Comment 51 for bug 319494

Ralf,

Thanks, your answer provides a good explanation, and a workaround/fix:
If I click the wrench icon in the collection panel and select "first level" -> "album artist" everything seems to work as expected. I just wasn't aware that this option was available. If I select "Artist / Album" from the drop down, the collection is sorted by track artist (in contrast to album artist as I think you think it should be?). I guess this behavior makes sense as it is, but maybe album artist would be a more reasonable default option?

The clearing of the album artist field makes perfect sense, but maybe a warning would be appropriate?

I'm pasting the first entry of the output in case it still matters:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<scanner count="1">
    <!--Created by amarokcollectionscanner 2.3.90onSun Dec 12 02:43:24 2010-->TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid sample rate.
TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid sample rate.

    <directory>
        <path>/home/audun/mp3/E/Erlend Øye/2004 DJ-Kicks</path>
        <rpath>mp3/E/Erlend Øye/2004 DJ-Kicks</rpath>
        <mtime>1292075426</mtime>
        <track>
            <uniqueid>ddae817869d1f3841cd827cdad71fb5b</uniqueid>
            <path>/home/audun/mp3/E/Erlend Øye/2004 DJ-Kicks/01. So Weit Wie Noch Nie.mp3</path>
            <rpath>mp3/E/Erlend Øye/2004 DJ-Kicks/01. So Weit Wie Noch Nie.mp3</rpath>
            <filetype>1</filetype>
            <title>So Weit Wie Noch Nie</title>
            <artist>Jürgen Paape</artist>
            <albumArtist>Erlend Øye</albumArtist>
            <album>DJ Kicks: Erlend Øye</album>
            <noCompilation/>
            <year>2004</year>
            <track>1</track>
            <bitrate>253</bitrate>
            <length>224000</length>
            <samplerate>44100</samplerate>
            <filesize>7110295</filesize>
            <mtime>1292085938</mtime>
            <trackGain>0.605</trackGain>
            <trackPeakGain>-6.91106</trackPeakGain>
            <albumGain>0.335</albumGain>
            <albumPeakGain>-6.91106</albumPeakGain>
        </track>