album

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued [发行] as a collection on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape 磁带], or another medium. vinyl: 黑胶唱片, 乙烯基塑料.

Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78-rpm [每分钟转] records collected in a bound book resembling [像] a photograph album [相册]; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP records played at 33又1/3 rpm. Early record albums were multiple 78rpm discs packaged in book form, like a photograph album.

The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the compact cassette [卡带] during the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s, sharply declined during the 1990s and had largely disappeared during the first decade of the 2000s.

8-track tape (formally Stereo 8: commonly known as the eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, or simply eight-track) is a magnetic tape sound recording technology popular in the United States from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s.

     

After the introduction of music downloading and MP3 players, US album sales dropped 54.6% from 2001 to 2009.

Most albums are recorded in a studio [工作室]. Album covers [封面] and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, and lyrics [歌词] or librettos [歌剧等的剧本].

Liner notes (also sleeve [袖子] notes or album notes) are the writings found on the sleeves of LP record albums and in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.

 

Michael Jackson's Thriller, approximated to have sold 66 million copies worldwide, was the world's best-selling album.

An album (Latin albus, white), in ancient Rome, was a board chalked [用粉笔涂] or painted white, on which decrees [法令], edicts [法令], and other public notices were inscribed [写] in black. 在LDOCE里decree和edict是同义词。

A podcast is an episodic series of spoken word digital audio files that a user can download to a personal device for easy listening. Something that is episodic occurs at irregular and infrequent intervals.

六级/考研单词: audio, issue, compact, medium, bind, resemble, evolve, multiple, gradual, unite, download, studio, liner, lyric, sleeve, pamphlet, insert, jewel, equivalent, parcel, thrill, million, chalk, decree, notify