Information to be included on an album

The Cover

The Band/Artist's name - Suburban Typo

Album title - Splintered Youth - although not all album's have the name on the cover.

Artwork/pictures - collage 

Parental Advisory Explicit Content notice (if applicable)

The Spine

The Band/Artist name - Suburban Typo

Album Title - Splintered Youth

Record label (if applicable) - GEAR PRODUCTIONS

UPC code numbers

Back Cover

Track numbers, song titles and length of songs - 1-10

*Credit

Most likely for the producers, but may also be for the artist, songwriters, musicians, producer, engineer and others who helped put the album together.

Songwriter credit should be given for each song, unless the same artist or the entire band wrote all of the songs, in which case “All songs written by [artist].” should be sufficient. Make sure to include this information for cover versions and samples as well. - The Vaccines?

*Publishing information “© [year] [publishing company name] ([ASCAP, BMI, etc.])” - 2013 / GEAR PRODUCTIONS - Copyright notices - CR OF GP

“© [year] [artist name]” = The copyright in the lyrics and music on the album. 

“(P) [year] [artist name or record label]” (the P should be in a circle just like the © symbol and denotes a copyright in the sound recording) – 

If the copyright in the lyrics and music and the sound recordings belong to the same person or entity (which is often the case), the following should be put on the album “(P)(C) [year] [artist name or record label]” 

“All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.”

“Manufactured in...Country - UK 

Artwork/pictures – Be sure to give credit to the artist(s). “[Artwork or Photographs] by:[artist]” or “[Artwork or Photographs] © [year] [artist]”

Website information 

Bar code 

Contact information (especially if this is a demo or you have a fan club)