Eric replied to the topic Why deluxe/exclusive albums are no longer allowed in the forum Site discussion & suggestions 9 years, 8 months ago
Sounds great to me. I don’t really understand any purpose for Deluxe albums to be listed on this site. It’s not like this is supposed to be some sort of complete discography site, multiple listings for the same album do seem to get in the way. This is especially true these days where so many albums get 3-4 different editions (Standard, Deluxe, iTunes, Target… Yuck).
That said, I wouldn’t mind seeing that information incorporated on the main album page. Something like Wikipedia, where they show you the standard edition but offer drop down boxes that will show you the tracks on any of the other editions. That would avoid the confusion by having multiple versions of the same album show up on the site, but would allow for users to see the differences between the versions. If you’re trying to encourage purchasing it seems like this information might be useful to let people know that a deluxe edition does exist and the tracks it offers. If the deluxe versions really do provide an extra incentive to buy an album it would probably help to let users know they exist in some way.