Handling of collaboration albums (split albums / compilations)

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Terminology isn't really clear on this in the first place. Musicbrainz calls it 
"Split release" (http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Split_Release), on Wikipedia it's a 
compilation album (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compilation_album), a 
compilation album for just one artist being a "retrospective album".

Either way, the meaning of compilations on VocaDB isn't really clear at the 
moment. We can keep using the compilation album type for split albums, and 
differentiate those using a tag. This would need to be clarified in the 
guidelines, since at the moment, the intended type for a split album is 
"original album", which is also correct.

We could also dedicate the compilation type for those "retrospective albums", 
as it was originally intended, and have a new type for split albums. However, 
there are a lot more of these split albums than there are retrospective albums 
in the Vocaloid world, so having a separate type for retrospective albums might 
not be worth it. Using the "original album" type for split albums might be a 
bad idea, since people often seem to want to differentiate between solo albums 
and collaborations, while retrospective albums aren't that important.

So the possible courses of action are:
1) Use "original album" type for all split albums, indicate split album status 
with a tag, or a specific option. 
2) Use "compilation album" type for all split albums, indicate split album 
status with a tag, or a specific option. 
3) Add a new album type for general split albums.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rii...@gmail.com on 17 Aug 2013 at 7:39

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Might also be enough to show the album as a collaboration if the artist string 
is "various artists", meaning there's more than 2 producers, or if the artist 
has a support role on the album.

Original comment by rii...@gmail.com on 18 Aug 2013 at 9:24

• Changed title: Handling of collaboration albums (split albums / compilations)

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Original comment by rii...@gmail.com on 21 Aug 2013 at 3:56

• Changed state: Done