Split album

"Split EP" redirects here. For the EP by Why? and Odd Nosdam, seeSplit EP!

Asplit album(orsplit) is a musicalbumthat includes tracks by two or more separate artists. There are alsosinglesandEPsof the same variety, which are often called "split singles"and"split EPs"respectively. Split albums differ from" various artists "compilation albumsin that they generally include several tracks of each artist, or few artists with one or two tracks each, instead of multiple artists with only one or two tracks each.

History

Split albums were initially done onvinylrecords, with music from one artist on one side of the record and music from a second artist on the opposite side. As vinyl albums declined as a mass medium,CDissues have followed the practice. Although a CD is not turned over the same way as a vinyl, the term "sides" is still applied figuratively. Since the early 1980s, the format has been used widely byindependent record labels,and artists inpunk rock,hardcore,grindcore,black metal,noiseandindie rockcircles.Splits usually receive an underground fanbase even if the artists featured are mainstream, as the success of split albums is most often not of a mainstream proportion.