album
noun /ˈælbəm/
/ˈælbəm/
- a book in which you keep photographs, stamps, etc.
- a photo album
- an online album (= a website where you can store and view photographs)
- I keep the photographs in an album.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- family
- wedding
- photo
- …
- in an/the album
- a collection of pieces of music released as a single item, usually on the internet or on a CD
- They recently released their debut album.
- It's the singer's first solo album.
- The band have recorded four studio albums.
- an online album (= an album that you can listen to on the internet)
- her favourite song/track on the album
- an album cover
- He performed tracks from his new album.
Collocations MusicMusicListeningcompare single- listen to/enjoy/love/be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.
- listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CD
- put on/play a CD/a song/some music
- turn down/up the music/radio/volume/bass
- go to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recital
- copy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVD
- download/stream music/an album/a song/a video/a playlist
- play a musical instrument/the piano/percussion/a note/a riff/the melody/a concerto/a duet/by ear
- sing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tune
- hum a tune/a theme tune/a lullaby
- accompany a singer/choir
- strum a chord/guitar
- form/start/get together/join/quit/leave a band
- give a performance/concert/recital
- do a concert/recital/gig
- play a concert/gig/festival/venue
- perform (British English) at/in a concert/(especially North American English) a concert
- appear at a festival/live
- go on/embark on a (world) tour
- write/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphony
- land/get/sign a record deal
- be signed to/be dropped by a record company
- record/release/put out an album/a single/a CD
- be top of/top the charts
- get to/go straight to/go straight in at/enter the charts at number one
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicb1- She has not put out a new album this year.
- the band’s latest album
- The band is working on a concept album about Nostradamus.
- The singer recorded her second album in Los Angeles.
- Their best-selling album has won three awards.
- Their new album has been getting good reviews.
- You can download an entire album with a click of a mouse.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- best-selling
- good
- great
- …
- make
- produce
- record
- …
- come out
- chart
- track
- cover
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, neuter of albus ‘white’ used as a noun meaning ‘a blank tablet’. Taken into English from the German use of the Latin phrase album amicorum ‘album of friends’ (a blank book in which autographs, drawings, poems, etc. were collected), it was originally used consciously as a Latin word.