# Composer tag - album list is empty **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** fixed\ **Created:** [July 25, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849 "2024-07-25T12:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/u/junkmarsh)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/1 "2024-07-25T12:11:14Z")
## Issue description: Hi This app is great, but I have a problem when browsing by the composer tag - the album list is empty and the screen says “nothing to display…”. Browsing by genre and by album artist displays an album list as expected. I should add that all filters are turned off. junkmarsh ## Logs: Upload description: junkmarsh ## Additional information:   For info, I use the composer tag idiosyncratically to mimic physical shelves, so the details of the tags are: “1. To play shelf” “2. New album shelf” etc. This shouldn’t affect functionality though (it doesn’t on any other programme I have that uses the composer tag)   ## Reproduction steps:   Enter library → press genres → album list is populated Enter library → press composers → album list is empty   ## Media provider: Local device ## Screenshots:       ---
**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/2 "2024-07-25T12:42:53Z")
Please upload some of those files [https://upload.symfonium.app](https://upload.symfonium.app) and provide more details about how you tag those and what you try to achieve. ---
**Author:** ![junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/u/junkmarsh)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/3 "2024-07-25T12:44:48Z")
You mean upload the actual media files? ---
**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/4 "2024-07-25T12:45:09Z")
Yes so I can see what and how you tag them. ---
**Author:** ![junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/u/junkmarsh)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/5 "2024-07-25T14:26:42Z")
Just in case the upload doesn’t flag automatically - done. ---
**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/6 "2024-07-25T15:07:51Z")
Yes I’m not notified. And everything works, are you using the Composer library entry to browse by composers? ---
**Author:** ![junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/u/junkmarsh)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/7 "2024-07-25T15:19:04Z")
I have composers in the main navigation menu at the bottom. If I press that directly, or if I press ‘library’ and then select composers from the library screen, it’s the same outcome. I’ve just uploaded a couple more screenshots. ---
**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/8 "2024-07-25T15:24:47Z")
How do you reach that album list page? You have enabled the option to skip the artist page ? ---
**Author:** ![junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/u/junkmarsh)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/9 "2024-07-25T16:07:45Z")
OK, we are getting somewhere! It is related to the “skip artist details page” option. 1. With that option set to Disabled: - selecting an albumartist in the library takes me to a page that lists albums and songs by that albumartist. I need to press albums to take me into a list of albums. - The same is true if I select composers. 1. With the option set to “skip to albums”: - selecting an albumartist takes me directly to a list of albums by that albumartist. - if I select composer, the list of albums is blank. Is it possible to get the composer tag to behave the same as albumartist? I want to go directly to an album list for a specific composer. junkmarsh ---
**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/10 "2024-07-25T16:26:00Z")
Yes I can fix but why skip the artist page? If you hide the songs you have directly the albums and can group them by release type something you can’t do in the album list. ---
**Author:** ![junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/u/junkmarsh)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/11 "2024-07-25T16:31:51Z")
As far as I can see (correct me if I’m wrong), it is not possible to have a simple list of albums in the artist page, only grid. I much prefer lists. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/12 "2024-07-25T17:04:23Z")
Yes not possible yet but you can make a feature requests. ---
**Author:** ![junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/u/junkmarsh)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/13 "2024-07-25T17:11:58Z")
I don’t actually need it if the composer fix is implemented. I have other feature requests 😉 thanks for your help. Now I know the root of the problem, I at least have a workaround until the fix is implemented. As I said at the start, I think this is a really great app. ---
**Author:** ![junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/u/junkmarsh)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 8:18am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/14 "2024-10-21T08:18:56Z")
Hello Thanks for making the change so that the album list is now populated under the composer tag. I have found a different but I think related issue: A) Select artist → select album from list of albums → on the album page (below cover, title and clickable artist button), the next line shows album duration and album year. B) Do the same for composer and only album year is shown. Are you able to add album year to the album page when coming from composer → album list? Many thanks junkmarsh ---
**Author:** ![splinter](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/splinter/32/10_2.png) [@splinter](http://support.symfonium.app/u/splinter)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 8:41am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/15 "2024-10-21T08:41:06Z")
> [@junkmarsh](#): > > Are you able to add album year to the album page when coming from composer I think you mean “add total time”, because the album year is already there 😉 IIRC I requested that as well when composers were introduced, but I think it is not possible due to how the database is built. This information is simply not there and too expensive to retrieve (in terms of computing power → battery and app responsiveness). ---
**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:15am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/16 "2024-10-21T09:15:38Z")
Once you reach the album you can also just remove the composer filter by pressing it in the track list and the duration will be there. ---
**Author:** ![junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@junkmarsh](http://support.symfonium.app/u/junkmarsh)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:47am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/17 "2024-10-21T09:47:54Z")
Thanks for the replies. The workaround of removing the filter is useful - does that mean it would be possible to show the album duration by default or is Splinter correct that it takes too much processing power? As an alternative, would it possible for duration to be included in the second line of the album list page (so it becomes artist - year - duration), or does that have the same problem? junkmarsh ---
**Author:** ![Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/tolriq/32/726_2.png) [@Tolriq](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Tolriq)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 10:01am UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/composer-tag-album-list-is-empty/4849/18 "2024-10-21T10:01:05Z")
He’s right and same problem. There’s a global album duration, but as soon as you add a filter the duration is not more true.