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Concept Albums
What good concept albums are there out there? The main ones that come to my mind are;
Pink Floyd- The Wall The Streets- A Grand Don't Come For Free Any other good ones? |
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Some more recent ones that I like:
Most of Björk's are. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future |
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Some more recent ones that I like:
Most of Björk's are. Bat For Lashes - Two Suns Klaxons - Myths Of The Near Future
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It's all about myths and... the future
![]() If you listen to the lyrics you'll see. For example, "Atlantis to Interzone" is self explanatory as is "Four Horsemen of 2012". I'm sure "Isle of Her" is something to do with Jason and the Argonauts
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Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You were Here Pink Floyd Animals Pink Floyd - The Wall Pink Floyd - The Final Cut Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (You said good, so maybe not this one.) Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Marillion - Clutching at Straws The Kinks are The Village Green Appreciation Society - The Kinks Tommy - The Who Quadrophenia - The Who Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne |
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U2- Achtung Baby.
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Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You were Here Pink Floyd Animals Pink Floyd - The Wall Pink Floyd - The Final Cut Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (You said good, so maybe not this one.) Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Marillion - Clutching at Straws The Kinks are The Village Green Appreciation Society - The Kinks Tommy - The Who Quadrophenia - The Who Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne ♫ "God save Donald Duck, vaudeville and variety. God save the Village Green." ♫
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Hospice by The Antlers.
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Preservation not appreciation but you probably knew that anyway.
♫ "God save Donald Duck, vaudeville and variety. God save the Village Green." ♫ ![]()
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Leviathan by Mastodon is good.
Anything by Mastodon is good. |
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Primal Scream - Screamadelica
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Spiritual Machines by Our Lady Peace which is inspired by Ray Kurzweil's book 'The Age of Spiritual Machines' which is about technology developing to the point of world domination. Kurzweil reads short excerpts of the book between the songs. Interesting, clever songwriting by a band who are virtually unknown over here but massive in Canada and the US.
In Repair - amazing imagery in this video Are You Sad? |
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Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Marillion - Clutching at Straws The Kinks are The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks ... Marillion - Brave The Kinks - Soap Opera The Kinks - Preservation Acts 1 & 2 The Kinks - Arthur or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire (not as good as Preservation Society but a better realised concept and it has the best ever Kinks track on it - Shangri-La) and adding Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime and half concept albums Rush - 2112 The Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake |
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I'm gonna be a bit controversial here and say that concept albums only really exist imho to give the artist something to brag about in PR terms. I have a number of so called concept albums and can't really see the connection at all. The majority are good albums don't get me wrong but it smacks of having their heads stuck to far up their bottoms imho.
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Scarlet's Walk and American Doll Posse by Tori Amos are really good ones I think.
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david bowie,s - ziggy stardust
lou reed,s - berlin the moody blues - days of future passed the beatles - sgnt peppers |
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Jedward's album will be a concept album, apparently
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Jedward's album will be a concept album, apparently
Think i will add maidens seventh son |
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Beverley Knight - Music City Soul
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Sham 69 Thats Life
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The Ninth Wave from Kate Bush's Hounds of Love is a concept half album.
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What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
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Fear Factory - Obsolete is a good one.
I've also heard that Demanufacture was supposed to be a concept album as well. |
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The Ninth Wave from Kate Bush's Hounds of Love is a concept half album.
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