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Hi,

I have noticed that the release date coming from the API is not always the same like you show on the album page.

 

Example :
https://api.deezer.com/album/108359

Returns: "release_date": "2018-01-25"
 

On the detail page https://www.deezer.com/us/album/108359

You show the correct date: 2002-04-11

 

Is there a way to get the correct one via API?

Hello @Gutala, 

I have raised your question with the relevant team and this is what they said: 

Actually, I don't know how the API gets its data.There are several dates per release or albums. On the website, we display what we call the "Original Release Date" which is the first ever release date of the album (regardless of when the albums became available digitally on platforms like Deezer). On the API, it seems that the date is the digital release date sent to us by labels, where it's when the release was made available on Deezer, which can be quite different from the original release date.

Hello @Gutala, 

I have raised your question with the relevant team and this is what they said: 

Actually, I don't know how the API gets its data.There are several dates per release or albums. On the website, we display what we call the "Original Release Date" which is the first ever release date of the album (regardless of when the albums became available digitally on platforms like Deezer). On the API, it seems that the date is the digital release date sent to us by labels, where it's when the release was made available on Deezer, which can be quite different from the original release date.

Thanks for the answer @Yula,

so do you think there is any chance to get the “Original Release Date” by API too?

 

Edit:
Just noticed it was updated in my previous example, but probably not as a general solution.

 

Another example is here:

https://api.deezer.com/album/8247832

Returns: release_date :"2010-03-30"

https://www.deezer.com/us/album/8247832

Showing correct date: 5/10/1997

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