 'Z' will be at the end.
To arrange simply by year, enable the year column and click on it. Hope it is clear! :)

@Al Nyder
Try clicking on 'Artist' first, to get everything properly sorted by artist, then cycle through the 'Album', 'Album by Artist,' 'Album by Year.' I've found I have to do this sometimes to get it working properly.
This was one of the things that sold me on iTunes 7 when it was released.
Like brian, I'd love to see more powerful sorts in the new version, but until then I'm happy to tag obsessively and use Smart Folders.

I use browse. I'd like to be able to have the option to sort in browse by something other than alphabetical order of name. In particular, if I'm select, say, Brian Eno, as Artist, I'd like to be able to have the albums listed on the right in date order, and not alphabetical, i.e. 'Another Day on Earth' should be the last item on the list and not, as it goes, the first. Is this a weird want? Seem quite a natural desire ot me.

Danny

Great tip, thanks to report it.

No you aren't the only person who uses the browse function - I use it all the time but I never noticed this before. Nice tip!

browse all the way. I have way to many gigs to scroll through to get to the z's plus my mighty mouse isn't being so mighty and giving me trouble scrolling down.

I live in browse
=aron=

Sometimes, I think I am the only person that uses the browse function.