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Re: Date of Release: A New Database Field

albummaster — Wed, 7 Aug 2013 04:20:40 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 08/07/2013 08:20

I'd like to see the date of release too, and it has been discussed before. It would be useful for a variety of reasons e.g. to highlight anniversaries, pick out albums released in a particular month, showcase new releases etc. Obviously, there is the problem of back-populating the database and how to arbitrate over who has the 'correct' edit (which sources can be trusted etc). For albums where we can't find the full information, or can't decide which is right, we could just populate the month and year, or just leave the year standing alone.

Re: Date of Release: A New Database Field

meccalecca — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 15:54:57 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 08/06/2013 19:54

GeevyDallas wrote:

Yeah I agree, the only think i'd like to see implemented is which record label it was released on, but again that's easy enough to find out.

Yeah. I think knowing the record label could be great. it could potentially lead to a lot of new discoveries. The exact date doesn't seem very important, especially in this day of age when no one knows when an album's being released anyway

Re: Date of Release: A New Database Field

GeevyDallas — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 15:39:35 GMT

Author: GeevyDallas

Posted: 08/06/2013 19:39

Romanelli wrote:

For me, the year is very important. The actual date is not at all. If I ever REALLY wanted to know (which I never have), it's easy enough to find.

Yeah I agree, the only think i'd like to see implemented is which record label it was released on, but again that's easy enough to find out.

Re: Date of Release: A New Database Field

Romanelli — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 15:09:26 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 08/06/2013 19:09

For me, the year is very important. The actual date is not at all. If I ever REALLY wanted to know (which I never have), it's easy enough to find.

Re: Date of Release: A New Database Field

Anonymous — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 14:58:29 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 08/06/2013 18:58

I would definitely like to see this. My only concern is that it can sometimes be ambiguous. Sometimes, for example, a band will sort of "intentionally leak" the album a couple days before it is released officially. Also, there have been some albums over the years for which I have been completely unable to find an actual release date (seriously, does anybody know what day in October of 1988 Daydream Nation was released? Because I've never been able to find it).

But yeah, aside from those isolated difficulties, I'd be highly interested in this and would help update the system.

Date of Release: A New Database Field

Listmeister — Tue, 6 Aug 2013 12:46:24 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 08/06/2013 16:46

Here's something I'd like to see: The Date of Release for each album; and then, some functionality so that you could sort a chart chronologically.

I understand a little bit about database design, so I know it would be difficult to implement, but I think it would be worthwhile if enough people were interested. Step one would be to add the field, with a default of (for instance) January 1. Then, people could modify the date. If there is enough interest in the field, the date will be modified by a lot of users.

Then you can program the functionality of sorting chronological.

Actually, a chronological sort could be implemented now, but only resolving to the year, which would still be interesting, granting a historical perspective on the chart.