# Renaming ALBUM
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-album/10498
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 1, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-album/10498 "2010-06-01T07:39:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@someguyxiii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/someguyxiii)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-album/10498/1 "2010-06-01T07:39:11Z")
I have a file with the ALBUM name: (1995) Astro Creep 2000
And would like to change the ALBUM name to: Astro Creep 2000 (1995)
I've tried: Replace action
Field: ALBUM
Regular expression: (%1) %2 %3 %4
Replace matches with: %2 %3 %4 (%1)
But this did not work.
Is there an action to do this?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-album/10498/2 "2010-06-01T08:40:28Z")
Yes but it's not so simple:
_Action type:_ **Replace with regular expressions**
_Field:_ **ALBUM**
_Regular expression:_ **^((\d{4})) (.+)$**
_Replace matches with:_ **$2 $1**
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### Author:  [@someguyxiii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/someguyxiii)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-album/10498/3 "2010-06-01T18:05:46Z")
Thanks you so much for your help Dano!!
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### Author:  [@someguyxiii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/someguyxiii)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-album/10498/4 "2010-06-01T18:31:15Z")
I have an album name: Astro Creep 2000 (1995) and would like to extract "1995" and place it into the YEAR. I can't seem to figure this out.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-album/10498/5 "2010-06-01T19:48:33Z")
_Action type:_ **Guess values**
_Source format:_ **%album%**
_Guessing pattern:_ **%dummy% (%year%)**
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### Author:  [@someguyxiii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/someguyxiii)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-album/10498/6 "2010-06-01T20:29:17Z")
This does not work.
I tried: %year% %dummy% which adds the YEAR but the brackets are still there (1995).
How can I remove the brackets so the YEAR looks like this "1995"?
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-album/10498/7 "2010-06-01T20:36:09Z")
Then you told me the wrong album name.
It works with
Astro Creep 2000 (1995)
If you have
(1995) Astro Creep 2000
you need _(%year%) %dummy%_
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### Author:  [@someguyxiii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/someguyxiii)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-album/10498/8 "2010-06-01T20:43:22Z")
Thanks! that works!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-album/10498/9 "2026-02-09T12:22:25Z")