Sometimes, compilation CDs are part of a series that may not have had any artist input, despite the album only containing songs from a single artist.
Example titles include:
Tom T. Hall: The Definitive Collection
Patsy Cline: The Definitive Collection
Jerry Jeff Walker: Ultimate Collection
Poco: Ultimate Collection
20th Century Masters, The Best of ABBA, The Millennium Collection
20th Century Masters, The Best of Tracy Byrd, The Millennium Collection
If you actually look at the CDs, you can identify common design traits. For example, everything in the "Ultimate Collection" usually has a gold oval logo.
For the purpose of data entry, this leads to a few questions.
What is the actual album title?
Should the collection be identified through additional elements? Is there any benefit?
Sometimes, compilation CDs are part of a series that may not have had any artist input, despite the album only containing songs from a single artist.
Example titles include:
If you actually look at the CDs, you can identify common design traits. For example, everything in the "Ultimate Collection" usually has a gold oval logo.
For the purpose of data entry, this leads to a few questions.