ead Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 [quote name='kendall' timestamp='1455023165' post='2975082'] [i]steven Wilson - hand cannot erase[/i] [/quote] I was going to say that, doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Sepultura released a couple of belters - Dante XXI and A-Lex. The first based on Dante's The Divine Comedy and the second based on A Clockwork Orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 [quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1455027906' post='2975163'] A Grand Don't Come For Free is one of my favourite albums. A masterpiece! [/quote] Yeh, spine-tingling in parts! Good call I wonder if my band's album would count? It's sort of all encapsulated in a website... [url="http://www.theallimportantliedetectortest.com"]www.theallimportantliedetectortest.com[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 [quote name='sykilz' timestamp='1455039179' post='2975313'] Marillion - Brave, the story of a young lady found about to throw herself from a bridge , not knowing who she was and why she was there.... [/quote] She'd probably been listening to Marillion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verb Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters, based on the German airforce buying the Lockheed F104 and Lucky Leif and the Longships, based on the Vikings discovering America first, both by Robert Calvert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 (edited) Don't forget there are two varieties of concept album... The story type and the overarching theme/high concept type... Lots of great ones mentioned but here are a few of my faves... STORY: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War Of The World's Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad The Who - Tommy Rick Wkeman - Myths and Legends of King Arthur Genesis - Duke Horslips - The Tain Horslips - The Book Of Invasions OVERARCHING IDEA: Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak Alan Parsons Project - Gaudi Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Horslips - The Man Who Built America & Aliens Gordon Giltrap - Visionary/Fear Of The Dark/Peacock Party Edited February 9, 2016 by TrevorR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 There's Sabaton's Carolux Rex. Sabaton are pretty much a concept band, based on war, but Carolus Rex is based specifically on 100 years of Swedish war. And they recorded it in both English and Swedish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 [quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1455032216' post='2975217'] Thick as a brick [/quote]...and Passion Play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christofloffer Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1455031700' post='2975209'] I guess it all depends on your definition of a concept album. [/quote] i think that is a great point. at what point would a theme become a concept? i mean, most albums follow some kind of theme to one level or another. would a concept need to follow or tell some kind of story? personally, when i think of concept albums i think of things that tell a story like The Wall. however i dont think of Wish you were here as one. it has a theme but it didnt immediately jump to mind as a concept album. i always think of them as being tunes all based around a single idea and written about it rather tightly around it so that all the tunes play against each other coherently. rather than being a group of songs that dont really follow a pattern but are all loosely based on an idea, for example Murder ballads by the bad seeds. then, if a theme does count as a concept then i would guess that about 80% of my CD's are concept albums and probably another 10% of odd songs are from concept albums so perhaps that is just my favoured kind of music. i think The rise and fall of ziggy stardust is worth a nod too. i know there is a lot of bowie around at the moment but its still valid in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1455060871' post='2975636'] STORY: Genesis - Duke [/quote] Really? What's the story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Woodcock Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 In true prog fashion, my old band Linear Sphere released a concept album (called 'Manvantara') - there's even a synopsis of the story on our website: [url="http://linearsphere.com/discography/manvantara/"]http://linearsphere.com/discography/manvantara/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Someone's list of the top 18 concept albums of the 21st century. I've not heard any of it, apart from the title track of American Idiot. http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2010/11/the-18-best-concept-albums-of-the-21st-century-so-far.html Shame they couldn't think of two more and make it a top 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dropzone Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Marillion - Misplaced Childhood amazing first side, second side still solid with a great story weaving throughout it. I had it on LP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 [quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1455099641' post='2975784'] Really? What's the story? [/quote]Thin stuff actually. I know that the first three tracks and the last two were originally written as a single suite a-la Supper's Ready (Tony's idea) but the band decided to split them up with random tracks. There might be a theme with some of the songs but certainly no concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Rush - hemispheres ? King diamond - Abigail Pete namlook - 4 seasons ( heavy going, prefer edited single album) Pete namlook& klaus schulze - dark side of the moog ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) This is the one that really comes to mind for me. Jack Lancaster's prog production of Peter and the wolf. Used to play this a lot. Judging by the list below, he had a rather well connected phone book. [color=#000000]The Cast:[/color] [color=#000000]- Narrator / Vivian Stanshall[/color] [color=#000000]- Peter / Manfred Mann[/color] [color=#000000]- Bird / Gary Brooker[/color] [color=#000000]- Duck / Chris Spedding[/color] [color=#000000]- Duck / Gary Moore[/color] [color=#000000]- Cat / Stephane Grappelli[/color] [color=#000000]- Wolf / Brian Eno[/color] [color=#000000]- Pond / Keith Tippett[/color] [color=#000000]- Grandfather / Jack Lancaster[/color] [color=#000000]- Hunters / Jon Hiseman, Bill Bruford, Cozy Powell, Phil Collins[/color] [color=#000000]Additional Musicians:[/color] [color=#000000]- John Goodsall, Pete Haywood, Alvin Lee / guitars[/color] [color=#000000]- Percy Jones, Andy Pyle, Dave Marquee / bass[/color] [color=#000000]- Robin Lumley / keyboards[/color] [color=#000000]- Cozy Powell & Phil Collins / drums[/color] [color=#000000]- Bernie Frost, Julie Tippetts, The English Chorale / vocals[/color] Edited February 10, 2016 by leschirons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 [quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1455107986' post='2975923'] Rush - hemispheres ? [/quote] Cygnus X-I Part 1 on A Farewell to Kings has it's other half, Part 2 on Hemispheres, but the rest of the latter album is just other random awesomeness, and not a concept album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Of course a little confusing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrane Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 (edited) [quote name='verb' timestamp='1455059955' post='2975631'] Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters, based on the German airforce buying the Lockheed F104 and Lucky Leif and the Longships, based on the Vikings discovering America first, both by Robert Calvert. [/quote] Also "Hype" Edited February 10, 2016 by MrCrane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Bassman Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 [quote name='sykilz' timestamp='1455039179' post='2975313'] Marillion - Brave, the story of a young lady found about to throw herself from a bridge , not knowing who she was and why she was there, and told as her back story. Fantastic, moody album. [/quote] Plus one from me for this one. I think this was the first Marillion CD I bought, been a fan ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Bassman Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 [quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1455109023' post='2975944'] This is the one that really comes to mind for me. Jack Lancaster's prog production of Peter and the wolf. Used to play this a lot. Judging by the list below, he had a rather well connected phone book. [color=#000000]The Cast:[/color] [color=#000000]- Narrator / Vivian Stanshall[/color] [color=#000000]- Peter / Manfred Mann[/color] [color=#000000]- Bird / Gary Brooker[/color] [color=#000000]- Duck / Chris Spedding[/color] [color=#000000]- Duck / Gary Moore[/color] [color=#000000]- Cat / Stephane Grappelli[/color] [color=#000000]- Wolf / Brian Eno[/color] [color=#000000]- Pond / Keith Tippett[/color] [color=#000000]- Grandfather / Jack Lancaster[/color] [color=#000000]- Hunters / Jon Hiseman, Bill Bruford, Cozy Powell, Phil Collins[/color] [color=#000000]Additional Musicians:[/color] [color=#000000]- John Goodsall, Pete Haywood, Alvin Lee / guitars[/color] [color=#000000]- Percy Jones, Andy Pyle, Dave Marquee / bass[/color] [color=#000000]- Robin Lumley / keyboards[/color] [color=#000000]- Cozy Powell & Phil Collins / drums[/color] [color=#000000]- Bernie Frost, Julie Tippetts, The English Chorale / vocals[/color] [/quote] I vaguely remember this one. Got most of my fav musicians on it too! I'll have to re visit it. Sadly all ones I can think of have already been mentioned. But didn't Jeff Wayne follow up War Of The Worlds with Sparticus? I have no idea whether it's any good or not mind Also Alan Parsons (Alan Parsons Project) did a few concept albums too, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Here' a few more Americana concept albums... Desperado - Eagles Chavez Ravine - Ry Cooder (lots of Ry Cooder stuff is, actually) Jesse James & White Mansions - Paul Kennerley All great albums, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikenbass Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Camel, Flight Of The Snow Goose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckstop Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Snow by Spock's Beard is worth listening to. It's a bit of an overdone story (Young malcontent, cast away by family, takes drugs, befriends a prostitute, becomes famous, nearly dies, finds God) and I think they've padded it out a bit to fit on two discs, but the production is good, the band sound great and it's a bit of fun. Love Dave Meros by the way. He really does have a distinct style that I've only noticed recently after not having listened to Spock's Beard for a year or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1455105120' post='2975860'] Thin stuff actually. I know that the first three tracks and the last two were originally written as a single suite a-la Supper's Ready (Tony's idea) but the band decided to split them up with random tracks. There might be a theme with some of the songs but certainly no concept. [/quote] Well, I never said Duke was a great story... ;-) I'd always thought/heard that the other tracks had also been loosely woven about that faded rock star midlife crisis theme/story which bookend the album, with liberal drawing on Collins' messy life of the time. Happy to file under "theme" rather than story, though. [quote name='Bikenbass' timestamp='1455156608' post='2976578'] Camel, Flight Of The Snow Goose. [/quote] Good call, forgot that one. Love that album. I'll also chuck in Home ( and the NewYork Suite mini album) by Welsh proggers Magenta, Snow by Spock's Beard and with a loose storyline, Clone by Threshold... Edited February 11, 2016 by TrevorR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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