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A split album (or split) is a music album which includes tracks by two or more separate artists. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public There have been singles and EPs released in the same nature, which can be referred to as split singles and split EPs respectively. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify A split is different from a 'various artists' compilation album because split albums include several tracks of each artist, instead of multiple artists with only one or two tracks. A compilation album is an Album ( Music or Spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple Recording artists, often culled from a variety of

History

A split was initially done on vinyl records, with music from one artist on one side of the record and music from a second artist on the opposite side. A gramophone As vinyl records have declined in popularity, this format has been done on CDs. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Although there are not multiple sides to a CD, the idea is still the same. From the early 1980s through the present, the format has been used widely by independent record labels, and artists in punk rock, hardcore, grindcore, black metal and indie rock circles. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s For the fictional character with this name see Grindcore (Transformers. Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It often employs fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars played with Tremolo picking, Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene

Advantages

A split allows more than one artist to split the production costs for one release instead of handling all of the expense by one artist. The same can also apply to the promotional costs of a single release. Splits also allow bands to expose their music directly to another band's fanbase. Usually, the bands that are on a split are of a similar genre.

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