Compilation album
ALBUM TYPE CONSISTING OF WORKS CHOSEN FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THEME
Complilation Album; Compilation Album; Compilation CD; Budget cover albums; Rarities album; Retrospective album; Compilation albums; Compilation Albums; Various artists; Various Artist; Compilation disc; Various Artists; Anthology album
A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set.