A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.
Used in a Sentence
album
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for album.
Editorial note
Also see my reply above for an example of an album that plays seamlessly for me in Spotify.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of album gathered in one view.
A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for album.
noun
A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.
noun
A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
noun
A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
noun
A collection, especially of literary items.
Example sentences
Also see my reply above for an example of an album that plays seamlessly for me in Spotify.
Death's best album, for example, is probably either Leprosy or Human, which are both from several years later.
It wouldn't kill you to order an album, drop it in a CD drive and rip it.
Buy songs a-la-carte at $0.99 and pay more than you would for the whole physical album.
Now that anyone can publish content, record an album, what have you, the value of content has dropped to nearly nothing.
It replaced live versions with album versions, non-censored (explicit) tracks with censored ones.
I have a particular hip-hop album on my phone that is an orchestra version of the original.
His first album didnt sell very well and he got dropped.
Every time I attempt to play the studio album, I hear the orchestra (live) version.
Today the price of a digital album barely breaks 15 USD.
However, the very common use case listed in the article of uploading a live album and getting studio tracks, is more than just a minor annoyance.
An artist I really like releases a new album and I buy it right away because I want to listen to it on repeat.
Quote examples
Yes, classical music metadata doesn't fit with the "simple" pop music artist/album/song format.
The "Album-Song" organisational metaphor just doesn't work for classical music.
Try listening to Abbey Road, or Dark Side Of The Moon, or any other album that relies on zero second time gaps between tracks with a constant beat (The most recent example I can remember would be Chemical Brothers, "Further", between track 1 and 2).
- Whether a particular recommended performance is going to be available on Spotify - Whether you can click on the "album" to get the rest of the movements, or whether you just found a standalone track - Whether the "artist" is going to list the composer, the performance group, or one famous performer So it takes a lot of trial and error.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use album in a sentence?
Also see my reply above for an example of an album that plays seamlessly for me in Spotify.
What does album mean?
A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks.
What part of speech is album?
album is commonly used as noun.