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Purpose

This template provides a convenient way to produce an external link to an entry at allmusic (www.allmusic.com). The template can be used for any link to allmusic site, including External Links section or when citing.

Usage

{{Allmusic
|class=
|id=
|label=
|accessdate=
}}


Parameter

Parameter Type Description
class optional Class of information, possible are "artist", "album", "song", "work" or "explore". Value for this parameter corresponds part of URL "following www.allmusic.com/". Default is "artist".
id mandatory Identifikation of information. Corresponds to part of URL following "artist/", "album/", "song/", "work/" or "explore/". The text before the actual id with name of artist, album etc. can be omitted. (Example: For www.allmusic.com/artist/led-zeppelin-p4739 "p4739" is sufficient for id).
label optional Label to display the link, which defaults to the name of the article where this template is used.
pure_url optional Value of "yes" produces no label and no additional text but "pure" standalone external link. This opportiunity is mainly intended for the automized migration of standalone weblinks but can be used when linking to allmusic using {{Cite web}}, embedding {{Allmusic}} in {{Cite web}}.
accessdate optional Full date when item was accessed. Should not be wikilinked.

There exists also a short notation for template usage supplying first three parameters without preceeding name.

Examples

Group or artist
  • {{Allmusic|id=p4739|label=Led Zeppelin}}

expands to 


Album (supplying accessdate)
  • {{Allmusic|class=album|id=r15973|label=News of the World|accessdate=Febuary 10, 2010}}

expands to 


Song (short notation)
  • {{Allmusic|song|t2454936|Dust in the Wind}}

expands to