# Album Digital Release Preflight and Delivery

Check one finished album's order, tags, loudness relationships and transitions, then assemble and verify a digital distribution package with cover art and reports.

> Canonical page: https://elysiatools.com/en/hubs/album-digital-release-preflight-and-delivery

- **Keywords:** album delivery checklist, digital music release package, gapless album check, album loudness, release metadata

## Frequently asked questions

### Does a generated ZIP mean the album passed?

No. A package can still contain failing checks. Read the reports, resolve failures and rerun; the distributor's current rules and final review remain separate.

### Should every song have identical LUFS?

Not necessarily. A quiet interlude may be intentional; measure first and choose album gain only when the approved record needs adjustment.

### Does the gapless validator remove silence?

No. It reports seam silence, format consistency and relevant MP3 delay metadata. Correct actual defects in the source and audition the intended player.

### Can I use the MP3 preview as the upload master?

Treat previews as audition copies. Upload the accepted master format, and never assume conversion of lossy audio restores a lossless source.

## Related content

- [Audio Loudness, Dynamics, and Mastering Delivery](https://elysiatools.com/en/hubs/audio-mastering-loudness-workflows): Measure LUFS, true peak, and dynamics, apply suitable control, and verify podcast, broadcast, or music audio before delivery.
- [Audio Metadata, Tags, Chapters, and Album Art](https://elysiatools.com/en/hubs/audio-metadata): Prepare music or podcast files by checking tags, managing artwork, adding chapters, and cleaning delivery metadata.
- [Convert Audio Without Guessing the Codec or Delivery Settings](https://elysiatools.com/en/hubs/audio-convert): Inspect the source, choose one deliberate conversion path, change only destination-required parameters, and verify the delivered audio file.
- [Batch Audio Library Cleanup and Delivery](https://elysiatools.com/en/hubs/audio-library-batch-cleanup-and-delivery): Take a pile of mixed audio files to one shippable library — find and judge duplicates, convert the whole batch to a single format with deliberate encoder settings, fix the CBR or VBR bitrate policy, repair tags and filenames in bulk, and correct playback speed without touching pitch.