# Modifying Albums Secondary Type

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/modifying-albums-secondary-type/585>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 31, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/modifying-albums-secondary-type/585 "2018-12-31T16:52:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![JHizzal](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/jhizzal/32/193_2.png) [@JHizzal](https://discourse.beets.io/u/JHizzal)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/modifying-albums-secondary-type/585/1 "2018-12-31T16:52:00Z")

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How do I modify the secondary album type for an album I’ve imported?

I’m new to beets, so this may already be in the documentation but I’m not seeing it. I see the “modify” command ([https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.7/reference/cli.html#modify](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.7/reference/cli.html#modify)) and also the fields available ([https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.7/reference/pathformat.html#available-values](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/v1.4.7/reference/pathformat.html#available-values)). My assumption is that I could then issue a command

```
beet modify -a {ALBUM_NAME} albumtype="Compliation"

```

I am hesitant on this though because MusicBrainz list the ablumtype as “Album + Compliation”. Should I use that or is “Compliation” OK?

Side question, if it’s easy, how do I list out all the metadata beets has for an ablum? (Edit: Looks like the `info` plugin is what I may need)

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/adrian/32/4_2.png) [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/modifying-albums-secondary-type/585/2 "2018-12-31T20:08:00Z")

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Yep, that’s what you want! Comprehensively tracking “secondary album types” is a work in progress for beets:

> <https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/2200>

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**Author:** ![JHizzal](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/jhizzal/32/193_2.png) [@JHizzal](https://discourse.beets.io/u/JHizzal)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/modifying-albums-secondary-type/585/3 "2018-12-31T22:08:36Z")

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Sounds good. I’ll work now at just defining the top level albumtype and not try to organize based off of primary + secondary. Thanks!