album
/'ælbəm/
Definition
- Noun:
- A book with blank pages, pockets, or envelopes for organizing collections: An "album" is a physical book designed to hold and display items such as photographs, stamps, or stickers.
- A collection of audio recordings released as a single unit: An "album" is a set of musical tracks or other audio recordings issued together, originally on formats like vinyl records and later on cassettes or compact discs.
Usage Examples
- Noun (for collections):
- She carefully placed the wedding photos in the family album.
- He has a valuable stamp album filled with rare specimens.
- Noun (for recordings):
- The band released their debut album last year.
- This classic album was originally a double LP on vinyl.
Advanced Usage
- "Concept album": A musical album where all the tracks contribute to a single overarching theme or narrative.
- "The Wall" by Pink Floyd is a famous rock opera and concept album.
- "Album-oriented rock (AOR)": A radio format or style of rock music focused on playing full tracks from albums rather than singles.
- That radio station plays classic album-oriented rock from the 1970s.
Variants and Related Words
- Album leaf: A single page from an album, or a short, simple musical composition.
- The composer wrote a beautiful album leaf for piano.
- Album cover: The front artwork or packaging of a music album.
- The iconic album cover featured a prism and a beam of light.
Synonyms
- Scrapbook: A book with blank pages for attaching pictures, clippings, or other memorabilia.
- Record: A disc or collection of audio recordings; often used interchangeably with "album" in a musical context.
- Compilation: A collection of musical tracks, often by various artists, assembled into one release.
Related Phrases
- Photo album: A specific type of album designed for photographs.
- We looked through the old photo album to find pictures of our grandparents.
- Studio album: An album consisting primarily of recordings made in a studio, as opposed to a live performance.
- Their next project will be a studio album of all new material.
Idioms
- "To sound like a broken record": To repeat the same thing over and over. (Note: This idiom uses "record," a format for albums, but is not directly about the word "album" itself. It is included here due to its strong cultural connection to the concept of recorded music).
- He keeps complaining about the same issue; he sounds like a broken record.
Noun
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a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
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one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
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