ALBUM Definition & Meaning

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album

[ al-buhm ]

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noun

1. a bound or loose-leaf book consisting of blank pages, pockets, envelopes, etc., for storing or displaying photographs, stamps, or the like, or for collecting autographs.
2. a digital collection of photographs, stored on a computer or mobile device for viewing, displaying, or sharing.
1. a record or set of records containing several musical selections, a complete play or opera, etc.:
  Her album of folk songs will be out next month.
2. the package or container for such a record or records:
  The album has a pocket for each record.
3. a collection of audio recordings released together as a collected work:
  The digital release of their debut album sold more copies than expected.
a printed book containing an anthology of writings, reproductions of photographs or artwork, musical compositions, etc.

album

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noun

a book or binder consisting of blank pages, pockets, or envelopes for keeping photographs, stamps, autographs, drawings, poems, etc
one or more CDs, cassettes, or long-playing records released as a single item
a booklike holder containing sleeves for gramophone records
an anthology, usually large and illustrated

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of album¹

First recorded in 1610–20; 1955–60 album fordef 2; from Latin: neuter singular of albus “white,” i.e., a blank (tablet) painted white for writing on

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of album¹

C17: from Latin: blank tablet, from albus white

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The song is the first track from Sheeran's eighth studio album, which is due for release later this year.

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Hurley’s talents were manifold — he designed and illustrated most of his charming hand-drawn album art, and learned a diversity of instruments including banjo and fiddle.

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Every time I tour an album and I go home, I think it’s over.

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Among them are working tapes from the sessions that led to rock classic Born In The USA, and an album that experimented with drum loops and synthesisers from the early 1990s.

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Bacon’s also an executive producer, and he and Nettles, who is the lead singer in the country music duo Sugarland, wrote and recorded songs for “The Bondsman”- adjacent album, “Hell and Back,” out Friday.

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