concept album

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   an album whose recordings are unified by some theme (instrumental or lyrical or narrative or compositional)

   Broaderalbum

   Narrowertribute album

Questions about concept album

What does concept album mean?

concept album means "an album whose recordings are unified by some theme (instrumental or lyrical or narrative or compositional)".

Is concept album a common word?

concept album is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.