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Search Fields

The Release index contains the following fields you can search

FieldDescription
alias(part of) any alias attached to the release (diacritics are ignored)
aridthe MBID of any of the release artists
artist(part of) the combined credited artist name for the release, including join phrases (e.g. "Artist X feat.")
artistname(part of) the name of any of the release artists
asinan Amazon ASIN for the release
barcodethe barcode for the release
catnoany catalog number for this release (insensitive to case, spaces, and separators)
comment(part of) the release's disambiguation comment
countrythe 2-letter code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) for any country the release was released in
creditname(part of) the credited name of any of the release artists on this particular release
datea release date for the release (e.g. "1980-01-22")
discidsthe total number of disc IDs attached to all mediums on the release
discidsmediumthe number of disc IDs attached to any one medium on the release
formatthe format of any medium in the release (insensitive to case, spaces, and separators)
laidthe MBID of any of the release labels
label(part of) the name of any of the release labels
langthe ISO 639-3 code for the release language
mediumsthe number of mediums on the release
packagingthe format of the release (insensitive to case, spaces, and separators)
primarytypethe primary type of the release group for this release
qualitythe listed quality of the data for the release (2 for “high”, 1 for “normal”; cannot search for “low” at the moment; see the related bug report)
reidthe release's MBID
release(part of) the release's title (diacritics are ignored)
releaseaccent(part of) the release's title (with the specified diacritics)
rgidthe MBID of the release group for this release
scriptthe ISO 15924 code for the release script
secondarytypeany of the secondary types of the release group for this release
statusthe status of the release
tag(part of) a tag attached to the release
tracksthe total number of tracks on the release
tracksmediumthe number of tracks on any one medium on the release
typelegacy release group type field that predates the ability to set multiple types (see calculation code)

If you don't specify a field, the terms will be searched for in the release field.