The vinyl album never quite died, although it was in poor health for a while. If it was an actual patient, it might have been anxious about going the same way as its cousin, the cassette tape, and was probably worried about the declining health of its other cousin, the compact disc. But vinyl has lingered, has recuperated, and is stronger than it has been in quite some time. A major record company announced that in 2018, they were once again to begin manufacturing and releasing vinyl albums for the first time since 1989.