SurfaceAgentX2Zero 9:32 Sat Aug 27
'Concept albums' that aren't shit
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I've got five, that are all probably 'rock operas' rather than concept albums
SF Sorrow - Pretty Things
Village Green Preservation Society Kinks
Tommy - Who
Arthur - Kinks
Quadrophenia - Who
These are all great, but Messrs Davies and Townshend should probably be burnt at the stake for some of the other shit they inspired, much of it incidentally, produced by Ray Davies himself.
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BRANDED
9:37 Sat Aug 27
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The only concept for an album should be to sell a truck load.
On that basis
Now Thats What I Call Music 33
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I.want.that.one
9:48 Sat Aug 27
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Anything by The Streets
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Toe Rag
9:49 Sat Aug 27
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Ogdens Nut Gone Flake
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nich the d
10:18 Sat Aug 27
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Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche
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The Stoat
10:21 Sat Aug 27
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Thick as a Brick
The Wall
Dark Side of the Moon
Lamb Lies Down on Browadway
Sgt Peppers
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Iron Duke
10:23 Sat Aug 27
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I don’t know if Dirt by Alice in Chains is a concept album or not, but all the songs have the same depressing feel. I love it.
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake fits the bill. Maybe Songs From The City?
This may be controversial, but I like The Wall, Animals and Wish You Were Here. Does Dark side of the Moon count?
Sgt Peppers is a good album no matter what the cool kids say.
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scouse kid
10:23 Sat Aug 27
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Marvin Gaye What's Going On
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Iron Duke
10:24 Sat Aug 27
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Beck - Sea Change and Morning Phase. Again, if they qualify as concept albums
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
10:28 Sat Aug 27
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I love early Genesis, can't stand post-Pete Genesis. However, I personally feel that LLDOB was probably the greatest single factor in the advent of punk.
I don't know what it was, but it sure weren't rock and roll.
Others may love it, of course, and peace and love to them.
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factory seconds
11:01 Sat Aug 27
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cult of luna - vertikal
iron maiden - seventh son of a seventh son
bell witch - mirror reaper
mastadon - leviathan
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zebthecat
11:33 Sat Aug 27
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factory seconds 11:01 Sat Aug 27
Crack the Skye is pretty bloody good too and a sad concept.
I'll add:
Hawkwind - Warrior on the edge of time.
Gong - the teapot trilogy
Sleep - Dopesker
Dopesmoker is as high concept as it gets. One song spanning over an hour of crushing Stoner Doom about the Weedians finding their Nazareth bong in hand. Their record company was so shocked they refused to release it but did let others get hold of the original studio tapes eventually to finally get it out there.
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MaryMillingtonsGhost
11:56 Sat Aug 27
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Green Day - American Idiot
The Who - Quadrophenia
Neil Diamond - Jonathan Livingstone Seagull
Fair play to those that think the last one is a pile of wank, but for some strange reason I quite like it.
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claret59
12:06 Sun Aug 28
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greendale - neil young
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claret59
12:17 Sun Aug 28
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eagles - desperado
if it counts - all cowboy songs ? label thought it was and weren't happy.
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Takashi Miike
12:23 Sun Aug 28
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moody blues - in search of the lost chord
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claypole
12:28 Sun Aug 28
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A Tribe called quest-The low end theory
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WHU(Exeter)
1:21 Sun Aug 28
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If a concept album equals a lot of songs on it surrounding the same theme, then the Jesus & Mary Chain ~ Psychocandy
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White Pony
1:34 Sun Aug 28
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Now, this is getting a bit fucking narrow. What next? Albums with yellow covers that you think are slightly above average?
Mind you, I suppose the “albums everyone loves that you hate” and vice versa have been done so many times.
Anyway, my answer to this is:
Crack the Skye - Mastodon
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Dr Matt
1:40 Sun Aug 28
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Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler
Daft Punk - Discovery
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
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only1billybonds
2:15 Sun Aug 28
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Whats going on. Marvin Gaye.
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