Fix the MusicBrainz search not taking into account the album/recording aliases

Author: nicomem

beetsplug/musicbrainz.py

@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ def get_album_criteria(
     ) -> dict[str, str]:
         criteria = {
             "release": album,
+            "alias": album,
             "tracks": str(len(items)),
         } | ({"arid": VARIOUS_ARTISTS_ID} if va_likely else {"artist": artist})
 
@@ -826,7 +827,7 @@ def candidates(
     def item_candidates(
         self, item: Item, artist: str, title: str
     ) -> Iterator[beets.autotag.hooks.TrackInfo]:
-        criteria = {"artist": artist, "recording": title}
+        criteria = {"artist": artist, "recording": title, "alias": title}
 
         yield from filter(
             None, map(self.track_info, self._search_api("recording", criteria))

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Bug fixes:
 * Fix ``HiddenFileTest`` by using ``bytestring_path()``.
 * tests: Fix tests failing without ``langdetect`` (by making it required).
   :bug:`5797`
+* :doc:`plugins/musicbrainz`: Fix the MusicBrainz search not taking into
+  account the album/recording aliases
 
 For packagers:
 

test/plugins/test_musicbrainz.py

@@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ def test_get_album_criteria(
 
         assert mb.get_album_criteria(items, "Artist ", " Album", va_likely) == {
             "release": " Album",
+            "alias": " Album",
             "tracks": str(len(items)),
             **expected_additional_criteria,
         }