Template:Infobox album/doc

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{{Music infobox header}}
{{Auto italic title|Italic title}}
{{Infobox album 
| Name = Nirvana
| Type = greatest
| Artist = [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
| Cover = Nirvana album cover.svg
| Alt = Black square with the gray word "NIRVANA" in the center
| Released = {{St
*[[Butch Vig]]}}
| Compiler =
| Chronology =
| Last album = ''[[From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]]''<br />(1996)
| This album = '''''Nirvana''

The standard [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (infoboxes)|infobox]] for album articles is the '''{{tl|Infobox album}}''' template. The box to the right is an example. You can click on "View source" and copy-and-paste the markup to a different article, replacing its information with info on the album you choose to write about.

The infobox code should be placed at the top of the article.

==Code==
Most articles should only need the following fields (for the full list of fields see [[#Advanced usage|advanced usage]]). Do not remove fields from this list when the value is unknown; in that case the values should be left blank. Please note that the field names are case-sensitive.

<pre style="overflow:auto">
{{Infobox album 
| Name =
| Type =
| Artist =
| Cover =
| Alt =
| Released = 
| Recorded =
| Genre =
| Length = 
| Label =
| Producer =
| Last album =
| This album =
| Next album =
}}
</pre>

==Details==
Try to fill in as many of the details as you can. If some details are unknown, leave the section blank. Wikilink wherever appropriate, but make sure you check your links and [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation|disambiguate]] accordingly.

===Name===
The album's title should be specified using text (not a logo), which will be automatically italicized.

==={{Anchors|Colors|Type and color}} Type===
The '''Type''' field refers to the general type of album. Enter a code from the following chart. The type will appear with the appropriate color and wikilink. Don't use codes "single" and "song"; there are specific infoboxes {{tl|Infobox single}} and {{tl|Infobox song}} available for those (see [[WP:SONG]] for further information). If the type is unknown, leave the field blank.

{{Infobox album/doc/type}}

==={{Anchor|Album cover}} Cover===
An image of the official front cover of the original version of the album (or a reissue, if no original cover can be found) should be included at '''Cover'''. Album cover artwork may be scanned, or downloaded from another site such as [http://www.allmusic.com Allmusic] or [http://www.amazon.com/ Amazon.com]. Note that whether you scan one yourself or copy it from another site, when uploading an image, you must tag it properly and follow [[WP:FU|fair use]] guidelines. Whenever possible, prefer a version without [[sticker]]s (like Parental Advice, "As seen on TV", etc.) to display the artwork as intended by the artist. If you cannot find a cover image, just leave this field blank.

* [[Special:Upload|Upload]] a copy of the album cover (under [[fair use]]). The image will display in the infobox in its real size, capped by the value of the user's "Thumbnail size" parameter in his or her appearance preferences. The width of the image should usually be 220–300px; for a square image, 300 is ideal. To satisfy fair use criteria, the total number of pixels in any copyrighted image (i.e. the width in px × the height in px) should not exceed 100,000.
* On the [[Help:Image page|image description page]], use the {{tl|Non-free album cover}} [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|image copyright tag]]. Selecting "Album or single cover" from the pulldown list on the image upload page will accomplish this.
* Add detailed [[Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|fair use rationale]] for each use of the image. You can also use the {{tl|Non-free use rationale album cover}} template.
* Fill the template's Cover field with the name of your file (the full image syntax is not required here—just the file name with the extension).
* Remove the request-photo or request-image template from the talk page of the article.

If nothing is entered into this field, the article will be added to the tracking category [[:Category:Album infoboxes lacking a cover]]. The article will also be added to the category if one of the following values is used: <code>???</code>, <code>Nocover.png</code>, <code>nocover.png</code>. Setting the field to the value <code>blank</code> will leave the cover area empty without categorizing the article into the above category. This is useful if the cover does not exist, for example the album was not released yet, or the cover cannot be added due to other limitations.

===Alt===
Alt text for the album cover, for visually impaired readers. See [[WP:ALT]].

===Released===
Original album release date, formatted according to the [[WP:DATED|Manual of Style for dates]] ("December 14, 2003" or "14 December 2003" depending on the article style, without the quotation marks). The <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Start date|Start date]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> template may be used here. If the day is unknown, indicate only month and year ("December 2003"); if the month is unknown indicate only the year ("2003"). Only the <em>earliest</em> known date that the album was released should be specified; later release dates (incl. re-issues) can be mentioned in a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums/Article body#Release history|Release history]] section.

===Recorded===
Details on when (and where - deprecated - see below) the album was recorded should be included.

=== Venue ===

Place where a live album was recorded.

=== Studio ===

Place where a studio album was recorded (or a live album was overdubbed or had post-production).

===Genre===
The one or more [[music genre]]s that the album reflects, [[delimiter|delimited]] by a comma should be listed here. Genres should be linked ([[Wikipedia:Piped link|piped linked]] where needed), for example, "Rock, pop" should link to [[rock music]] and [[pop music]] respectively. Note that most genres aren't proper nouns, and shouldn't be capitalized, but the first word in the list should be.

===Length===
The length of the album should be specified in minutes and seconds, even if it is longer than one hour, for example 74:23. Use {{Tl|Duration}}, for example <c

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