[videoheadcleaner]

This has probably been mentioned before.

I just added Flowers' Icehouse to my list (might be there for a while) and the band actually changed names to Icehouse with their next album Primitive Man.

Is there any way to combine them or should Flowers become Icehouse?

[albummaster]

Yes, a way to do it might be to make Flowers a parent of Icehouse (some other bands are treated that way too if the band members are the same etc).

EDIT: Updated - http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?b=1212

[videoheadcleaner]

Great work again. Thanks!

[purple]

I think it would be awesome to include links to other projects that artists have been included in (e.g. link on the Can page to Holger Czukay, Jah Wobble, and Jaki Leibzeit's Full Circle). But I believe that once an artist changes it's name, the albums produced under that name should only be included in the explicit artist's catalogue (e.g. albums produced under the Flower's and Icehouse's names should only be Flower and Icehouse albums exclusively). There's a reason artist's change their name, even if the same members are included, and that should be respected (e.g. artistic direction, sound, etc)

[albummaster]

yes, I kind of agree because the the site started out doing what you have just said, but it led to a few situations where it was not always the right thing to do.

This thread debated the issue in depth and set out some guidelines for dealing with the exceptions: http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/vi...p;start=10

As a result, we now have acts like Band of Gypsys attributed to Jimi Hendtrix, Bob Marley (with and without The Wailers), Iggy Pop (with and without The Stooges) etc which have created a kind of precedent for harkan's request.

I think Icehouse and Flowers fall into the grey area that was highlighted when we tried to define the guidelines originally:

[videoheadcleaner]

from liner notes of Icehouse (30th Anniversary Edition):

'However, there was a complication - the name Flowers was owned and used by other people and we had to go through a name change in 1981. We became ICEHOUSE.'

In the case of causing confusion, these artists should be combined. Mind you, no-one has added an album by The Flowers. 'Icehouse' was the only album Flowers produced before becoming Icehouse. The link needs to be there so duplicate albums don't appear.

Artists links like on RYM might be an idea. Another example is Kate Miller-Heidke's new project, Fatty Gets A Stylist. The only difference between her as a solo artist and the project is the name (as her husband is the other part of the duo). If there was an artist link, it might solve a few issues.

On a side note: Jack White's project The Raconteurs is called the Saboteurs in Australia due to a name clash with an existing Aussie band. I guess there needs to be a link (if these two artists existed on the site) to avoid confusion.

[albummaster]

that's fine and maybe that helps to define the missing guideline. Perhaps something like this: