diff --git a/core/downloads/candidates.py b/core/downloads/candidates.py
index d9f20777..1edca30d 100644
--- a/core/downloads/candidates.py
+++ b/core/downloads/candidates.py
@@ -205,6 +205,21 @@ def attempt_download_with_candidates(task_id, candidates, track, batch_id=None,
                     'artists': _fallback_album_artists
                 }
 
+            # #915: parity with Reorganize / manual Enrich. If the album context is lean
+            # (no release_date) and the user's PRIMARY metadata source isn't Spotify, hydrate
+            # it from that source — the same place a reorganize reads — so the download's
+            # $year folder, release_date and album_type match instead of dropping the year /
+            # defaulting to YYYY-01-01 and forcing a manual reorganize afterwards.
+            try:
+                from core.downloads.track_metadata_backfill import backfill_album_context_from_source
+                from core.metadata import registry as _meta_registry
+                from core.metadata.album_tracks import get_album_for_source as _get_album_for_source
+                backfill_album_context_from_source(
+                    spotify_album_context, _meta_registry.get_primary_source(), _get_album_for_source,
+                )
+            except Exception as _bf_err:  # noqa: BLE001 — never let backfill break a download
+                logger.debug("[Context] primary-source album backfill skipped: %s", _bf_err)
+
             download_payload = candidate.__dict__
 
             username = download_payload.get('username')
diff --git a/core/downloads/track_metadata_backfill.py b/core/downloads/track_metadata_backfill.py
index da7fac0e..82474d65 100644
--- a/core/downloads/track_metadata_backfill.py
+++ b/core/downloads/track_metadata_backfill.py
@@ -93,6 +93,56 @@ def _backfill_album_context(
                 album_context['image_url'] = first['url']
 
 
+# Placeholder album ids used when no real source album id is known — never queryable.
+_SENTINEL_ALBUM_IDS = {'explicit_album', 'from_sync_modal', ''}
+
+
+def backfill_album_context_from_source(
+    album_context: Dict[str, Any],
+    primary_source: Optional[str],
+    get_album_for_source_fn: Any,
+) -> bool:
+    """Hydrate a lean album context from the user's PRIMARY metadata source (#915).
+
+    Post-processing's only album backfill (:func:`hydrate_download_metadata`) goes through
+    ``spotify_client.get_track_details`` — Spotify-only. An iTunes/Deezer-primary user's
+    download therefore kept a lean context (no ``release_date``), so the path dropped the
+    ``$year`` and the date defaulted to ``YYYY-01-01`` — until they ran a Reorganize, which
+    reads the full album from the PRIMARY source. This closes that gap by doing the same:
+    fetch the full album from the primary source and backfill, so a download's pathing/tags
+    match what a later reorganize would produce.
+
+    ``get_album_for_source_fn(source, album_id)`` is injected (the real one is
+    ``core.metadata.album_tracks.get_album_for_source``) so this stays pure + testable.
+    No-op when: the context is already complete; the primary source is spotify (the existing
+    track-details path covers it); or no real source album id is present. Returns True when
+    it filled anything. Never raises — a backfill failure must not break a download.
+    """
+    if not isinstance(album_context, dict) or not _album_is_lean(album_context):
+        return False
+    if not primary_source or primary_source == 'spotify':
+        return False
+    album_id = album_context.get('id')
+    if not album_id or str(album_id) in _SENTINEL_ALBUM_IDS:
+        return False
+    try:
+        album = get_album_for_source_fn(primary_source, str(album_id))
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: BLE001 — defensive: never let backfill break a download
+        logger.warning("[Context] primary-source (%s) album backfill failed: %s", primary_source, e)
+        return False
+    if not isinstance(album, dict):
+        return False
+    before = album_context.get('release_date')
+    _backfill_album_context(album_context, {'album': album})
+    if album_context.get('release_date') and album_context.get('release_date') != before:
+        logger.info(
+            "[Context] Hydrated lean album context from primary source %s "
+            "(release_date=%r, total_tracks=%r)",
+            primary_source, album_context.get('release_date'), album_context.get('total_tracks'),
+        )
+    return True
+
+
 def hydrate_download_metadata(
     track: Any,
     track_info: Any,
@@ -172,4 +222,5 @@ def hydrate_download_metadata(
 __all__ = [
     'ResolvedTrackMetadata',
     'hydrate_download_metadata',
+    'backfill_album_context_from_source',
 ]
diff --git a/tests/downloads/test_track_metadata_backfill.py b/tests/downloads/test_track_metadata_backfill.py
index 99f77351..6eb74ed5 100644
--- a/tests/downloads/test_track_metadata_backfill.py
+++ b/tests/downloads/test_track_metadata_backfill.py
@@ -507,5 +507,73 @@ def test_api_called_at_most_once_per_invocation():
     assert client.get_track_details.call_count == 1
 
 
+# ── #915: source-aware album-context backfill (parity with Reorganize/Enrich) ──
+from core.downloads.track_metadata_backfill import backfill_album_context_from_source  # noqa: E402
+
+
+def _lean_ctx(album_id="itunes-123"):
+    return {"id": album_id, "name": "Big OST", "release_date": "", "total_tracks": 0, "album_type": "album"}
+
+
+def _itunes_album(**over):
+    base = {"id": "itunes-123", "name": "Big OST", "release_date": "2024-04-17",
+            "total_tracks": 70, "album_type": "album"}
+    base.update(over)
+    return base
+
+
+def test_backfill_hydrates_lean_context_from_primary_source():
+    ctx = _lean_ctx()
+    calls = []
+
+    def get_album(source, album_id):
+        calls.append((source, album_id))
+        return _itunes_album()
+
+    assert backfill_album_context_from_source(ctx, "itunes", get_album) is True
+    assert ctx["release_date"] == "2024-04-17"   # real date, not YYYY-01-01
+    assert ctx["total_tracks"] == 70
+    assert calls == [("itunes", "itunes-123")]   # queried the PRIMARY source with the album id
+
+
+def test_backfill_noop_when_context_already_complete():
+    ctx = {"id": "itunes-123", "release_date": "2024-04-17", "total_tracks": 70, "album_type": "album"}
+    called = []
+    backfill_album_context_from_source(ctx, "itunes", lambda *a: called.append(a))
+    assert called == []                          # complete -> no fetch
+    assert ctx["release_date"] == "2024-04-17"
+
+
+def test_backfill_noop_for_spotify_primary():
+    # Spotify is covered by hydrate_download_metadata's get_track_details path.
+    called = []
+    assert backfill_album_context_from_source(_lean_ctx(), "spotify", lambda *a: called.append(a)) is False
+    assert called == []
+
+
+def test_backfill_noop_for_sentinel_album_id():
+    called = []
+    for sentinel in ("explicit_album", "from_sync_modal", ""):
+        backfill_album_context_from_source(_lean_ctx(sentinel), "itunes", lambda *a: called.append(a))
+    assert called == []                          # no real id -> never queries
+
+
+def test_backfill_leaves_context_lean_when_source_returns_nothing():
+    ctx = _lean_ctx()
+    backfill_album_context_from_source(ctx, "itunes", lambda *a: None)
+    assert ctx["release_date"] == ""             # still lean, but no crash
+
+
+def test_backfill_swallows_source_errors():
+    ctx = _lean_ctx()
+
+    def boom(*_a):
+        raise RuntimeError("itunes down")
+
+    # Must not raise — a backfill failure cannot break a download.
+    assert backfill_album_context_from_source(ctx, "itunes", boom) is False
+    assert ctx["release_date"] == ""
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     pytest.main([__file__, '-v'])