album

/'ælbəm/

Thân thiện

She carefully places the new photograph into the family album.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
2. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• record album