Dogberry2;328837 Wrote: 
> According to the dictionary, it's "A recording of different musical
> pieces." (One of the definitions, anyway.) Albums used to be marketed
> in book form (with paper sleeves for each shellac record disk), on EP
> and LP vinyl record disks, on various types of magnetic tape (4-track,
> 8-track, cassette, mini-cassette, DAT), etc., before they were released
> on Compact Discs. In every case, the term "album" was both correct and
> accepted. And now, even a collection of MP3 or FLAC files can correctly
> be called an "album". The word has nothing to do with the medium of
> storage.  ;-)
Thanks Dogberry, thats what i was meaning :)

The decline in CD sales and eventual extinction of them I will mourn
but will have to deal with. If artists stop producing albums I really
don't know what I'll do.


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