hsmusic · towerofnix · Dec 2, 2024 · Jul 7, 2024 · Aug 1, 2024 · Sep 30, 2024
diff --git a/album/alternia.yaml b/album/alternia.yaml
@@ -19,9 +19,20 @@ Art Tags:
 - Terezi
 - Alternia
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Album Booklet
+- Title: Album booklet
+  Description: >-
+    Credit and commentary booklet, included with the album download. Also contains wide background artworks by [[artist:cindy-dominguez]] and [[artist:andrew-hussie]].
   Files:
   - Alternia_Commentary.pdf
+- Title: Booklet background artworks
+  Description: >-
+    Extracted from album booklet PDF; these artworks are a tag-team effort by by [[artist:cindy-dominguez]] and [[artist:andrew-hussie]].
+  Files:
+  - Booklet Background 1.png
+  - Booklet Background 2.png
+  - Booklet Background 3.jpg
+  - Booklet Background 4.jpg
+  - Booklet Background 5.jpg
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary - front)
 
@@ -597,6 +608,8 @@ Commentary: |-
     <img src="media/misc/skaian-summoning.png" width="300">
 ---
 Section: Bonus tracks
+Description: >-
+    [[track:the-thirteenth-hour]], [[track:theme]], and [[track:walls-covered-in-blood-dx]] were "super-secret hidden bonus tracks" on Bandcamp. The remaining bonus tracks were listenable online.
 ---
 Track: The Thirteenth Hour
 Duration: '2:10'

diff --git a/album/alterniabound.yaml b/album/alterniabound.yaml
@@ -89,10 +89,12 @@ Wallpaper Artists:
 - Niklink (edits for wiki)
 Default Track Cover Art Date: October 25, 2017
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Album Booklet
+- Title: Album booklet
+  Description: >-
+    Credit and commentary booklet, included with the album download.
   Files:
   - AlterniaBound_Commentary.pdf
-- Title: Bandcamp Banner
+- Title: Bandcamp banner
   Files:
   - banner.jpg
 ---

diff --git a/album/beyond-canon.yaml b/album/beyond-canon.yaml
@@ -129,9 +129,11 @@ Commentary: |-
     [[artist:emelia-k]]
 Default Track Cover Art Date: June 1, 2020
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Fan Anthology Art Booklet
+- Title: Anthology art booklet
+  Description: >-
+    Booklet featuring all the fan-anthology track artworks, plus making-of commentary and WIPs. From [UMSPAF's Tumblr](https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/post/619761136023257089/unofficialmspafans-we-are-proud-to-announce-the).
   Files:
-  - 'Beyond Canon Anthology Art Book.pdf'
+  - Beyond Canon Anthology Art Book.pdf
 ---
 Track: exclusion zone
 Artists:

diff --git a/album/cherubim.yaml b/album/cherubim.yaml
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ Banner Artists:
 Banner Dimensions: 1100x203
 Banner File Extension: png
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Album Credits
+- Title: Album credits
+  Description: >-
+    Included with the album download.
   Files:
   - TrackCredits.txt
-- Title: Bandcamp Banner
+- Title: Bandcamp banner
   Files:
   - banner.jpg
 Commentary: |-

diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Wallpaper Artists:
 - Niklink (edits for wiki)
 Additional Files:
 - Title: Credits, lyrics, and trivia
+  Description: >-
+    Included with the album download.
   Files:
   - CREDITS_A.txt
   - LYRICS_ETC_A.txt

diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ Wallpaper Artists:
 - Shelby Cragg
 - Niklink (edits for wiki)
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Album Credits
+- Title: Credits, lyrics, and trivia
+  Description: >-
+    Included with the album download.
   Files:
   - CREDITS_B.txt
-- Title: Lyrics & Trivia
-  Files:
   - LYRICS_ETC_B.txt
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20120414114842/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-b))

diff --git a/album/genesis-frog.yaml b/album/genesis-frog.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ Wallpaper Style: |-
     background-size: auto;
 Wallpaper File Extension: png
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Solo Album Month Bandcamp Banner and Background
+- Title: Solo Album Month Bandcamp banner & background
+  Description: >-
+    Greyscale theme used on Bandcamp throughout late 2012, with the releases of [[album:symphony-impossible-to-play]], [[album:one-year-older]], and this album.
   Files:
   - banner.jpg
   - bg.jpg

diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ Commentary: |-
     [[artist:michael-vallejo]]<br>
     [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]
 ---
-Color: '#38f43d'
 Section: From Homestuck Vol. 1
+Color: '#38f43d'
+Description: >-
+    Doesn't include [[track:sburban-jungle-brief-mix]] or [[track:aggrieve-violin-redux]].
 ---
 Track: Showtime (Piano Refrain)
 Originally Released As: Showtime (Piano Refrain)
@@ -151,8 +153,10 @@ URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skies-of-skaia-3
 - https://youtu.be/tjq32cJRqpc
 ---
-Color: '#cb87f6'
 Section: From Homestuck Vol. 2
+Color: '#cb87f6'
+Description: >-
+    [[track:john-sleeps-skaian-magicant]], [[track:gardener]], and [[track:potential-verdancy]] are new to this release, replacing [[track:skaian-dreams-remix]], [[track:guardian]], and [[track:kinetic-verdancy]] respectively; [[track:nightlife-extended]] is excluded without a replacement.
 ---
 Track: Harlequin (Rock Version)
 Originally Released As: Harlequin (Rock Version)
@@ -271,8 +275,10 @@ Referenced Tracks:
 Sampled Tracks:
 - Verdancy (Bassline)
 ---
-Color: '#ef001d'
 Section: From Homestuck Vol. 3
+Color: '#ef001d'
+Description: >-
+    Doesn't include [[track:rediscover-fusion-remix]] (which had been previously removed from the original Vol. 3).
 ---
 Track: Beatdown (Strider Style)
 Originally Released As: Beatdown (Strider Style)
@@ -382,8 +388,10 @@ URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pony-chorale-3
 - https://youtu.be/B88bE5niVFQ
 ---
-Color: '#51a2fd'
 Section: From Homestuck Vol. 4
+Color: '#51a2fd'
+Description: >-
+    Doesn't include [[track:mutiny]], [[track:guardian-v2]], or [[track:contention-vol4]] (all of which had been previously removed from the original Vol. 4).
 ---
 Track: Revelawesome
 Originally Released As: Revelawesome
@@ -497,7 +505,9 @@ URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-3
 - https://youtu.be/dJ7H7MkL1Yk
 ---
-Section: Bonus tracks
+Section: Bonus track
+Description: >-
+    New to this release.
 ---
 Track: Doctor (Original Loop)
 Suffix Directory: false

diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ Commentary: |-
     ([Release listening / Q&A stream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJWqqikd6S0))
 Additional Files:
 - Title: Album Booklet
-  Description: Original divided into two parts, or choose the compressed file for all the pages in one.
+  Description: >-
+    Stylized credit and commentary booklet, included with the album download. Due to file size limitations, the original PDF is divided into two parts; choose the compressed file for all the pages in one.
   Files:
   - Booklet (Part 1 of 2).pdf
   - Booklet (Part 2 of 2).pdf

diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ Wallpaper Artists:
 - Homestuck
 - Niklink (edits for wiki)
 Additional Files:
-- Title: SBURB Wallpaper
+- Title: SBURB wallpaper
+  Description: >-
+    Included in the album download, as well as the download for [[album:homestuck-vol-1-4]].
   Files:
   - sburbwp_1280x1024.jpg
   - sburbwp_1440x900.jpg
   - sburbwp_1920x1080.jpg
-- Title: Alternate Covers
+- Title: Alternate cover artworks
+  Description: >-
+    Included in the album download. One for each option on the [wardrobifier](https://mspaintadventures.fandom.com/wiki/Wardrobifier).
   Files:
   - Homestuck_Vol4_alt1.jpg
   - Homestuck_Vol4_alt2.jpg

diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ Art Tags:
 - Squiddles
 - Skaia
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Album Booklet
+- Title: Album booklet
+  Description: >-
+    Credit booklet with some extended album cover artworks, also. Includes credits for tracks by [[artist:soluslunes]] which were later removed; the album download stopped including this booklet.
   Files:
   - Homestuck_Vol5.pdf
-- Title: What Pumpkin Site Banner
+- Title: What Pumpkin site banner
+  Description: >-
+    Banner on ["about the albums"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100616162425/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/albums.html) page.
   Files:
   - vol5.jpg
 Commentary: |-

diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ Wallpaper Artists:
 - Andrew Hussie
 Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.55;'
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Bandcamp Background
+- Title: Bandcamp background
   Files:
   - bg.jpg
-- Title: What Pumpkin Site Banner
+- Title: What Pumpkin site banner
+  Description: >-
+    Banner on ["about the albums"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718035128/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/albums.html) page.
   Files:
   - vol6_wp_banner.jpg
 Commentary: |-

diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ Wallpaper Artists:
 - Homestuck
 Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 1;'
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Album Credits
+- Title: Album credits
+  Description: >-
+    Included with the album download.
   Files:
   - Vol 7.txt
-- Title: Bandcamp Banner and Background
+- Title: Bandcamp banner & background
+  Description: >-
+    This album and [[album:mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido]] were released on the same day; the banner artwork highlights both of them.
   Files:
   - banner.jpg
   - bg.jpg

diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml
@@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ Wallpaper Style: |-
     background-repeat: repeat;
     background-size: auto;
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Album Credits
+- Title: Album credits
+  Description: >-
+    Music and artwork credits, included with the album download.
   Files:
   - Credits.txt
-- Title: Bandcamp Banner and Background
+- Title: Bandcamp banner & background
   Files:
   - banner.jpg
   - bg.gif
@@ -1205,6 +1207,8 @@ MIDI Project Files:
   - "I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Acapella) - cookiefonster.mid"
 ---
 Section: Bonus tracks
+Description: >-
+    The track [[track:null-vol8]] was only included for a brief period after this album's release.
 ---
 Track: How Do I Live (D8 Night Version)
 Additional Names:

diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ Wallpaper Style: |-
     background-repeat: repeat;
     background-size: auto;
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Album Credits
+- Title: Album credits
+  Description: >-
+    Music and artwork credits, included with the album download.
   Files:
   - VOL_9_CREDITS.txt
 - Title: Bandcamp Banner and Background

diff --git a/album/lofam.yaml b/album/lofam.yaml
@@ -225,17 +225,18 @@ Banner Style: |-
     image-rendering: crisp-edges;
 Additional Files:
 - Title: Album Booklet
+  Description: >-
+    Credit and commentary booklet, included with the album download.
   Files:
   - Commentary Booklet.pdf
 - Title: Bandcamp Banner
   Files:
   - banner.png
 - Title: Site Banner
+  Description: >-
+    Banner on [hsfanmusic.skaia.net](https://hsfanmusic.skaia.net/lofam.html).
   Files:
   - banner_alt.png
-- Title: The Straggler (Sburban Rush animation) 
-  Files:
-  - the_straggler___sburban_rush_by_ralengainsborough.swf
 ---
 Track: Beginnings (Press Start to Play)
 Additional Names:
@@ -737,6 +738,12 @@ Art Tags:
 - John
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Sburban Jungle
+Additional Files:
+- Title: The Straggler
+  Description: >-
+    Fan-animation referenced in commentary, by [[artist:ralen-gainsborough]] (this track's composer). [Shared on DeviantArt.](https://www.deviantart.com/ralengainsborough/art/The-Straggler-Sburban-Rush-172750637)
+  Files:
+  - the_straggler___sburban_rush_by_ralengainsborough.swf
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Ralen Gainsborough:</i> (booklet commentary)
 

diff --git a/album/medium.yaml b/album/medium.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Wallpaper Style: |-
     background-repeat: no-repeat;
     opacity: 0.9;
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Bandcamp Background
+- Title: Bandcamp background
   Files:
   - bg.jpg
 Commentary: |-

diff --git a/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml b/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Color: '#dd0000'
 Groups:
 - group:official
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Album Cover Wallpaper (shared separately)
+- Title: Cover artwork wallpaper
+  Description: >-
+    Officially shared through [MSPA's desktop wallpaper page](http://www.mspaintadventures.com/desktops.html), in three sizes.
   Files:
   - mcwpp_1280x1024.jpg
   - mcwpp_1440x900.jpg

diff --git a/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.yaml b/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido.yaml
@@ -24,10 +24,14 @@ Groups:
 Art Tags:
 - Mobius Trip
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Album Booklet
+- Title: Album booklet
+  Description: >-
+    Highly stylized lyric booklet, included with the album download. Features four exclusive artworks.
   Files:
   - Mobius_Trip_And_Hadron_Kaleido_Booklet.pdf
-- Title: Bandcamp Banner (w/ Vol. 7)
+- Title: Bandcamp banner
+  Description: >-
+    This album and [[album:homestuck-vol-7]] were released on the same day; the banner artwork highlights both of them.
   Files:
   - banner.jpg
 Commentary: |-

diff --git a/album/one-year-older.yaml b/album/one-year-older.yaml
@@ -90,10 +90,14 @@ Wallpaper Style: |-
     background-size: auto;
 Wallpaper File Extension: png
 Additional Files:
-- Title: Album Booklet
+- Title: Album booklet
+  Description: >-
+    Commentary booklet, included with the album download.
   Files:
   - Commentary Book.pdf
-- Title: Solo Album Month Bandcamp Banner and Background
+- Title: Solo Album Month Bandcamp banner & background
+  Description: >-
+    Greyscale theme used on Bandcamp throughout late 2012, with the releases of [[album:symphony-impossible-to-play]], this album, and [[album:genesis-frog]].
   Files:
   - banner.jpg
   - bg.jpg
@@ -587,6 +591,8 @@ Commentary: |-
     And of course, thanks for listening to this album, and supporting both me and the comic in whatever way you have.
 ---
 Section: 2019 release
+Description: >-
+    Hidden track, exclusive to the album download, included on the artist's personal-Bandcamp 2019 rerelease.
 ---
 Track: it's good to see you again
 Date First Released: October 29, 2019