diff --git a/lib/musicbrainz/bindings/release.rb b/lib/musicbrainz/bindings/release.rb
index 86be769..f00bd90 100644
--- a/lib/musicbrainz/bindings/release.rb
+++ b/lib/musicbrainz/bindings/release.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ module MusicBrainz
         
         hash = {
           id: (xml.attribute('id').value rescue nil),
+          type: (xml.xpath('./release-group').attribute('type').value rescue nil),
           title: (xml.xpath('./title').text rescue nil),
           status: (xml.xpath('./status').text rescue nil),
           country: (xml.xpath('./country').text rescue nil),
diff --git a/lib/musicbrainz/models/release.rb b/lib/musicbrainz/models/release.rb
index 065d137..8262838 100644
--- a/lib/musicbrainz/models/release.rb
+++ b/lib/musicbrainz/models/release.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module MusicBrainz
   class Release < BaseModel
     field :id, String
+    field :type, String
     field :title, String
     field :status, String
     field :format, String
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ module MusicBrainz
 
     class << self
       def find(id)
-        client.load(:release, { id: id, inc: [:media] }, {
+        client.load(:release, { id: id, inc: [:media, :release_groups] }, {
           binding: :release,
           create_model: :release
         })
diff --git a/lib/musicbrainz/models/release_group.rb b/lib/musicbrainz/models/release_group.rb
index ec8215e..2e1e24b 100644
--- a/lib/musicbrainz/models/release_group.rb
+++ b/lib/musicbrainz/models/release_group.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module MusicBrainz
     alias_method :disambiguation, :desc
 
     def releases
-      @releases ||= client.load(:release, { release_group: id, inc: [:media], limit: 100 }, {
+      @releases ||= client.load(:release, { release_group: id, inc: [:media, :release_groups], limit: 100 }, {
         binding: :release_group_releases,
         create_models: :release,
         sort: :date
diff --git a/spec/models/release_group_spec.rb b/spec/models/release_group_spec.rb
index d4ad0b8..4656198 100644
--- a/spec/models/release_group_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/release_group_spec.rb
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ describe MusicBrainz::ReleaseGroup do
       releases.first.title.should == "Empire"
       releases.first.date.should == Date.new(2006, 8, 28)
       releases.first.country.should == "GB"
+      releases.first.type.should == "Album"
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/release_spec.rb b/spec/models/release_spec.rb
index ffea3a6..066d09c 100644
--- a/spec/models/release_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/release_spec.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ describe MusicBrainz::Release do
     release.asin.should == 'B002NOYX6I'
     release.barcode.should == '602527197692'
     release.quality.should == 'normal'
+    release.type.should == 'Album'
   end
 
   it "gets correct release tracks" do