Supporting release

Description

This indicates that a release was released in support of another release. This allows a release to be linked to its supporting singles, EPs, and remix releases. A 'supporting release' is one which is released to increase sales of an album or to create publicity for an album.

ID: 3
Cardinality of {entity0}: Few relationships (0)
Cardinality of {entity1}: Few relationships (0)
Orderable direction: None (0)
UUID: 7ad3c97e-e524-4d9a-a384-2b1407f4939b

Link phrases

Forward link phrase: released in support of
Reverse link phrase: supporting releases
Long link phrase: was released in support of

Attributes

This relationship type doesn't allow any attributes.

Guidelines

Compilations and soundtracks cannot be supporting releases, though they can be supported by another release. However any release can be considered to be a 'supporting' release if the release identifies itself as a supporting release.

If the supporting release includes text stating that it was "taken from" an album, or in some other way identifies itself as being from an album, then the single from relationship between release groups should be normally be used, rather than this one. However, the two relationships may be used at the same time. Before both are used simultaneously, consider what question(s) are relevant:

"single from" answers the basic question: "What album is this single from?" It is not necessary to specify a specific release of "Dirt", as the answer is only concerned with the abstract release (i.e. the release group), e.g. "Angry Chair" is from "Dirt".
This relationship answers the much more specific question: "Which release did this release promote?" This implies a much closer relationship. The 1993 US single was released to promote the original 1992 US release; it had nothing to do with the 2002 re-release, releases of the album in other countries, or releases of the same album by other labels. Therefore, this answer is much more specific, e.g. The 1992 United States release of "Angry Chair" by Columbia Records was released to support the 1992 United States release of "Dirt" by Columbia Records.