#Playlist download has incorrect Album and Album Artist name

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reef prawn
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Hello, when I am using the CLI tool with the config "output": "{album-artist}/{album}/{album-artist} - {album} - {track-number} {title}.{output-ext}", I can see that the Album Artist is the name of the person who created the album, while the album name is the name of the playlist. I see why someone might like it like this, but I would like to have the correct album and artists for all the songs in the playlist. Is this possible?

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reef prawn
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spodDL Version 4.2.4, linux and the command spotdl download "playlist url"

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Where are my files downloaded / How can I change download location?
By default, spotDL downloads to the working directory aka Where you ran spotDL from

You can change the working directory with cd. On Windows, the default working directory is C:\Users\YOURNAME\

Changing Output Directory

Use the --output flag to change ouput directory, e.g. spotdl download [songUrl] --output /home/music/

You can use flags to specify a custom path template. For example, your music could be sorted into nested folders per album. (spotdl [songUrl] --output '{artist}/{album}/{title} - {artist}.{ext}'
You can use the following variables in your path template: {title}, {artists}, {artist}, {album}, {album-artist}, {genre}, {disc-number}, {disc-count}, {duration}, {year}, {original-date}, {track-number}, {tracks-count}, {isrc}, {track-id}, {publisher}, {list-length}, {list-position}, {list-name}, {output-ext}.

shut spear
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what's wrong with the flags? I don't understand

reef prawn
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Sorry to come back late.

When I download an album I brum made on spotify, and I put there Never gonna give you up and name the album rickroll spotify downloader with the template that I provided above will save it like:

brum/rickroll/brum - rickroll - 01 - Never gonna give you up.mp3.

I would prefer
Rick Astley/Whenever You Need Somebody/Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody - 01 - Never Gonna Give You Up

shut spear
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hence you probably need {artist} not {album-artist}

reef prawn
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And for album name?