misleading connection between TPE2 and --album-artist

[mzagrabe]

Greetings,

TPE2 is a tag for an accompanying band for a "main" artist. I feel like "album artist" is when there is a main artist and every once in a while on the album someone else is featured. The concepts are similar, but I'm looking to document a strictly backing band and the mapping between TPE2 and "album artist" is making the backing band look more like the lead act.

What do you think about this issue?

Thanks!

[jibal]

The album artist is the performer associated with the album on which the track occurs, whereas the artist is the performer of the track. The album artist is the name of the performer on the label of an LP or CD. For a track from a compilation the album artist is usually "Various Artists".

Id3 does not define an album artist attribute. Long ago Apple usurped TPE2 for that use and lots of software has followed suit. There's no going back. If you want to include a band, add it to TPE2, e.g. "Bob Marley & The Wailers".