# Alphabetical list

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/alphabetical-list/1972>\
**Category:** Show and Tell\
**Created:** [December 25, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/alphabetical-list/1972 "2021-12-25T11:02:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chabula](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/chabula/32/610_2.png) [@Chabula](https://discourse.beets.io/u/Chabula)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/alphabetical-list/1972/1 "2021-12-25T11:02:22Z")

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the command beet ls provide a list which is not complete ABC  
Example  
Scott Walker - No Regrets: The Best of Scott Walker and the Walker Brothers - Montague Terrace (In Blue)  
Scott Walker - No Regrets: The Best of Scott Walker and the Walker Brothers - Jackie  
Santana - Blessings and Miracles - She’s Fire (feat. Diane Warren, G‐Eazy)  
Dionne Warwick - Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls - Do You Know the Way to San Jose  
Albert West - 20 Greatest Hits - Ginny Come Lately  
Kim Wilde - The Singles Collection 1981–1993 - Cambodia  
Jackie Wilson - The Ultimate Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite  
Stevie Wonder - Live at the Rainbow - Don’t You Worry About a Thing  
Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection - For Once in My Life  
Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collection - You Are the Sunshine of My Life  
Tammy Wynette - The Best of Tammy Wynette: Live in Concert - Stand by Your Man  
Neil Young - Harvest Moon - Harvest Moon  
Zager & Evans - In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) - In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)  
The Zombies - Greatest Hits - I Can’t Make Up My Mind  
The Zombies - Greatest Hits - Tell Her No  
The Zombies - Greatest Hits - You Make Me Feel Good  
The Zombies - Greatest Hits - Kind of Girl

As you can see Niel Young and Kim Wilde are on position you would not expect them.  
What is the right command to get an organised list

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**Author:** ![JoeBeats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@JoeBeats](https://discourse.beets.io/u/JoeBeats)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/alphabetical-list/1972/2 "2021-12-25T14:40:57Z")

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That’s because the files are tagged with ARTISTSORT=last,first  
I see the same, and this is the tag from one of my files:

ARTISTSORT=Young, Neil

You can tell beets to sort on ALBUMARTIST instead with:

beet list albumartist+

or in reverse order with

beet list albumartist-

You can specify any other field(s) to sort on.