V1.Metadata.Common:AlbumSimilar

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AlbumSimilar

Contains information about an album similar to the one named in the request.

Elements

NameTypeDescription
genres Genre [ ] Musical genres the album falls into, along with a weighting that reflects the relative importance of each genre.
hasReview Boolean Whether a primary review of the album is available: true or false.
id String Database ID of the album.
images Image [ ] URLs to images of the main album release, along with the resolution of each image.
isPick Boolean Whether the album is recommended by Rovi: true or false.
origReleaseDate String Date the album was released in YYYY-MM-DD order.
performers AlbumArtist [ ] List of the people or groups who performed on the album.
rating Integer An editorially assigned rating of the album from 0 to 10, where 0 is no rating and higher numbers indicate a higher rating.
styles Style [ ] List of musical styles relevant to an album along with weightings that reflect the importance of each style in the music.
title String Full name of the album.

XML Response Example

The following example has been edited to reduce the length.
<AlbumSimilar>
  <id>MW0000652644</id>
  <title>Quadrophenia</title>
  <performers>
    <AlbumArtist>
      <id>MN0000577627</id>
      <name>The Who</name>
    </AlbumArtist>
  </performers>
  <genres>
    <Genre>
      <id>MA0000002613</id>
      <name>Pop/Rock</name>
      <weight>10</weight>
    </Genre>
  </genres>
  <styles>
    <Style>
      <id>MA0000004459</id>
      <name>Album Rock</name>
      <weight>9</weight>
    </Style>
    <Style>
      <id>MA0000004443</id>
      <name>Contemporary Pop/Rock</name>
      <weight>9</weight>
    </Style>
    <Style>
      <id>MA0000002636</id>
      <name>Hard Rock</name>
      <weight>9</weight>
    </Style>
  </styles>
  <origReleaseDate>1973-??-??</origReleaseDate>
  <rating>8</rating>
  <isPick>false</isPick>
  <hasReview>true</hasReview>
  <images>
    <Image>
      <height>62</height>
      <width>75</width>
      <formatid>71</formatid>
      <url>http://actual-url-concealed.jpg</url>
      <author i:nil="true" />
      <copyrightOwner i:nil="true" />
    </Image>
    <Image>
      <height>141</height>
      <width>170</width>
      <formatid>63</formatid>
      <url>http://actual-url-concealed.jpg</url>
      <author i:nil="true" />
      <copyrightOwner i:nil="true" />
    </Image>
  </images>
  </AlbumSimilar>

JSON Response Example

The following example has been edited to reduce the length and formatted with extra spaces and carriage returns to make it easy to read.
{
  "id":"MW0000652644",
  "title":"Quadrophenia",
  "performers":[
    {
      "id":"MN0000577627",
      "name":"The Who"
    }
  ],
  "genres":[
    {
      "id":"MA0000002613",
      "name":"Pop\/Rock",
      "weight":10
    }
  ],
  "styles":[
    {
      "id":"MA0000004459",
      "name":"Album Rock",
      "weight":9
    },
    {
      "id":"MA0000004443",
      "name":"Contemporary Pop\/Rock",
      "weight":9
    },
    {
      "id":"MA0000002636",
      "name":"Hard Rock",
      "weight":9
    }
  ],
  "origReleaseDate":"1973-??-??",
  "rating":8,
  "isPick":false,
  "hasReview":true,
  "images":[
    {
      "height":62,
      "width":75,
      "formatid":71,
      "url":"http:\/\/actual-url-concealed.jpg",
      "author":null,
      "copyrightOwner":null
    },
    {
      "height":141,
      "width":170,
      "formatid":63,
      "url":"http:\/\/actual-url-concealed.jpg",
      "author":null,
      "copyrightOwner":null
    }
  ]
}
 
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