diff --git a/rails/app/controllers/artist_controller.rb b/rails/app/controllers/artist_controller.rb
index 353b17b..c02cf33 100644
--- a/rails/app/controllers/artist_controller.rb
+++ b/rails/app/controllers/artist_controller.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ class ArtistController < ApplicationController
 	def view
 		@artist = Artist.getByName(params[:name])
 		@albums = ReleaseGroup.getArtistAlbums(@artist.id)
-		ids = []
+		rg_ids = []
 		@albums.each do |a|
-			ids << a.id
+			rg_ids << a.id
 		end
+		
 	end
 end
diff --git a/rails/app/models/release.rb b/rails/app/models/release.rb
index e69de29..f577a37 100644
--- a/rails/app/models/release.rb
+++ b/rails/app/models/release.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+class Release < ActiveRecord::Base
+	set_table_name 'musicbrainz.bh_release'
+	def self.getReleases(release_groups, group_by_release = false, only_official = false)
+		Release.all(:conditions => ['release_group IN(?) AND '. (only_official ? 'AND release_tyepe=1' : 'release_type IS NOT NULL'), release_groups], :order => 'date ASC, id ASC')
+		
+		if ($group_by_release) {
+			$g_releases = array();
+			foreach ($releases as $release) {
+				if (!isset($g_releases[$release['release_group']])) {
+					$g_releases[$release['release_group']] = array();
+				}
+				$g_releases[$release['release_group']][$release['id']] = $release;
+			}
+			return $g_releases;
+		} else {
+			return $releases;
+		}
+	end
+end