Phrase guide

concept album

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An album of music where the content follows an overall theme or narrative.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: album, record album

Narrower terms: rock opera, tribute album, benefit album

History

Etymology

First applied to the albums Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Their Satanic Majesties Request, both released in 1967.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: канцэ́пт-альбо́м (kancépt-alʹbóm) — album
  • Bengali: ধারণা অ্যালবাম (dharona êlbam) — album
  • Bulgarian: концептуален албум — album
  • Catalan: àlbum conceptual — album
  • Chinese Cantonese: 概念專輯 /概念专辑 (koi3 nim6 zyun1 cap1) — album
  • Chinese: 概念專輯 /概念专辑 (khài-liām choan-chip) — album
  • Chinese Mandarin: 概念專輯 /概念专辑 (gàiniàn zhuānjí) — album
  • Czech: konceptuální album — album
  • Danish: konceptalbum — album
  • Dutch: conceptalbum — album
  • Finnish: konseptialbumi — album
  • French: album-concept — album
  • Georgian: კონცეპტუალური ალბომი (ḳonceṗṭualuri albomi) — album
  • German: Konzeptalbum — album
  • Hebrew: אלבום קונספט (álbum konsept) — album
  • Hungarian: koncepcióalbum — album
  • Indonesian: album konsep — album
  • Japanese: コンセプト・アルバム (konseputo arubamu) — album
  • Korean: 콘셉트 음반 (konsepteu eumban) — album
  • Malay: album konsep — album
  • Norwegian Bokmål: konseptalbum — album
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: konseptalbum — album
  • Occitan: album conceptual — album
  • Persian: آلبوم مفهومی (âlbum mafhumi) — album
  • Polish: album koncepcyjny — album
  • Russian: концептуальный альбом (konceptualʹnyj alʹbom) — album
  • Slovak: koncepčný album — album
  • Slovene: konceptualni album — album
  • Spanish: álbum conceptual — album
  • Swedish: konceptalbum — album
  • Ukrainian: концептуальний альбом (konceptualʹnyj alʹbom) — album
  • Vietnamese: album chủ đề — album