Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The study and cataloging of phonograph records.
  • noun A comprehensive list of the recordings made by a particular performer or of a particular composer's works.

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  • noun Complete collection of the releases of a musical act.
  • noun List of all of the releases of a certain musical act, usually with release dates, and often with other information about the releases.
  • noun medicine radiography of the spine after injection of a contrast medium into a disc.

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  • noun a descriptive catalog of musical recordings

Etymologies

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disc +‎ -ography

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Examples

  • It would be more properly called a compendium, but the name discography seems to sound better.

    DISCOGRAPHY: Genesis, by Scott McMahan 1992

  • Shipley and Sevier managed to get a partial label discography from local collector Dante Carfagna, but their research turned up more dead ends than leads.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Shipley and Sevier managed to get a partial label discography from local collector Dante Carfagna, but their research turned up more dead ends than leads.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Shipley and Sevier managed to get a partial label discography from local collector Dante Carfagna, but their research turned up more dead ends than leads.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Shipley and Sevier managed to get a partial label discography from local collector Dante Carfagna, but their research turned up more dead ends than leads.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Shipley and Sevier managed to get a partial label discography from local collector Dante Carfagna, but their research turned up more dead ends than leads.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Their discography is a rich one, but this three CD set with the debut, Dancer With Bruised Knees and a third CD of demos and unreleased tracks is the ideal place to start.

    Michael Giltz: Music: Revenge Of The Seventies Singer-Songwriter! Michael Giltz 2011

  • Their discography is a rich one, but this three CD set with the debut, Dancer With Bruised Knees and a third CD of demos and unreleased tracks is the ideal place to start.

    Michael Giltz: Music: Revenge Of The Seventies Singer-Songwriter! Michael Giltz 2011

  • His discography is an unbroken sequence of adolescent crudities almost entirely unredeemed by cleverness or wit.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • The history of Herman Dune-the skin-and-bones version-is this: Their discography is a loose assemblage of five official albums, along with countless CD-R recordings.

    Portland Mercury 2009

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