There was a time when buying an album meant buying the album. One tracklist, one cover, one sequence. If you wanted more from the artist, you waited for the next release.

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In 2026, that's not quite how it works anymore!

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This month alone, Madison Beer released a deluxe edition of Locket, My Chemical Romance announced a deluxe reissue of Danger Days, fifteen years on, and metal pioneers Sodom announced a vast reissue of Get What You Deserve, complete with remasters, remixes, and live recordings.

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Different genres, different eras, different reasons for being… but all sharing something in common: they invite us to reconsider what we already thought we knew about an album.

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It begs the question: when an album exists in two versions, or three, or sometimes more… which one is the album? Is it the original release, the version the artist first chose to share with the world? Is it the deluxe edition, with everything included? Or is it whichever version you found first, the one that you sang and danced to during the months that mattered?

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And what do you think about deluxe albums in general? Are you a fan because, ultimately, more content is good content? Or did you prefer when what you bought and heard was what you got?

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That's where you come in! We want to hear what you think about it. Are there deluxe editions you've come to love more than the originals they grew from? Maybe there's a deluxe drop you're particularly looking forward to, or one you wish had stayed as it was. What do you think of the Deluxe Album Era in general?

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Make your case via this form and we'll be back next month to share what you said. Watch this space!