Release

Release may refer to:


 * Art release, the public distribution of an artistic production, such as a film, album, or song
 * 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 (phonetics), the opening of the closure of a stop consonant
 * Release from imprisonment
 * Release, in medical classification, a root operation in the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System
 * Software release, a distribution of a computer software in the software release life cycle

Film and television

 * Release (film), a 2010 British film starring Daniel Brocklebank
 * "Release" (Angel), a television episode
 * "Release" (Law & Order), a television episode
 * "Release" (The X-Files), a television episode
 * "The Release" (Animorphs), a television episode
 * "The Release" (Entourage), a television episode

Music

 * Release, part of the A(ttack)D(ecay)S(sustain)R(release) envelope of a musical note
 * Release, a bridge in thirty-two-bar form
 * Release Entertainment, a subsidiary label of Relapse Records

Albums

 * Release (Cop Shoot Cop album), 1994
 * Release (Damon Johnson album) or the title song, 2010
 * Release (David Knopfler album), 1983
 * Release (Pet Shop Boys album), 2002
 * Release (Sister Hazel album) or the title song, 2009

Songs

 * "Release" (The Tea Party song), 1998
 * "Release" (Timbaland song), 2008
 * "Release (The Tension)", by Patti LaBelle, 1980
 * "Release", by Afro Celt Sound System from Volume 2: Release, 1999
 * "Release", by George from Polyserena, 2002
 * "Release", by Imagine Dragons from Smoke + Mirrors, 2015
 * "Release", by Paul McCartney from Standing Stone, 1997
 * "Release", by Pearl Jam from Ten, 1991
 * "Release, Release", by Yes from Tormato, 1978

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
 * Release Magazine, a Swedish alternative music online magazine