# Plexamp album sorting doesn't match other apps **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Labs\ **Tags:** plexamp\ **Created:** [November 3, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-album-sorting-doesnt-match-other-apps/817091 "2022-11-03T02:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asherber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/asherber/32/291247_2.png) [@asherber](https://forums.plex.tv/u/asherber)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-album-sorting-doesnt-match-other-apps/817091/1 "2022-11-03T02:40:47Z")
In my Plex music library, I’ve got Album Sorting set to By Name. In Plex Web and the Plex iOS app, when I view albums by album artist, they show up as expected – sorted first by album artist and within artist by album name. But if I choose the same view in Plexamp, the albums are sorted first by album artist and then, apparently, by release date. Is there any way to fix this? ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-album-sorting-doesnt-match-other-apps/817091/2 "2022-11-03T06:11:15Z")
Sounds like you’re sorting the library by `Album Artist`, not by `Title`. In the other Plex Apps, sorting the library by Album Artist will indeed produce a different result (primary order: `Album Artist`, secondary order: `Title` instead of `Release Date`). Personally I think the way Plexamp is handling this is how I like my albums to be sorted. If you want to see the albums sorted alphabetically, sort the library by `Title` (optionally filtered by an individual artist) ---
**Author:** ![asherber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/asherber/32/291247_2.png) [@asherber](https://forums.plex.tv/u/asherber)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-album-sorting-doesnt-match-other-apps/817091/3 "2022-11-03T12:24:44Z")
I would expect Plexamp to respect the setting I have on the library: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/0/2/a/02a01088aecd4e2f8f40bc38e9af64e27cb52ea7.png) For me, sorting by release date has no value. In the other Plex apps (as well as iTunes and the iOS Music app) I’m able to get the view I want: a grid of albums sorted by artist and then by title, the same way I sort my physical CD collection. It’s very frustrating that the app I spent a chunk of money for doesn’t seem to let me do this. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-album-sorting-doesnt-match-other-apps/817091/4 "2022-11-03T12:41:09Z")
This selector has only an effect if you look at the albums of one particular album artist. i.e. after you have selected in Plexamp Library - Artists It does not affect the sorting if you switch the library as a whole into “Album” view mode – which is what happens if you tap on Albums in Plexamp. The equivalent in the web app looks like this: (and as you can see has a dedicated sorting drop-down, just like Plexamp has under the circled `(...)` ) ![grafik](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/c/8/c/c8c093478bfc92656dac07f04763a0d727366f9d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![asherber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/asherber/32/291247_2.png) [@asherber](https://forums.plex.tv/u/asherber)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-album-sorting-doesnt-match-other-apps/817091/5 "2022-11-03T13:15:55Z")
Well, then I repeat my basic complaint: It’s frustrating that Plexamp doesn’t do what the other Plex apps (and non-Plex apps) do by default: Sort by artist and then by title. Better yet, if there seem to be divided opinions about what the secondary sort should be, let us _choose_ a secondary sort. I’ve seen that in other apps as well. Much of my collection is classical music. If I scroll down to Verdi, for example, I would expect to see recordings of the same opera grouped together (by title). But the same holds true for my non-classical recordings as well. I understand that there are other ways to drill into a collection. But this full-collection grid view is the one that I prefer, and the one that I have always used in other apps (incuding other Plex apps). ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-album-sorting-doesnt-match-other-apps/817091/6 "2022-11-03T20:27:51Z")
Right now we’ve hardwired the sort to be by artist title and then release date. It makes a lot of sense to me to respect the sort order on the library, so we can look to do that. ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-album-sorting-doesnt-match-other-apps/817091/7 "2022-11-04T21:24:04Z")
We’ve fixed it to respect the library sort order in the next release. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-album-sorting-doesnt-match-other-apps/817091/8 "2023-02-02T21:24:13Z")
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