by Mizery_Made » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:04 am
"[#]" = "Previously Unreleased"
The pound sign indicates that a track was previously unreleased/new, when it comes to compilations such as "Greatest Hits." For instance 2Pac's "Greatest Hits" (
AMG |
Amazon) has the pound/hash mark behind four tracks, all four of which had previously been unreleased prior to that Greatest Hits release.
"[*]" = "Bonus Track"[/b]
The asterisks/stars indicate that the track is a bonus on the edition you're looking at. Though, some albums release with one pressing and still designate a track or two as "bonuses." That's why typically, the ones with stars are at the end of the album, since they were appended to the original/standard release. That's not always the case however, the release of Taylor Swift's Fearless has the bonus tracks in the front of the album and then went into the standard release.
Anyway, hopefully that clears it up for you. There
might be some cases where those are used to designate something differently (particularly the #, since I don't see it often), but those are the most common uses. Amazon gets their release information from AMG, if I'm not mistaken, which is why you see the same usage there as well.
[b]"[#]" = "Previously Unreleased"[/b]
The pound sign indicates that a track was previously unreleased/new, when it comes to compilations such as "Greatest Hits." For instance 2Pac's "Greatest Hits" ([url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:anfixqqjldae]AMG[/url] | [url=http://www.amazon.com/2Pac-Greatest-Hits/dp/B00000FCBH/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1265878595&sr=8-1]Amazon[/url]) has the pound/hash mark behind four tracks, all four of which had previously been unreleased prior to that Greatest Hits release.
[b]"[*]" = "Bonus Track"[/b]
The asterisks/stars indicate that the track is a bonus on the edition you're looking at. Though, some albums release with one pressing and still designate a track or two as "bonuses." That's why typically, the ones with stars are at the end of the album, since they were appended to the original/standard release. That's not always the case however, the release of Taylor Swift's Fearless has the bonus tracks in the front of the album and then went into the standard release.
Anyway, hopefully that clears it up for you. There [i]might[/i] be some cases where those are used to designate something differently (particularly the #, since I don't see it often), but those are the most common uses. Amazon gets their release information from AMG, if I'm not mistaken, which is why you see the same usage there as well.