Album
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- For other uses, see: Album (disambiguation)
An album is a collection of sound recordings. It is usually made by a musician, and is sold in stores to people. Albums today come in the form of compact discs. Some musicians make albums on vinyl records that can be played on record players.
[change] Types of albums
There are two main types of albums, studio albums and live albums. Studio albums are recorded at a recording studio. Live albums are normally recorded while the musicians are performing for an audience. Live albums are usually recorded at concerts.
Other types of albums include:
- Compilation album: Compilation albums are usually made of from songs that first came from many different albums. These songs can all be from the same musicians (often called "Greatest Hits" albums) or they can each be from different musicians.
- Tribute album: Tribute albums or "cover albums" are albums where a second group of musicians plays songs which were first played by another, often more famous, group of musicians. The second group is usually called a "Tribute band" when most or all of the music they play is from another band. For example, a Slipknot tribute band would mainly play only songs that were written and played by the band Slipknot.
[change] Tracks
Albums are normally separated into Tracks. Each track is a part of the album which has one song in it. The term is often used to mean a specific song on the album by number. For example, the "fourth track" or "track four" from an album is the forth song on the album when it is played from the beginning.
