record album

Other forms: record albums

Definitions of record album
  1. noun
    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
    synonyms: album
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    types:
    concept album
    an album whose recordings are unified by some theme (instrumental or lyrical or narrative or compositional)
    rock opera
    albums of rock music that aspired to the status of art; first appeared in the 1960s
    benefit album, tribute album
    concept album compiling a performer's work or work supporting some worthy cause
    type of:
    medium
    a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
  2. noun
    an album for holding phonograph records
    synonyms: phonograph album
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    type of:
    album
    a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
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