There is no comparison between receiving a beautiful, custom designed album telling the story of your day, and receiving a disc of images in the mail. Yes, a disc will give you the option to design your own album in the future, and many people actually do do that! But...after your wedding, life is "normal" again, and usually, busier than ever. I can't tell you how many times I've heard people say they meant to design an album for themselves but just never got around to it.
Albums, such as flushmount or this matted one below are so much more fun to show your friends and family - not just right when you get it, but later on, when you show children, and grand children :) I know I show my wedding album to everyone that comes to my house! They get sick of it after seeing it the 3rd, or 4th time but.... Ok I'm kidding, I don't show it more than once, unless people ask.
Long story short, albums are great! I loved this one below so much I had a hard time parting with it when giving it to the couple!!