Release

Release may refer to:

• Film release, the public distribution of a film
• Legal release, a legal instrument
• News release, a communication directed at the news media
• Release (ISUP), a code to identify and debug events in ISUP signaling
• Release (music), the public distribution of a musical recording
• Release (phonetics), the opening of the closure of a stop consonant
• Release, a bridge in thirty-two-bar form
• Release time, how quickly a note fades to silence when played on a synthesizer

Film and television

• "Release" (Angel), episode 14 of season four in the television show Angel
• Release (film), a 2010 British film starring Daniel Brocklebank
• "Release" (Law & Order), the 379th episode of NBC's legal drama Law & Order
• Release (The X-Files), the 199th episode of the television series The X-Files

Recorded music

Albums

• Release (Cop Shoot Cop album), the fourth and final album by the experimental band Cop Shoot Cop
• Release (David Knopfler album), David Knopfler's first solo album after leaving Dire Straits
• Release (P·A·L album), a 2000 album by German industrial music artist P·A·L
• Release (Pet Shop Boys album), the twelfth studio album, by the English electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys
• Release (Sister Hazel album), Sister Hazel's seventh studio album

Songs

• "Release" (The Tea Party song), a 1998 song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It was released as a charity single in Canada and a promotional single in the USA. The music video was shot in Paris and Toronto
• "Release" (Timbaland song), a song recorded by Timbaland and Justin Timberlake on the 2007 album Shock Value
• "Release (The Tension)", a 1980 song by Patti LaBelle
• "Release, Release", a 1978 song by Yes
• "Release", the first song from George's 2002 album Polyserena
• "Release", the eleventh song on Pearl Jam's 1991 album Ten
• "Release", the first song on Afro Celt Sound System's 1999 album Volume 2: Release; with vocals by Sinéad O'Connor

Organizations

• Release (agency), a UK agency that provides legal services for young people charged with drug possession
• Release Entertainment, a subsidiary of Relapse Records
• Release International, an organization for monitoring persecution of Christians
• Release Music Magazine, a Swedish alternative music online magazine

See also

• Delayed release (disambiguation)
• Flash release, a technique used for pressing grapes, usually for the purpose of making wine
• Dismissal (employment), the termination of employment by an employer against the will of the employee
• Software release life cycle, the public distribution of software code and support materials