[mb-users] Various Artists....or not?

[Philip Jägenstedt]

I agree with this sentiment. There are releases where the release
artist doesn't appear on a single track. For example the "Partners"
album is marketed as and labeled as songs composed by Jay Chou and
lyrics by Vincent Fang, but all songs are performed by other artists.
This should ideally be under BOTH Chou and Fang, but the point is that
release artist doesn't need to be on all (or any) tracks.

http://musicbrainz.org/release/16ba8f54-2638-4cf9-86f5-2396bc38ec5c.html

On 4/30/08, Per Øyvind Øygard <peroyvo at stud.ntnu.no> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:56:40 +0200, Fred Marchee <fred at intercookie.com>
>  wrote:
>
>  >
>
> > Isn't it better to file all the "Best Of" releases of (Diana Ross &) The
>  > Supremes under "Diana Ross & The Supremes" and credit the separate
>  > tracks? This is also more according to the releaseartiststyle.
>  >
>
>
> Got a link to an example? I'm unsure whether you mean that the release
>  artist is set to Various Artists, or that the release artist is right but
>  it's a VA disc with different track artists.
>
>  Either way, what I would suggest is put whatever name is on the cover as
>  release artist, be it Diana Ross or Diana Ross & The Supremes, and put the
>  specifics in track artists. It might not be entirely correct to attribute
>  the release to The Supremes if it includes post-supremes tracks by Diana
>  Ross though, but I guess it depends on the cover and how many tracks we're
>  talking about.
>
>
>  --
>  Per (Wizzcat)
>
>
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