Compilation album

A compilation album comprises tracks which are compiled from other recordings, usually previously released, but sometimes unreleased. The tracks may be from one or several performers; if from several performers there may be a theme, topic or genre which links the tracks. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album. Compilation albums may employ traditional product bundling strategies.

Common types

Common types of compilation include:

  • "Greatest hits", "best of", or "singles collection" LPs, gathering together an artist's or a group's best-known songs. If the artist or group continues to record, compilers commonly include one or more previously unreleased tracks as an incentive for fans to buy the album, even if they already have the other material on the compilation.
  • Other single-artist compilations, such as rarities or B-side collections, albums compiled from radio sessions, songs performed by an artist exclusively for a film soundtrack or collections that combine multiple releases, such as LPs and EPs together on one or more compact discs. Such compilations generally target existing fans of the artist and have little mainstream appeal, though postmortem compilations of unreleased materials from recently deceased artists have significant popularity.
  • MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz is a project that aims to create an open content music database. Similar to the freedb project, it was founded in response to the restrictions placed on the CDDB. However, MusicBrainz has expanded its goals to reach beyond a compact disc metadata storehouse to become a structured open online database for music.

    MusicBrainz captures information about artists, their recorded works, and the relationships between them. Recorded works entries capture at a minimum the album title, track titles, and the length of each track. These entries are maintained by volunteer editors who follow community written style guidelines. Recorded works can also store information about the release date and country, the CD ID, cover art, acoustic fingerprint, free-form annotation text and other metadata. As of 25 October 2015, MusicBrainz contained information about roughly one million artists, 1.5 million releases, and 15 million recordings.

    End-users can use software that communicates with MusicBrainz to add metadata tags to their digital media files, such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis or AAC.

    Lady Marmalade

    "Lady Marmalade" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan. It became a popular hit in 1975, recorded by the American girl group Labelle. The song is famous for its sexually suggestive chorus of "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?", which translates into English as "Do you want to sleep with me (tonight)?" Labelle held the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week, and also topped the Canadian RPM national singles chart.

    The song has had many cover versions over the years. In 1998, girl group All Saints released a cover of the song that peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart. The 2001 version by singers Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink, recorded for the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for 5 weeks. "Lady Marmalade" was also a song to reach number one by two different musical acts in America.

    Labelle version

    Background and release

    Labelle's version of "Lady Marmalade" was produced by Allen Toussaint and Vicki Wickham. It was released on August 3, 1974 as the first single from the album Nightbirds. The song was inspired by Bob Crewe's first-hand observations of New Orleans. After it was first recorded by Kenny Nolan's group Eleventh Hour in 1974, on Eleventh Hour's Greatest Hits LP, Labelle's producer Allen Toussaint decided to record it for Nightbirds. Patti LaBelle sang lead vocals on "Lady Marmalade" with backing vocals being contributed by band mates Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash. The song's chorus, "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?", appeared previously in the play A Streetcar Named Desire, uttered by the promiscuous Blanche DuBois. Lyrically, "Lady Marmalade" is about a prostitute. Patti LaBelle, the lead female vocal of the band, expressed that, "I didn't know what it was about. Nobody, I swear this is God's truth, nobody told me what I'd just sung a song about."

    Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Say You'll Be There

    by: Various Artists

    Say you'll be there
    I'm giving you everything all that joy
    can bring this I swear
    Last time that we had this conversation
    I decided we should be friends
    Yeah,
    but now we're going round in circles,
    tell me will this deja vu never end? Oh
    Now you tell me that you've fallen in love,
    well I never ever thought that would be
    This time you gotta take it easy
    throwing far too much emotions at me
    But any fool can see they're falling,
    I gotta make you understand
    I'm giving you everything all that joy can bring this I swear
    (I give you everything)
    And all that I want from you is a promise you will be there
    Say you will be there (Say you will be there)
    Won't you sing it with me
    If you, put two and two together
    you will see what our friendship is for (Oh)
    If you can't work this equation then
    I guess I'll have to show you the door
    There is no need to say you love me,
    It would be better left unsaid
    I'm (I'm) giving you everything (I give you everything)
    all that joy can bring this I swear (yes I swear)
    and (and) all that I want from you (all I want from you) is a promise
    (is a promise) you will be there
    Yeah, I want you
    Any fool can see they're falling,
    gotta make you understand
    I'll give you everything on this I swear
    Just promise you'll always be there
    I'm giving you everything (I m giving you everything)
    all that joy (all that joy can bring) can bring this I
    swear (yes I swear)
    and all that I want from you (all that I want from you) is a promise
    (I want you to promise you'll) you
    will be there (always be there)
    I'm giving you everything (I m giving you everything)
    all that joy (all that joy can bring) can bring this I swear (yes I swear)
    and all that I want from you (all that I want from you) is a promise
    (I want you to promise you'll)
    you will be there (always be there)




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