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Old 1st August 2004, 07:58 AM
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Like ~K+ already said, MAXI is a reference to the DISC size of the cd. A full sized CD is a Maxi CD. This is why there are the Poker Face Maxi single and regular single, the first regular release was on a mini disc, the second on a full disc (also with more tracks). People confuse "maxi" to mean that the single is 10 tracks, but it's referring to the actual size of the disc itself, not to the amount of content on it.

All albums are full sized CDs. "Maxi album" would be a redundant term, and is well, never used and pretty much non-existant.


Anyway, though the term doesn't make sense, I wouldn't take it as a mistake that meant mini album, only because we know this source is entirely unreliable.
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