diff --git a/beetsplug/types.py b/beetsplug/types.py
index 68aea35c7..e351c8add 100644
--- a/beetsplug/types.py
+++ b/beetsplug/types.py
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ class TypesPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
 
     @property
     def item_types(self):
+        return self._types()
+
+    @property
+    def album_types(self):
+        return self._types()
+
+    def _types(self):
         if not self.config.exists():
             return {}
 
diff --git a/docs/plugins/types.rst b/docs/plugins/types.rst
index 978654e8d..b6503f353 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/types.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/types.rst
@@ -15,3 +15,12 @@ Here's an example::
 
     types:
         rating: int
+
+Now you can assign numeric ratings to tracks and albums and use :ref:`range
+queries <numericquery>` to filter them.::
+
+    beet modify "My favorite track" rating=5
+    beet ls rating:4..5
+
+    beet modify --album "My favorite album" rating=5
+    beet modify --album rating:4..5
diff --git a/test/test_types_plugin.py b/test/test_types_plugin.py
index 5e34db9e2..d175525be 100644
--- a/test/test_types_plugin.py
+++ b/test/test_types_plugin.py
@@ -47,6 +47,22 @@ class TypesPluginTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
         out = self.list('myint:1..3')
         self.assertIn('aaa', out)
 
+    def test_album_integer_modify_and_query(self):
+        self.config['types'] = {'myint': 'int'}
+        album = self.add_album(albumartist='aaa')
+
+        # Do not match unset values
+        out = self.list_album('myint:1..3')
+        self.assertEqual('', out)
+
+        self.modify('-a', 'myint=2')
+        album.load()
+        self.assertEqual(album['myint'], 2)
+
+        # Match in range
+        out = self.list_album('myint:1..3')
+        self.assertIn('aaa', out)
+
     def test_float_modify_and_query(self):
         self.config['types'] = {'myfloat': 'float'}
         item = self.add_item(artist='aaa')
@@ -121,6 +137,9 @@ class TypesPluginTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
     def list(self, query, fmt='$artist - $album - $title'):
         return self.run_with_output('ls', '-f', fmt, query).strip()
 
+    def list_album(self, query, fmt='$albumartist - $album - $title'):
+        return self.run_with_output('ls', '-a', '-f', fmt, query).strip()
+
 
 def mktime(*args):
     return time.mktime(datetime(*args).timetuple())