How to put certain numbers in albums in alphabetical order...?

Question: I am trying to put my albums in EXACT alphabetical order, so I must know this. Would I organize the Van Halen albums 1984 and 5150 as "Nineteen-Eighty Two" and "Fifty-One Fifty", or should I put them before all off the letters? Also, for the albums Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III, and Led Zeppelin IV, should I organize them in numerical order, or should I do them as if they were written in letters (so that the order would be Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin III, and Led Zeppelin II)?

Answer: Just put them in chronological order by artist and you can avoid that problem. But to answer your question...whatever is on the actual album itself would be what to alphabetize. A library may add a title entry in its catalog under "Fifty one fifty" (but probably wouldn't bother), but the official title would be what is on the album, and that's what order you would go in. So...yes, 1984 would come before 5150. As to Led Zeppelin, I would treat the Roman numerals as numbers rather than letters, so would put them in order as if they used 1, 2, 3, etc. Hope that helps!

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