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Given the title is only 2 characters long, I decided to use the Title / Artist option for the sake of searches.

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Does this really represent any products when it's all original music with only lyrics about Mass Effect?

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Yes; it is an album wholly inspired by the Mass Effect trilogy, as stated in the notes. I've had various conversations with Secret Squirrel, and "inspired by" albums are more than eligible to be added...within reason, of course.

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I wasn't asking whether or not the album should be added but if it should have the three Mass Effect games in the Products Represented field. I was under the impression that is used only for games whose music is on the album. But if Secret Squirrel's view is that it's appropriate to do so, as long as the game names are in blue, so that people can see this when they're on another Mass Effect product, I have no real objections.

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I know what you were asking, and I answered you. This one could also serve as an example. I reckon I shouldn't have added the platforms given the nature of the album.

[Efendija]

We have 'derivative' option for linking products (it's so rarely used that people maybe don't know about it) and that's where 'inspired by' albums come. Derivative classification will make the product links dark blue to differentiate indirect connection to the games.

Speaking of Mass Effect, this one could also qualify.

[Lashiec]

We also have a bunch of albums by the Brueggemann brothers (aka the Super Marcato Bros.) who share these traits.

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Originally Posted by Efendija

Speaking of Mass Effect, this one could also qualify.

Definitely. The artist even states it as being a "tribute album with music inspired by the series". Kind of lazy at the moment to download and verify, but not like there's a reason to doubt it seeing it's coming straight from the horse's mouth. Plus, he classified it as original work.

I took the liberty of making the proper edits.