1.   And then the album takes on its characteristics as it unfolds.

2.   A new album takes a look the writing talent in the Lone Star state.

3.   His album takes advantage of the collaborative nature of hip-hop.

4.   In all, the most recent album took less than one year to complete.

5.   SCRAPBOOKS -- Family photo albums take on a new look when creative people put their mind to it.

6.   So the E Street album may take a while to materialize.

7.   The album has taken up residence at the top of the heap for online retailers Amazon.com and CDNow.com.

8.   The new albums take disparate routes toward their all-American ambitions.

9.   This album took so long to make, no less than three producers were involved.

10.   An entire album takes about two hours to download, while popping downloaded files onto the Rio takes only a few seconds.