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Anniversary tracks

If the page is gonna feature the chart positions for every anniversary and reissue version of the album then the page should also feature the tracklistings for the new versions. They contain new and different versions of songs and demos not on the album. 13thpunxfromthesun (talk) 18:04, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:ALTTRACKLIST, we generally only include alternative tracks when they are discussed in detail in the article itself. Generally speaking that stuff is better left to Discogs. Popcornfud (talk) 18:08, 21 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect. That's not what generally happens. I see lots of pages for albums from other bands who have released anniversary deluxe editions that have all of the track listings for the special editions. RyanConnell5150 (talk) 21:37, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For the pages of those particular albums, are any of their extra track lists deemed notable? As in sourced and with a paragraph of information? Carlinal (talk) 16:35, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Which is why this page should as well. RyanConnell5150 (talk) 18:30, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're not giving any examples. It's not something I see around much, recently. In relation regarding their prominence, the EMI reissues for Radiohead albums got removed recently because those reissues were insignificant.

Besides, in the case of Nevermind, there are several reissues of the album, meaning at least four track lists comprising the original album and its three anniversary reissues. They would bloat the article so much and have more bytes used than most of the sections combined. And if you put that aside, where do you draw the line for including which reissue? It's so much information with so little substance in importance. Only Nirvana fans would bother with this, but Wikipedia is not a fansite. If a reissue charts high, that does not necessarily mean the extra tracks themselves would be notable, because they're more than likely hinging on the popularity of their parent album. I still don't see how adding these track lists would be truly useful for this encyclopedic article. Carlinal (talk) 22:12, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Lanegan

In the track-listing section, there is a note saying that Mark Lanegan claims to have made uncredited lyrical contributions to Something In The Way. But the source is quote from Nick Oliveri from after Lanegan had died. There are no other sources from anyone else or even Lanegan. Regardless these would still just be claims, not confirmed. Should it be removed? HGP7 (talk) 00:22, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]