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.

    Precious Memories

    Precious Memories may refer to:

  • Precious Memories (hymn), a traditional Gospel hymn credited to J.B.F Wright
  • Precious Memories (Alan Jackson album), 2006
  • Precious Memories (Dolly Parton album), 1999
  • See also

  • Sings Precious Memories, a 1975 album by Johnny Cash
  • Precious Memory, a brand of porcelain figurines created by Shuhei Fujioka
  • Precious Memories (Alan Jackson album)

    Precious Memories is the thirteenth studio album, and first gospel album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on February 28, 2006 on the Arista Nashville label. Unlike his previous albums, this is a side project composed of traditional gospel songs. Although no singles were released from it, Precious Memories earned RIAA platinum certification.

    A second volume, Precious Memories Volume II, was released on March 26, 2013.

    Track listing

    All tracks traditional unless noted otherwise.

  • "Blessed Assurance" – 1:56 (Phoebe P. Knapp, Fanny J. Crosby)
  • "Softly and Tenderly" – 3:17 (Will L. Thompson)
  • "I Love to Tell the Story" – 2:53 (William G. Fischer, Katherine Hankey)
  • "When We All Get to Heaven" – 1:44
  • "'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" – 1:52
  • "In the Garden" (C. Austin Miles) – 2:54
  • "Are You Washed in the Blood?" – 1:15
  • "I'll Fly Away" (Albert E. Brumley) – 2:13
  • "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (Charles Converse, Joseph Scriven) – 2:16
  • "Standing on the Promises" – 1:35
  • Precious Memories (hymn)

    Precious Memories is a traditional gospel hymn credited to J.B.F. Wright in 1925. J. B. F. Wright was born in Tennessee, February 21, 1877. It has been performed by a wide variety of famous recording artists including Rosetta Tharpe, Johnny Cash, Alan Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Daniel O'Donnell, the Edwin Hawkins Singers, a duet by George Jones & Patti Page, Jim Reeves, Bob Dylan and JJ Cale. It was also the last song on the soundtrack of the 1979 film Hardcore, then performed by Susan Raye at the film's opening and closing credits.

    Dolly Parton recorded the song on her 1999 Dollywood-exclusive album benefitting the Dollywood Foundation, Precious Memories. Her sister, Stella Parton, recorded the song for her gospel album Appalachian Gospel.

    A cover by The Stanley Brothers can heard on Rick Grimes' (Andrew Lincoln) radio at the beginning of the The Walking Dead fourth season premiere episode, "30 Days Without An Accident".

    Aretha Franklin recorded a live version of the song for her album Amazing Grace (1972) and Ronnie Milsap for his album Then Sings My Soul (2009).

    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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