Template:Infobox Album/doc

The standard infobox for album articles is the Infobox Album template. The box to the right is an example. You can click on "edit this page" and copy-and-paste the markup to a different article, replacing its information with info on the album you choose to write about.

The infobox code should be placed at the top of the article.

Code
Most articles should only need the following fields (for the full list of parameters see advanced usage). Do not remove parameters from this list when the value is unknown; in that case the values should be left blank. Please note that the field names are case-sensitive:

Type and color
The Type field refers to the general type of album. Enter a code from the following chart. The type will appear with the appropriate color and wikilink. If the type is unknown, leave the field blank.

Album cover

 * Upload a copy of the album cover (under fair use). Ideally the image should be at least 200px wide (it'll be resized to 200px wide for display anyway).
 * On the image description page, use the image copyright tag. Selecting "Album or single cover" from the pulldown list on the image upload page will accomplish this.
 * Add detailed fair use rationale for each use of the image. For example of good rationale see Image:As Nasty As They Wanna Be cover.jpg. You can also use the album cover article rationale template: see the usage guide for an explanation on how to use it.
 * Fill the template's Cover field with the name of your file.

Album cover artwork may be scanned, or downloaded from another site such as All Music Guide or Amazon. Note that if you either scan one yourself or copy it from another site, when uploading an image, you must tag it properly and follow fair use guidelines.

If you cannot find a cover image, just leave this line blank.

Details
Try to fill in as many of the details as you can. If some details are unknown, leave the section blank or fill it with "???" to make it obvious to other editors that the info is needed. Wikilink wherever appropriate, but make sure you check your links and disambiguate accordingly.


 * Name : The album's title, which will be automatically italicized.
 * Released : Should refer to the earliest known date.
 * Recorded : Should include details on where and when the album was recorded.
 * Length : Should be in minutes and seconds, even if longer than an hour, for example 74:00. It may be helpful to include a source in a comment, such as
 * Label : Should refer to the record label the album was originally released on. Where significantly different versions have been released (featuring alternate track listings) e.g. U.S. vs UK, the later release date and/or record label should be mentioned in the article.
 * Genre : One or more music genres, delimited by commas. Genres should be linked (piped linked where needed), for example, "Rock, pop" should link to rock music and pop music respectively. Note that most genres aren't proper nouns, and shouldn't be capitalized, but the first genre in the list should be.

Professional reviews
Professional reviews may include only reviews written by professional music journalists or DJs, or found within any online or print publication having a (paid or volunteer) editorial and writing staff (which excludes personal blogs). The standard for inclusion always is that the review meet Wikipedia's guideline for reliable sources and that the source be independent of the artist, record company, etc. A list of some sources of professional reviews is available at WP:ALBUM.

The reviews should be listed alphabetically in the Reviews field. Start each one on a new line, beginning with an asterisk (*). The first bit of info should be the name of the source (most commonly a magazine like Rolling Stone—note that magazines are italicized); due to their proliferation and dubious value, lists (e.g. Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Punk Rock Albums of the Early 1980s) may not be included.

The second bit should be the rating given in the review (e.g. 4/5). The rating should use the same format as in the review, to accurately portray the score of the review. For star ratings you should use the star rating template, for example, entering  , will render:. For reviews by Robert Christgau you should use the Christgau review template, for example, entering  , will render:. Numerical ratings, letter grades and other non-symbol ratings should be shown using plain text in parentheses, like (3.5/10), (B) or (90%). If no rating is given in the review you should use the word (favorable) or (unfavorable) to describe the review, possibly allowing for (ambivalent), (mixed), (extremely favorable) and more, but keep it short and simple. If you cannot summarize the review, just leave this second bit blank.

The third bit is preferably a link to the actual review on an official page; it may also be a summary of the review located elsewhere (if the original publisher doesn't include it online). If there are no online sources, you may include no link at all, but should then cite the information properly. The link should display as the date of the review being published, preferably including the page number—even if there is no link, this information should still be included. If you can not find the date of publication, the word link will suffice. Either a link or a date must be included though.

Chronology
The chronology section should link to the previous album on the left (using the Last album field) and the next album on the right (using the Next album field). The current album should be in the middle (using the This album field). Only studio albums, usually excluding live albums, compilations, singles and EPs should be included in the chronology.

The current album should always be in boldface. All album titles should be italicized. The year of release of the albums should be listed in parentheses, separated from the album title by or. Wikipedia's date style guidelines recommend that years should not be linked within the chronology section. Cover images should not be included in the chronology, as that would not be fair use. For first albums the left box should be left blank. For latest albums the right box should be left blank. At least one of the two fields, previous or next, must have a value filled in, for the chronology to display.

No more than one album should be included in any of the three slots in the chronology. Additional chronologies may be used if necessary (see below). Albums released on the same day should be listed separately, ordered using the standard ordering of those albums, or alphabetically if no such standard exists.

Advanced usage
In special situations, additional fields may be applicable. Unused fields may be either left blank, or deleted.


 * Longtype : Can be used if you wish to include information such as the title of the film that an album is the soundtrack to, or the name of the artist that a tribute album is in honor of. Your text appears between the type and the word "by".
 * Cover size : Should be used if the image being used is less than 200px (and you cannot locate a larger image). Fill in this field with the width of the image, using only a numeric value (i.e. "150", not "150px").
 * Compiled by : Only applicable to compilation albums of any kind where the person or entity responsible for selecting the album's track listing is known.
 * Chronology : Can be used when the album belongs to an overall series that is not adequately described by the artist's name alone; in these situations, the text entered in this field replaces the artist name that would normally be displayed preceding "chronology". Examples include series of compilation albums compiled by different people, and series of soundtracks (which are often "various artists" collections).

Misc
Two templates exist that can be inserted in the Misc field: and.

Template:Extra album cover 2
If the album has been released with different album covers, use this format to add them to the bottom of the infobox:

Add a second set of closing brackets for the nested template. Upper caption allows an optional header to be inserted and Lower caption allows for an optional explanatory label. For alternate covers the upper caption should be "Alternate cover" and the lower caption should mention where that cover was used (int'l release, re-release, censored original, etc.). Type should contain the same type as the rest of the infobox.

Template:Extra chronology 2
Additional chronologies are generally useful for split records, collaborative records, and series of albums.

Format is the same as the standard chronology. As with the template, the Type field should contain the same type as the rest of the infobox.

Template:Singles
The Singles template may be used as a miscellaneous addition to the infobox providing concise information about the album's single releases in sequence of their release (with the date provided also).

You may list up to twelve (12) singles per album. This infobox should be placed in the "Misc" field as shown below, using the field cases also shown below. Any unused fields may be left out. Further usage information can be found on the template page.


 * Name : The name of the album.
 * Type : The album type, specified in Infobox Album under the section "Type and color".
 * single # : The name of the single. Should be wikilinked to the single's article, if applicable.
 * single # date : The date of single release. Should be entered in wikidate format.  If the full date is unknown, just use "Month Year" or "Year".

Note that all fields are already properly formatted, so italics or quotation marks need not be entered in fields.

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