diff -up abcde-2.5.4/abcde.orig abcde-2.5.4/abcde
--- abcde-2.5.4/abcde.orig	2014-04-17 21:56:03.675957914 +0300
+++ abcde-2.5.4/abcde	2014-04-17 21:56:14.415166223 +0300
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ do_tag ()
 					# happily substitute them with $TRACKNUM
 					run_command tagtrack-$OUTPUT-$1 nice $ENCNICE $TAGGER $TAGGEROPTS \
 						--comment="$COMMENTOUTPUT" -A "$DALBUM" \
-						-a "$TRACKARTIST" -t "$TRACKNAME" -Y "$CDYEAR" \
+						-a "$TRACKARTIST" -t "$TRACKNAME" ${CDYEAR:+-Y "$CDYEAR"} \
 						-G "$GENREID" -n "${TRACKNUM:-$1}" \
 						${TRACKNUM:+-N "$TRACKS"} \
 						${ENCODING:+--encoding="$ENCODING"} \