[mb-users] proposal for style convention of untitled tracks

[Tarragon Allen]

There are quite a few cases that I'm dealing with where a track is definitely 
untitled by the artist, but there exists some unofficial names (usually 
fan-made). I would propose an addition to the style guide to deal with this.

Take the example, the Quake soundtrack.

http://www.musicbrainz.org/showalbum.html?albumid=122682

None of the tracks have official titles, and this is reflected in the 
database. There are two sets of unofficial names for the tracks :

2. Quake
3. Aftermath
4. The Hall Of Souls
5. It Is Raped
6. Parallel Dimensions
7. Life
8. Damnation
9. Focus
10. Falling
11. The Reaction

2. Persia Inversion
3. The Life Beneath It All
4. Conscience
5. Freezing Vertigo
6. The Journey
7. The Hammer
8. Ice
9. Peace?
10. Violence Inside
11. Death

The first set is the more commonly used.

I'd propose to use the following scheme:

2. [untitled] (aka Quake, aka Persia Inversion)
3. [untitled] (aka Aftermath, aka The Life Beneath It All)

etc.

This could also be used for tracks that have been given two names on different 
releases.

Thoughts?

t
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