Release

Release or Released may refer to:

Media

• Film release, the public distribution of a film
• Legal release, a legal instrument
• News release, a communication directed at the news media

Technology

• Software release life cycle, the public distribution of software code and support materials
• Release (ISUP), a code to identify and debug events in ISUP signaling

Science

• Release (phonetics), the opening of the closure of a stop consonant

Film and television

• Release (2010 film), a 2010 British film starring Daniel Brocklebank

Television episodes

• "Release" (Angel)
• "Release" (Law & Order)
• "Release" (The X-Files)

Music

• Release (music), the public distribution of a musical recording
• Release Magazine, a Swedish alternative music web magazine
• Release Entertainment, a subsidiary of Relapse Records
• Release time, in a music synthesizer ADSR envelope, how quickly a sound reaches silence when a note ends
• Bridge in Thirty-two-bar form

Albums

• Release (Cop Shoot Cop album)
• Release (David Knopfler album)
• Release (P·A·L album)
• Release (Pet Shop Boys album)
• Release (Sister Hazel album)
• Release, a double album release by George Acosta:
  • Release AM
  • Release PM
• Released (Jade Warrior album)
• Released (Patti LaBelle album)
• Released (Westlife album)
• Released: 1985–1995, an album by Kronos Quartet

Songs

• "Release" (The Tea Party song)
• "Release" (Timbaland song)
• "Release (The Tension)", a song by Patti LaBelle
• "Release, Release", a song by Yes
• "Release", a song by George from Polyserena
• "Release", a song by Pearl Jam from Ten
• "Release", a song by Afro Celt Sound System (featuring vocals by Sinéad O'Connor) from Volume 2: Release
• "Released", a song by Norther from Dreams of Endless War

Organizations

• Release (agency), a UK agency that provides legal services for young people charged with drug possession
• Release International, an organization for monitoring persecution of Christians

See also

• Delayed release
• Flash release (disambiguation)
• Dismissal (employment)
• Layoff or redundancy