album

[alĀ·bum]

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.

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A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.

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

Noun
one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audio tape and compact disc


n.
A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.

n.
A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.

n.
A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.


Album

Al"bum , n. [L., neut. of albus white: cf. F. album. Cf. Alb.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc. 2. A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book. 3. A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.

A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.

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Usage Examples

I did a cake for the 60th birthday of Elton John, for Britney Spears' 27th birthday and for the 'Circus' album she put out - the cake had circus themes. I prepared a cake for a surprise 82nd birthday event for the architect Frank Gehry the cake was comprised of mini-replicas of his buildings.

But my main thing that I would love to see as a fan of 'Glee,' like I said, is to really get into the character and who they are and what they do outside of school. I think that that's interesting. And then of course the themed stuff and the album episodes are all really cool too.

I got a chance to have my dream come true, and I wanted to make sure I made the decision as to when I dropped my last album. If I don't feel like this album is an incredible piece of work, then I'm cool with the albums I've done. I don't have to put out another album.

I did Albert Hall, I got to play the Hall of Fame with Prince. So I've done that kind of stuff for ages. It wasn't until after we finished working on Brainwash, my dad's album after he died, then it was like 'That phase is over in my life now, now we can get on with our music, with our band.'

'American Horror' goes for a very specific kind of Seventies suburban downer ambience - 'Flowers in the Attic' paperbacks, Black Sabbath album covers and late-night flicks like 'Let's Scare Jessica to Death.' It even has 'Go Ask Alice'-era urban legends.

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it.

I always wanted to make a children's album because you have the freedom to explore so many wonderful topics and sounds.

A dream collage is pictures of your goals. It is like your future photo album.

I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.

Five years ago we were working on a new album when my health began failing.

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Other Usage Examples

Anybody with a sense of humor is going to put on my album and laugh from beginning to end.

I do a lot of curiosity buying I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination. I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.

I do a lot of curiosity buying I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination.

I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.

A development deal is where they're giving you recording time and money to record, but not promising that they'll put an album out.

I can see that if this was an album done 10 or 15 years ago we could see we were moving on to some place else.

I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.

I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me so I have to cover all the areas with my album.

I did an album a long time ago called 'Replicas,' which was entirely science-fiction driven, or science-fantasy. Since then it's been a song here, a song there. It's not really a constant theme. I've written far more about my problems with religion, with God and all that.

I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity.

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