Album era
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An '''album''' or '''record album''' is a collection of related [[Sound recording and reproduction|audio]] or [[music]] tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live [[concerts]] or on their [[websites]]. | An '''album''' or '''record album''' is a collection of related [[Sound recording and reproduction|audio]] or [[music]] tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live [[concerts]] or on their [[websites]]. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
+ | Music: | ||
+ | * [[Album cover]] | ||
+ | * [[Album-oriented rock]] | ||
+ | * [[Compilation album]] | ||
+ | * [[Concept album]] | ||
+ | * [[Double album]] | ||
+ | * [[Extended play]] | ||
+ | * [[List of albums]] | ||
+ | * [[Live album]] | ||
+ | * [[Release (music)]] | ||
+ | * [[Solo album]] | ||
+ | * [[Soundtrack album]] | ||
+ | * [[Split album]] | ||
+ | * [[Studio album]] | ||
+ | * [[Tribute album]] | ||
- | [[Compilation album]]{{GFDL}} | + | Non-music: |
+ | * [[Baltimore album quilts]] | ||
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"Frank Zappa's Freak Out! (1966), a sardonic farce about rock music and America as a whole, is the genre's first concept album." --Sholem Stein |
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An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites.
See also
Music:
- Album cover
- Album-oriented rock
- Compilation album
- Concept album
- Double album
- Extended play
- List of albums
- Live album
- Release (music)
- Solo album
- Soundtrack album
- Split album
- Studio album
- Tribute album
Non-music:
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