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=Non-Album Tracks= |
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Musical tracks that are associated with an artist but have not been released on any album (or single, or compilation, etc.) are grouped together under the pseudo-album [[Non-Album Tracks|NonAlbumTracks]]. |
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While it's tempting for [[Lazy User|LazyUser]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s to use these as "a dumping ground for dodgy internet sourced mp3s," this tendency should be (and is) resisted; an [[Add Track Edit|AddTrackEdit]] for a non-album track without a good [[Edit Note|EditNote]] is ''very likely to be voted down''. Although the [[Style Guideline|StyleGuideline]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s don't spell this out explicitly (as they should) there are a few valid reasons for creating a NonAlbumTrack: |
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==When to Use Non-Album Tracks== |
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* '''Internet-only release''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Often, before an album is released, songs from the album may be available on an internet site for download, and may be entered as non-album tracks; however, once the album (or single) with such a track is entered into the database, the non-album track should be removed with [[Remove Track Edit|RemoveTrackEdit]]. Less frequently, some such tracks are available for download, but are never included in any album or compilation. |
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* '''Captured from broadcast performance''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">A song may be performed as part of a TV or radio show or other non-concert performance; tracks captured from these events may be entered as non-album tracks if they are not part of any live album or bootleg compilation. |
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* '''Pre-gap (track 0) tracks''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">It is possible to have [[Hidden Track|HiddenTrack]]s that precede the beginning of track 1; since the [[MusicBrainz]] database has no way to store a [[Pre Gap Track|PreGapTrack]] (see ticket [[Ticket:811|811]]) these should be entered as non-album tracks, as recommended in [http://lists.musicbrainz.org/pipermail/musicbrainz-users/2004-January/004532.html one mailing list thread] or [http://lists.musicbrainz.org/pipermail/musicbrainz-users/2004-August/006344.html another later one]. |
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==When not to Use Non-Album Tracks== |
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Conversely, there are some cases that should ''not'' use non-album tracks, even though it might seem applicable: |
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* '''MP3 CD-ROM collections''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Sometimes an artist or label will release a number of songs as MP3 files on a CD-ROM rather than as an audio disc; these should be entered as normal albums (or compilations, etc. if that is more appropriate). If there is no explicit track order in the filenames, they should be listed in alphabetical order as that is how most MP3 CD-ROM capable players will play them. |
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* '''Tracks hidden in other tracks''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">[[Hidden Track|HiddenTrack]]s are tracks where a single (very long) track has music, then a long silence (or noise), followed by one or more (different) pieces of music. Those are to be entered in the form "Song Title / [untitled]" according to [[Untitled Track Style|UntitledTrackStyle]] and [[Multiple Title Style|MultipleTitleStyle]] (or "Song Title / Other Song Title" if the song is known by a name otherwhere). Those tracks are not allowed as non-album tracks. |
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* '''Track "99"''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Another type of [[Hidden Track|HiddenTrack]]s are those that ''are'' separate tracks, but are preceded by dozens of short tracks of '''[silence]'''; since these can and should be listed as tracks of the album, they are not non-album tracks. |
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==Some Guidelines== |
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Finally, there are some other guidelines for use of non-album tracks: |
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* '''Use informative titles''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Since non-album tracks don't have album release dates or other information associated with them, adding information like "(live, 2002-05-13: Radio One)" is very helpful. Using titles like "[untitled]" or "[unknown]" is sure to get the track voted down or removed. |
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* '''''Submit'' the [[TRM]]s or [[PUID]]s''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Non-album tracks with no associated TRMs or PUIDs are fairly useless, since they cannot be matched by track number or disc id, and matching by track name is unlikely to tell you anything you didn't already know. If you add a non-album track, it's presumably because you have an MP3 or other sound file for it. Tagging your file with [[MusicBrainz Identifier|MusicBrainzIdentifier]]<code><nowiki></nowiki></code>s is only half the work; you need to submit the TRM or PUID to the [[MusicBrainz]] database so that the entry is useful to others. If you don't, the entry is likely to be "garbage collected" for lack of TRMs or PUIDs later on. |
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* '''Link to a download source''': |
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<ul><li style="list-style-type:none">Direct download links if available (like from artist websites) should be linked to the non-album track with an [[Advanced Relationship|AdvancedRelationship]]. They are not only the best proof for the track's existance when adding it, but also the best documentation as to where it's from. |
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[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=826167&group_id=19506&atid=119506 Bug report 826167] suggests that non-album tracks be called something else, like: |
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* [individually released tracks] |
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* [individual releases] |
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* [one-off tracks] |
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or better yet, replaced with a general mechanism for non-album collections of tracks with no order. |
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----Author: [[User:Dupuy|@alex]] |
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[[Category:To Be Reviewed]] [[Category:Terminology]] [[Category:Style]] |
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