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albums

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plural of album

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a collection of writings a special anniversary album of his poetry published 100 years after his death

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Recent Examples of albums The sisters have released six studio albums and toured extensively across North America and Europe, most recently releasing and touring behind their album Silver Deliverer. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026 In a career that began in a small Louisiana recording studio, Dolly’s bluegrass albums were a fitting capstone to a life’s work that spanned five decades and continues to evolve. — Martha Ackmann, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026 For the past quarter century, Hayes has enjoyed a solo career, one that has yielded five studio albums, most recently the 2022 release Homosexual. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2026 Curry also had a turn as a recording artist, releasing three rock albums in the late 1970s and early ’80s and even going on tour. — Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 Parton released almost 50 studio albums over the course of her legendary, decadeslong career, selling upwards of 100 million records, receiving 55 Grammy nominations and winning 10 of them. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 Around the same time, Curry went to work on what would be an unreleased studio album with producer Adler in 1976 before moving to A&M Records for another three albums between 1978 and 1981. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026 In the past few months, Karol G, Becky G, and Tokisicha have all released major albums, cementing their roles as powerful forces in Latin pop music. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026 To date, the band has released 12 studio albums and amassed more than 348,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026

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Some of his highlight compilations and training videos received tens of millions of views.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Sure, Capcom's released a few compilations of the Blue Bomber's spin-off series, like the Mega Man Battle Network Collection, but there hasn't been a new mainline series entry since Mega Man 11 nearly a decade ago.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

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The third chapter of my book on anthologies, The Treasuries, is about literary censorship in the early nineteenth century.

— Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2026
Part of what fascinates and frustrates as regards Ginsberg is that for all of those thick anthologies, propriety forces me to concede that many of the poems simply aren’t that good.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

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