Every album-related article MUST start with {{Infobox album}}, which was shown on the right hand side of this page, and fill in the relevant parameters, for more about the template, see Infobox album. DO NOT create your own template, as this may confuse the editors and possibly readers.
The top sentence of an album should be boldfaced and italicized and should summarize the album briefly and concisely. The first word of the album should always be capitalized. For more information on guidelines and policies, see Music:Manual of Style.
Example: This is an album name is an album by "artist name".
This was followed by the release date, then by the name of the label. In case of the exact date is unknown, please state the month and/or the year released.
Example:
- It was released on (date-released), by (label-name).
- It was released in (month-and-year / year), by (label-name).
Background
This section is optional. This section describes the reason behind publishing the album as well as providing accurate historical information behind the Album's creation. If little content is published, the entire section can be challenged or removed.
If you decide not to put this section, be sure to put {{Stub}} at the top of the page.
Track listing
This section is mandatory. This section should include a list of songs inside the album according to the order the songs are played in. Please use {{Track listing}} for this section.
Example:
| Test headline | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Track 1" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Track 2" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Track 3" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Track 4" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Track 5" | 3:00 | ||||||||
Total length: |
15:00 | |||||||||
If there are multiple CDs inside an album, separate them by using multiple {{Track listing}} for this section.
Example:
| Test disc one | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Track 1" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Track 2" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Track 3" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Track 4" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Track 5" | 3:00 | ||||||||
Total length: |
15:00 | |||||||||
| Test disc two | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Track 1" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Track 2" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Track 3" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Track 4" | 3:00 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Track 5" | 3:00 | ||||||||
Total length: |
15:00 | |||||||||
References
This section is optional. If you have cited with the <ref> tag, then this section is mandatory. In this section, just use {{Reflist}} to list all the references you've cited. In case if there's a lot of citing throughout the article, you may use {{Listaref|2}} to align them in a tabularized manner, so that readers doesn't want to scroll too much just because of references.
External Links
This section is optional. It should include links to websites, additional reviews, fansites, books, periodicals or any additional information on the album.
Categories
This section is mandatory, but DON'T add this section with the heading. The categories of an album should be the following listed here without the [[]] sign. Remember, upper-tier categories are strictly not allowed, so DO NOT use albums category.
- Category:"year-released" albums
- Category:"artist-name" albums
- Category:"label-name" albums
- Category:Albums produced by "producer-name" (only if necessary)