Album (disambiguation)

An album ( from Latin: albus white, blank page ) is a collection box in book form, are classified in the things that belong together for collection purposes. Some albums have compartments, in the aggregate objects can be inserted (plug-in album ); older types of albums were often simple books with heavy paper, glued in, for example, the photographs ( adhesive album ) or were attached with photo corners ( photo album).

The term goes back to the Romans, the white boards with black lettering exhibited publicly to announcements and the like. to publish. In the Middle Ages the term album then called a blank book, which was used for example as a guestbook. Only in modern times all types of collection books are referred to as an album.

In the music compilations of songs of a musician or a music group on a record or CD are also referred to as an album or music album. In this context, the term has its origins in the time of shellac, a forerunner of today's record. This had only a limited capacity of about 4 minutes, so that a compilation of tracks from an album ( Plug Album) several such plates existed. With the introduction of long-playing record, it was possible to press such compilations to a disk, the original name, but was henceforth maintained.