Music CDs (vocabulary)

acoustic - akustický

adjective - (of music) not played by electric instruments

album - album (CD apod.)

noun - a collection of songs on a CD or a record

artist - interpret

noun - a person or a band making music, singing etc.

artwork - grafické zpracování (např. v knize či přebalu CD apod.)

noun - the pictures, drawing, photos etc. in a book, on a CD/DVD cover etc.

booklet - brožurka, knížečka

noun - a small book, usually inserted in the box of a CD etc.

compilation - kompilace

noun - a set of items (esp. songs) put together out of already existing materials or sets of materials (e.g. albums)

cover - cover verze (píseň nazpívaná jiným interpretem)

noun - a song (usually a famous one) that was first recorded by someone else

debut - debut

noun - the first song, album, performance etc. of a musician

feat. - zvláštní host (např. zpěvák v písni někoho jiného)

phrase - short for 'featuring', used to introduce a special guest (usually a guest singer on someone's song)

hit - hit (např. hudební), trhák

noun - a very popular and successful song, album, film etc.

chorus - refrén

noun - a part of a song which has a very catchy melody and is repeated throughout the song

instrumental - instrumentální

adjective - music without vocals

intro - úvodní část (písně), začátek (písně)

noun - a short passage at the beginning of a popular song

label - značka (nahrávací společnost), nahrávací společnost

noun - the name of the company that produces music

live - naživo (hudba či vysílání), živě, v přímém přenosu

adverb - as it really happens (not recorded or staged), involving real musicians playing (not a recording)

lyrics - text písně

noun - the words of a song

outro - závěr (písně), konec písně, zakončení písně

noun, informal - the ending of a popular song

perform - účinkovat, hrát (před publikem), zpívat (před publikem), zazpívat (před publikem)

verb - to act, play music, sing or dance in front of people

record - deska (CD nebo gramofonová deska)

noun, informal - a music recording, usually a CD or a vinyl

record - nahrát, nazpívat

verb - to sing a song or play music and store it on a tape, disc, computer etc. so that it can be played again

release - vydat (film, album)

verb - to have a film, music album etc. become available to the public (to be seen or bought etc.)

run time - délka písně, délka filmu

noun - the length (usually in minutes) of a song, movie, album etc.

single - singl (píseň)

noun - a song (usually one taken out of an album) that's released to be played on the radio, on music television etc.

song - píseň, písnička

noun - a piece of music with words

soundtrack - zvukový záznam, zvuková stopa, soundtrack (hudba z filmu), filmová hudba

noun - the sound recording (esp. music) from a film

title - název, titul

noun - the name of a book, song, poem, movie etc.

track - stopa (na CD apod.)

noun - one of the songs etc. on a CD etc.

tracklist - seznam skladeb (např. na hudebním CD)

noun - the list of songs on a CD etc.

verse - sloka

noun - one part of a song or poem consisting of several lines

video - videoklip

noun - a short film made for a song to be played on music television

vinyl - gramofonová deska, deska (gramofonová)

noun, informal - a round black plastic thing with music recorded on it and which can be played by a gramophone

vocals - vokály, zpěv

noun - the part of a song that is sung, the voice of a singer in a song