What are your favourite concept albums??

[McLachlan]

I've been listening to this artist The Dear Hunter for a long time now.
His "Act" series, a list of concept albums that all follow the same storyline, has just completely blown my mind.

It left me wanting for more, so I decided turn to the Spotify community to share more of their favourite concept albums with me!

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[dinomight]

Will have to check that out sometime! I love the idea of concept albums when well executed, and my all time favorite has to be this Pink Floyd classic.

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[user-removed]

Ahh yes the concept albums, allot of great classic rock albums are centered around a storyline and some connecting concepts. Another great of Floyd's is well of course Animals and also Dark Side of the Moon:

Also The Who's Quadrophenia as well as the concept storyline album Tommy:

[McLachlan]

The Wall must be the mother of all concept album, definitely one of my favourites too 🙂 Too be honest I've never really listened to these other concept albums by Pink Floyd, I'll definitely give them all a try!

[ChristianReject]

Delìrium Còrdia by Fantômas

[Hugh_Harkin]

Marillion have had a lot of concept albums which I love...including Misplaced Childhood, side one is the original album as it was intended...side two is bonus tracks from a re-issue.

https://open.spotify.com/album/6hAZj8L6V6XjochoLXf6WM

[McLachlan]

I'm a huge fan of Script for a Jester's Tear!

[dttcc]

This is the one I would keep if I had to choose: "S.F. Sorrow". The Pretty Things at their most lysergic.

https://open.spotify.com/album/3K2ppUOjminhJTFdaxJtn7

[MJToker]

Shooter Jennings (as Hierophant) -- Black Ribbons

A concept album depicting the last free radio broadcast before the government takes control of the airwaves.  The DJ is voiced by Stephen King.

https://open.spotify.com/album/6O4DhB4QLcMEBFAicngFnK

[MOAX]

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This is not just one of my favourite albums of all time, but a gorgeous concept album, driven my many beautiful feelings and sounds. I believe this is going to be part of the ''classic'' concept albums. 

[wingshq]

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway from Genesis. Unfortunately it seems like its not available on any streaming platform

[xenon82]

Some of these are stories that span over several albums

To name a few:

Dream Theater: Metropolis 2

Dream Theater: Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence

Queensrÿche: Operation Mindcrime 1+2

Pain Of Salvation: Road Salt 1+2

Ayreon: The Complete Works Of Ayreon (lol)

Avantasia: Mystery Of Time, Ghostlights

Devin Townsend Project: Deconstruction

Opeth: Still Life

GWAR: Beyond **bleep**

[maddie_b]

Can't go past American Idiot - Green Day 

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[user-removed]

Deloused In the Crematorium by The Mars Volta is good, even if the concept is a bit off kilter.

[user-removed]

Get on it, Spotify!

[McLachlan]

Cool to read all these responses, you gave me a lot to check out over the weekend! 😉

[user-removed]

Might as well keep you busy for more than the weekend:

Frank Zappa-Joe's Garage

Small Faces-Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

Moody Blues-Days of Future Past

Roger Waters-The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking

Eloy-Ocean

Rush-Clockwork Angels

Yes-Tales From Topographic Oceans

Jeff Wayne-The War of the World's

Sleep-Dopesmoker

[dellaroce]

https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:album:5B13S4DiDesawhG0eUTK9B

I've never found something similar outside of Italy.

[dttcc]

@dellaroce nice! long time I haven't listened to this record!

[Wieskoenig]

CAMEL: The Snow goose

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Goose

For me the mother of all concept albums is:

Alan Parsons Project: Tales of mystery and imagination,

which deals with the storys and poems of Edgar Allan Poe

(German wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Mystery_and_Imagination )