Matching accuracy and Apple iTunes Match

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Even if you ignore all other metadata, an AcoustID won’t necessarily reveal the precise release of the track. I haven’t used iTunes Match in a few years, but if Apple still writes a track ID to the files, it may be possible to use this to identify the source album.

See my post about this here: Number of tracks in database
You might find this interesting, too: iTunes UPC Database

However, MusicBrainz and AcoustID do give you a way to find some of the possible albums. After you use Picard to match a track by AcoustID:

  1. Select the matched track in Picard, then click “Lookup in Browser”.
  2. In the MusicBrainz web page that opens, click the “Fingerprints” tab. (Example)
  3. Click the fingerprint of your track (found in the AcoustID frame of your file’s tags).
  4. If more than one album is associated with this AcoustID (or another one that has been judged to be essentially the same), the albums are listed under “Additional user-submitted metadata”. (Example)
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