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OK, folks...It's an ALBUM. The CD is the medium the ALBUM is recorded on. Cassettes, vinyl LPs, eight tracks, etc., were the medium the ALBUM was recorded on. An album, in this case, merely means "collection of", as in a "picture album", "stamp album", etc.

Thus ends the anal retentive grammar rant. Discuss amongst yourselves.

You've been into the raspberry schnapps again, haven't you?

Gunbot wrote:You've been into the raspberry schnapps again, haven't you?

No alcoholic beverage hath passed these lips in about three weeks or more.

I'm still not a fan of Kansas's CD, In the Spirit of Things.....

StocktontoMalone wrote:I'm still not a fan of Kansas's CD, In the Spirit of Things.....

Curses upon thee and thy Kansas collection.

conversationpc wrote:OK, folks...It's an ALBUM. The CD is the medium the ALBUM is recorded on. Cassettes, vinyl LPs, eight tracks, etc., were the medium the ALBUM was recorded on. An album, in this case, merely means "collection of", as in a "picture album", "stamp album", etc.

Thus ends the anal retentive grammar rant. Discuss amongst yourselves.

Yep...Album is always going to be the way. You can also use 'record' as in 'that's a great record' as the artists RECORDED the collection of tunes (to whatever source for release).

i support this rant

conversationpc wrote:OK, folks...It's an ALBUM. The CD is the medium the ALBUM is recorded on. Cassettes, vinyl LPs, eight tracks, etc., were the medium the ALBUM was recorded on. An album, in this case, merely means "collection of", as in a "picture album", "stamp album", etc.

Thus ends the anal retentive grammar rant. Discuss amongst yourselves.

Christians are trying to take over this country and you are worried about the non-use of the word 'album'?

StocktontoMalone wrote:

conversationpc wrote:OK, folks...It's an ALBUM. The CD is the medium the ALBUM is recorded on. Cassettes, vinyl LPs, eight tracks, etc., were the medium the ALBUM was recorded on. An album, in this case, merely means "collection of", as in a "picture album", "stamp album", etc.

Thus ends the anal retentive grammar rant. Discuss amongst yourselves.

Christians are trying to take over this country and you are worried about the non-use of the word 'album'?

Just having fun, my man.

So when the band is getting ready to do something like go into the studio, would you say the band IS or the band ARE? Is it Journey ARE playing at the O2 arena, or Journey IS playing at the O2 arena? (of course they aren't playing the O2...just funning)

Rant away...........

steveo777 wrote:So when the band is getting ready to do something like go into the studio, would you say the band IS or the band ARE? Is it Journey ARE playing at the O2 arena, or Journey IS playing at the O2 arena? (of course they aren't playing the O2...just funning)

Rant away...........

My biggest pet peeve. Journey IS.....

Correct, but I think you can still say, "I bought the new Journey CD" and be technically correct as long as it's a CD you bought.

Andrew wrote:

conversationpc wrote:OK, folks...It's an ALBUM. The CD is the medium the ALBUM is recorded on. Cassettes, vinyl LPs, eight tracks, etc., were the medium the ALBUM was recorded on. An album, in this case, merely means "collection of", as in a "picture album", "stamp album", etc.

Thus ends the anal retentive grammar rant. Discuss amongst yourselves.

Yep...Album is always going to be the way. You can also use 'record' as in 'that's a great record' as the artists RECORDED the collection of tunes (to whatever source for release).

But didn't they used to call them record albums?

StocktontoMalone wrote:

steveo777 wrote:So when the band is getting ready to do something like go into the studio, would you say the band IS or the band ARE? Is it Journey ARE playing at the O2 arena, or Journey IS playing at the O2 arena? (of course they aren't playing the O2...just funning)

Rant away...........

My biggest pet peeve. Journey IS.....

I have a feeling your pet peeve is that Journey still IS alive

StocktontoMalone wrote:

steveo777 wrote:So when the band is getting ready to do something like go into the studio, would you say the band IS or the band ARE? Is it Journey ARE playing at the O2 arena, or Journey IS playing at the O2 arena? (of course they aren't playing the O2...just funning)

Rant away...........

My biggest pet peeve. Journey IS.....

LOL

Hmmm...

What about:

Hall and Oates are/is playing?
Peaches and Herb?
Hamilton, Joe, Frank and Reynolds?

Are they bands ... and therefor "is" or a group of singers... "are?"

cyndy! wrote:i support this rant

+1

I also like it when people say "I have an Mp3" when they mean "I have something that can play an Mp3".

brywool wrote:

cyndy! wrote:i support this rant

+1

I also like it when people say "I have an Mp3" when they mean "I have something that can play an Mp3".

You mean I don't have an Mp3?

steveo777 wrote:So when the band is getting ready to do something like go into the studio, would you say the band IS or the band ARE?

Rant away...........

Band IS, band members ARE

Problem nowadays with the digital sales format: albums maybe recorded, but are irrelevant. Right now it's all about singles (not singles released to media for promotion, just single (blech) files/songs).

conversationpc wrote:OK, folks...It's an ALBUM. The CD is the medium the ALBUM is recorded on. Cassettes, vinyl LPs, eight tracks, etc., were the medium the ALBUM was recorded on. An album, in this case, merely means "collection of", as in a "picture album", "stamp album", etc.

Thus ends the anal retentive grammar rant. Discuss amongst yourselves.

LOL learn something new everyday around here. I'm guilty of that, I stopped calling them albums when CDs came out as I just assumed album meant "vinyl/record/album". Either way, when I buy a CD it IS a CD, but that's ok Dave, you can call it an album. And my apologies for any part in making you anal retentive today......maybe cut back on the cheese.

Deb wrote:And my apologies for any part in making you anal retentive today......maybe cut back on the cheese.

Heck no...Lots of good protein in there.

Andrew wrote:You can also use 'record' as in 'that's a great record' as the artists RECORDED the collection of tunes (to whatever source for release).

Doesn't the Grammys award "record of the year" to a single?

conversationpc wrote:

Deb wrote:And my apologies for any part in making you anal retentive today......maybe cut back on the cheese.

Heck no...Lots of good protein in there.

Just as long as nobody waits until the Winger show to cut the cheese, because we very well may be standing in close proximity.