diff --git a/lib/services/jellyfin_client/parts/browse.dart b/lib/services/jellyfin_client/parts/browse.dart
index 8bb303733..33b8c9d59 100644
--- a/lib/services/jellyfin_client/parts/browse.dart
+++ b/lib/services/jellyfin_client/parts/browse.dart
@@ -137,8 +137,12 @@ const _baseFolderRowFields = 'SortName';
 /// count fields are needed; queried with `EnableUserData=false` like the
 /// filesystem folder rows. Trade-off: fully played albums lose the watched
 /// checkmark on this row (Jellyfin web's latest-albums row shows no play
-/// state either).
-const _baseMusicAlbumRowFields = 'PremiereDate,OriginalTitle,SortName';
+/// state either). `DateCreated` stays in the set despite the slimness goal:
+/// it is a direct dto property (no COUNT query), and the Latest Albums
+/// see-all sheet offers the "Date Added" sort, whose [MediaItem.recencySortKey]
+/// degrades to null-comparing no-ops without it — the same gap #1552's
+/// DateCreated work closed for catalog and hub rows.
+const _baseMusicAlbumRowFields = 'PremiereDate,OriginalTitle,SortName,DateCreated';
 
 /// Played-track hub rows (Recently Played / Most Played): Audio LEAF dtos.
 /// Keeps `UserData` — a cheap direct lookup on leaves that drives the
diff --git a/test/services/jellyfin_client_urls_test.dart b/test/services/jellyfin_client_urls_test.dart
index 11e443f01..6043b4613 100644
--- a/test/services/jellyfin_client_urls_test.dart
+++ b/test/services/jellyfin_client_urls_test.dart
@@ -3005,13 +3005,13 @@ void main() {
       final artistAlbums = captured[2].queryParameters;
       final albumTracks = captured[3].queryParameters;
 
-      expect(albumBrowse['Fields'], 'PremiereDate,OriginalTitle,SortName');
+      expect(albumBrowse['Fields'], 'PremiereDate,OriginalTitle,SortName,DateCreated');
       expect(albumBrowse['EnableUserData'], 'false');
       expect(trackBrowse['Fields'], 'UserData,PremiereDate,OriginalTitle,SortName');
       expect(albumBrowse['IncludeItemTypes'], 'MusicAlbum');
       expect(trackBrowse['IncludeItemTypes'], 'Audio');
       expect(trackBrowse.containsKey('EnableUserData'), isFalse);
-      expect(artistAlbums['Fields'], 'PremiereDate,OriginalTitle,SortName');
+      expect(artistAlbums['Fields'], 'PremiereDate,OriginalTitle,SortName,DateCreated');
       expect(artistAlbums['EnableUserData'], 'false');
       expect(albumTracks['Fields'], 'UserData,PremiereDate,OriginalTitle,SortName');
     });
@@ -4391,8 +4391,9 @@ void main() {
       expect(captured!.queryParameters['ParentId'], 'lib-99');
       expect(captured!.queryParameters['Limit'], '30');
       // Album FOLDER dtos: count/user-data fields would each cost the server
-      // a recursive per-album COUNT query (#1552).
-      expect(captured!.queryParameters['Fields'], 'PremiereDate,OriginalTitle,SortName');
+      // a recursive per-album COUNT query (#1552). DateCreated is a direct dto
+      // property and backs the see-all sheet's "Date Added" sort.
+      expect(captured!.queryParameters['Fields'], 'PremiereDate,OriginalTitle,SortName,DateCreated');
       expect(captured!.queryParameters['EnableUserData'], 'false');
       client.close();
     });