"Album Only" songs included?

I don't regularly buy entire albums, so I'm double checking before I purchase an album containing "Album Only" songs. These are included when I buy the entire album on iTunes, right?
Making sure "Album Only" doesn't mean iTunes doesn't have rights to sell them and they're only available on the album in a store.
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'Album only' songs are included. It just means you can't buy them separate.
That usually occurs with songs that have a long play time.
Hope this helps.
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I received as a gift a 50 song credit to the iTunes store. I would like to be able to buy complete albums with this credit, including the "album only" songs. When I try to buy albums, it says that my song credits do not apply to album purchases, and when I then buy each song from an album individually, I can't buy the rest of the "album only" songs.
Is there a solution to this problem? If I buy 10 individual songs off an album, can I use "complete my album" to get the rest of the "album only" songs? It would not seem to make sense for this to not work. Especially since I have, in effect, spent more on 12 individual songs from an album than I would have on the $10 cost of the entire album on the first place. It seems like I should therefore be entitled to the complete album.

Sorry but no, there's no solution when there are "album only" tracks other than to pay cash. Song credits can indeed only be used for individual tracks; they cannot be applied to album purchases.

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Hi, hopefully somebody can shed some light on this problem i'm having. I have a CD of 'Hit The Lights - This is a stick up... don't make it murder' and it doesn't include track 14 'Stick Up' which is on the itunes store. I want to purchase this song but i can't because it is an 'album only' song. Does this mean that if i want this song, i have to by the whole album even though i already have the CD? Because that is kind of annoying!
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Message was edited by: Joe.UK

Yes, you would have to buy the whole album. And despite what the other poster said, it isn't an enticement to past customers. And it isn't something controlled by Apple. These types of decisions are made by the record companies.
They may not want a popular, or extra long song to be sold for only $0.99. They try to entice the buyer to purchase the whole album (if it was a CD, you'd have to buy the whole thing). However, in the case of popular songs, you might see it go on sale by itself once after it is no longer a top song. If it's a long song (something you see in the classical music a lot), it may never be sold except as part of an album only track.

Cannot download Album Only Songs

Hi, can you help. I paid to download an album but now when I try to individually download songs I cannot download ones that are album only songs. What should I do?

I've just purchaces an album and having the same problem. Emailed support but received no reply. My previous album I managed to download with no problem, however if I try and download a track from this same album I now get the above error.

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I just purchased an album but noticed that it only played half of the song and skips to the next. I already deleted the songs and re-downloaded them for free. But three of the songs are album only songs and I cant seem to redownload it for three without paying the whole album again! Is there a way to fix this?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Check that your songs are hidden, and if so, unhide them > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4919 You will be able to download them after unhiding them.
If it doesn't work, contact with iTunes support > http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact

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If you want to the album only songs then you will need to buy the whole album, those songs can't be bought individually, only as part of the album

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In my view, one of the greatest strengths of iTunes is not having to purchase an entire album to get the particular songs one enjoys. This strength is undermined by the "album only" choices that appear all too frequently.
I've found several album only songs that I would like to purchase and I have not purchased one of the albums. I'm guessing I'm not alone in this behavior. Drop the "album only" idea and you'll certainly make more money from me. Keeping it is only driving me to look elsewhere for the songs.

This is not controlled by Apple. The most frequent reasons for "album only" songs are the copyright holders are different for this song than the rest of the album & do not want the song sold as an individual track. The copyright holder for all of a specific album, for whatever reason, may have required that a specific track or tracks be sold as "album only". Apple has to abide by what the copyright holders want when it comes to distributing content.

I bought the album... but the album only song won't play!

I bought and downloaded the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 soundtrack but the album only song- I Don't Think Now Is The Best Time still wont play!
HELP!

There may have been an error in the initial download. To correct this you'll need to contact the iTunes Store support team.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/songs/
Just enter the appropriate information in the fields at the bottom of that page.

TS1389 Re-Downloading Album Only Songs

I had trouble playing certain songs I downloaded when I downloaded a complete album because iTunes repeatedly said that my computer was not authorized. So, I redownloaded all the tracks that wouldn't play for free but am unable to for the album only tracks. Is there a way to do this?

I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the items that are not redownloading. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the items, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" links next to the items.

What's up with "album-only" songs in the iStore???

Just out of curiosity and general frustration--whats the reason behind some songs only being available in the iTunes store when you buy the whole album? Is it some kind of copyright thing?

I've noticed that a lot of tracks over about 7 minutes show up as 'album only' - other than that I guess it is indeed some sort of copyright/label restriction.
Shame, as in the early days of online music I managed to get the whole of Tubular Bells from a Microsoft-based store for 99p per 'side' - I imagine it's this issue they're trying to address.
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Anyone wonder who picks which songs are available to buy vs. "Album Only"?

A little something i just sent to itunes customer service. I'm really getting tires of being told the one or two songs I actually want are only available by purchasing the entire album.
Hello,
I have a question regarding the selection of songs process used by Apple when setting up Itunes Music store for a new album/product. Could you please explain in detail why it seems that albums are always set up to force paying customers to buy entire albums for a scant few songs that are actually wanted. Generally when a popular artist is featured on a song, or one that seems like it will be very, very popular, Apple stoops to such disdainful measures to make it impossible to buy as a stand-alone song. To me that is just plain greedy because we know what you are doing.
It seems that with some forethought to it's future busines, perhaps Apple could make a truly customer oriented decision and make all songs available at any time. Customers would be happy and you would make up the profits on "Good Will" of giving the customers what they want, rather than leaving them ****** off. They might just start going to Walmart or Target to buy the whole CD instead, if they have no other alternative and leave you in the dust.
Thank you for your attention, and for doing the right thing.
I look forward to your announcement in the near future that all songs will be available.

Ah yes, this one is quite simple, at least the "why" part; the "who" is likely the copyright holder (aka the record company). As for "why", well it's pretty simple, some albums have an obvious smash hit, and the remainder of the album (obviously in the view of the record company) may not be as, well, "exciting" to the consumer. So to prevent their investment in a record from turning into an investment of one song, they will make that one song "album only" so as to increase sales. Pretty dastardly; really violates the spirit of why Napster hit a chord with people to begin with: WE DON'T ALWAYS WANT THE WHOLE ALBUM FOR JUST ONE SONG!
I advocate to anyone who will listen to NOT buy any song/album from an album that contains an "album only" song. If you follow like sheep into that trap, then before you know it the record companies will make more and more of their offerrings "album only" and we'll be right back to where we started with traditional CD sales.
If you are forced to buy the album to get that one song, then don't buy it on iTunes, go buy the actual CD or from some other legal source. If enough people refuse to buy those "album only" albums, then the record companies will give up on that tactic.
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Purchased whole album,one song wont play

I recently downloaded a soundtrack album,all the songs except one play fine,if i click on it it plays for a second,then skips to the next song,i cant download it as a single track,it is an album only song.This isnt the first time this has happened,i have had similar issues with other album downloads,its always one song that wont play,with either the whole track playing silently,or just skipping to the next track,its really frustrating and i am annoyed that i have payed for something that i havent actually got,is there a solution for this? has anyone else had this problem?

Delete and redownload it if doing so is free in your country.
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Thank you for the reply. Yes, I had tried that but, with my Albums showing, when I selecrt File, Print (and pdf), it shows all the song titles in each album and I want only the album titles.
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Help!? cant gift songs due to error message album only - but they are not!

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I recently updated my itunes and now 9 out of 10 songs I try to gift won't as they are apparantly 'album only' - but they aren't!
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Contact iTS support about it.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/
They'll probably need to know the exact track names. You can right-click on tracks in ITS, "Copy iTunes store URL", and paste them into your message.

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