Artist name in release title?

MusicBrainz
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I recently added this release, importing from Discogs. It was created with the title “Seals & Crofts’ Greatest Hits.”

I noticed that the RG, and every other release in the RG, is titled simply “Greatest Hits.”
The front cover shows “Seals & Crofts / Greatest Hits,” which would lead one to believe the artist name and the title are separate. However, the back cover, spines, and mediums on every release have “Seals & Crofts’ Greatest Hits,” which supports the idea of the artist name included in the title.

Personally, I prefer the “Seals & Crofts’ Greatest Hits,” and I think they should all be changed to match that, but before I go through and make a bunch of edits, I wanted to get some opinions, since the release I added stands alone on this. Also, there are an absolute ton of non-classical releases named simply “Greatest Hits.”

If this were a classical release, I might be going the other way, but the non-classical guidelines don’t have the same instruction as the CSG.

Thoughts?

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The notes inthe booklet does use “Seals & Crofts’ Greatest Hits” and so does the Digital Media titles.

Most of the time an album like this is just “Greatest Hits”, but I can see an argument either way here.

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