diff --git a/vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/musicbrainz.py b/vrobbler/apps/scrobbles/musicbrainz.py
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+import logging
+
+import musicbrainzngs
+from dateutil.parser import parse
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def lookup_album_from_mb(musicbrainz_id: str) -> dict:
+    release_dict = {}
+
+    musicbrainzngs.set_useragent('vrobbler', '0.3.0')
+    release_data = musicbrainzngs.get_release_by_id(
+        musicbrainz_id,
+        includes=['artists', 'release-groups', 'recordings'],
+    ).get('release')
+
+    if not release_data:
+        return release_dict
+
+    primary_artist = release_data.get('artist-credit')[0]
+    release_dict = {
+        'artist': {
+            'name': primary_artist.get('name'),
+            'musicbrainz_id': primary_artist.get('id'),
+        },
+        'album': {
+            'name': release_data.get('title'),
+            'musicbrainz_id': musicbrainz_id,
+            'musicbrainz_releasegroup_id': release_data.get(
+                'release-group'
+            ).get('id'),
+            'musicbrainz_albumaritist_id': primary_artist.get('id'),
+            'year': release_data.get('year')[0:4],
+        },
+    }
+
+    release_dict['tracks'] = []
+    for track in release_data.get('medium-list')[0]['track-list']:
+        recording = track['recording']
+        release_dict['tracks'].append(
+            {
+                'title': recording['title'],
+                'musicbrainz_id': recording['id'],
+                'run_time_ticks': track['length'],
+            }
+        )
+
+    return release_dict
+
+
+def lookup_album_dict_from_mb(release_name: str, artist_name: str) -> dict:
+    musicbrainzngs.set_useragent('vrobbler', '0.3.0')
+
+    top_result = musicbrainzngs.search_releases(
+        release_name, artist=artist_name
+    )['release-list'][0]
+    score = int(top_result.get('ext:score'))
+    if score < 85:
+        logger.debug(
+            "Album lookup score below 85 threshold",
+            extra={"result": top_result},
+        )
+        return {}
+    print(top_result)
+    return {
+        "year": parse(top_result["date"]).year,
+        "mb_id": top_result["id"],
+        "mb_group_id": top_result["release-group"]["id"],
+    }
+
+
+def lookup_artist_id_from_mb(artist_name: str) -> str:
+    musicbrainzngs.set_useragent('vrobbler', '0.3.0')
+
+    top_result = musicbrainzngs.search_artists(artist=artist_name)[
+        'artist-list'
+    ][0]
+    score = int(top_result.get('ext:score'))
+    if score < 85:
+        logger.debug(
+            "Artist lookup score below 85 threshold",
+            extra={"result": top_result},
+        )
+        return ""
+
+    return top_result["id"]