album
Other forms: albums
An album is a book of photographs, mementos, or a collection of some other kind — like music. As digital forms of photographs and music become more popular, albums are becoming a thing of the past.
A photo album is full of pictures, and a stamp collector's album contains stamps from different countries. Another kind of album is a collection of songs, either on a record or a CD. In Latin, album means "white," and in ancient times it referred to a blank tablet. 16th century German academics kept what they called an album amicorum, or a collection of colleagues' signatures, and from there album came to mean "souvenir book."
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a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
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autograph album
an album for autographs
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phonograph album, record album
an album for holding phonograph records
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photograph album
an album for photographs
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scrapbook
an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted
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stamp album
an album for stamps
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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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record album
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concept album
an album whose recordings are unified by some theme (instrumental or lyrical or narrative or compositional)
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rock opera
albums of rock music that aspired to the status of art; first appeared in the 1960s
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benefit album, tribute album
concept album compiling a performer's work or work supporting some worthy cause
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medium
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
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concept album
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