A capsule review or mini reviewThe Word, 1976, issue 12, page 1
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music album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records coll ...

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, etc.). Capsule reviews generally appear in publications like newspapers and magazines, and may be placed within the context of a cultural digest section of a publication. ''

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'' is a well known publication that includes thousands of capsule movie reviews by prolific film writer Leonard Maltin, including the world's shortest capsule review according to the ''

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'', a 2 out of 4 star review of the 1948 musical ''

Isn't It Romantic? "Isn't It Romantic?" is a popular song and part of the Great American Songbook. The music was composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It has a 32-bar chorus in A–B–A–C form. Alec Wilder, in his book ''American Popular Song: ...

'' that consisted of only the word "no".

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*Martin Stevens and Jeffery Kluewer. "The Short Summary and Capsule Review". Critical Reading and Writing. Longman. 1983. Page 375 et seq
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