Author Topic: Favorite concept albums (Read 9325 times)

Chigun · « **Reply #35 on:** June 25, 2009, 01:28:18 PM »

Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV.

Plus other Coheed albums.

Pyroph · « **Reply #36 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:32:56 PM »

Still Life, both the story and music are awesome.

Sigz · « **Reply #37 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:34:38 PM »

In no particular order:

The Perfect Element 1 - Pain of Salvation
SFAM - DT
BE - PoS
Snow - Spock's Beard
Still Life - Opeth
The Hazards of Love - The Decemberists

Shadoshi · « **Reply #38 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:19:11 PM »

Definitely Frances The Mute (The Mars Volta).

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #39 on:** June 25, 2009, 05:03:31 PM »

Lamb Lies Down

FabiotheIguana · « **Reply #40 on:** June 25, 2009, 06:05:10 PM »

The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Pain of Salvation - BE
The Amory Wars - Coheed & Cambria (4 albums)
The Chornicles of Israfel - Starborn, Tome I
Protest the Hero - Fortress
Dave Matthews Band - BW&GGK
Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic, Part II

Wazoodust · « **Reply #41 on:** June 25, 2009, 06:10:01 PM »

Planet P Project - Pinkworld
Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid (Don't know why I'm stuck on projects)
Styx - Kilroy Was Here (It grows on you)
6DOIT / SFAM
Chase - Ennea (Side 2 only - it's friggin' icredible 5 trumpets and a killer rhythym section)

skydivingninja · « **Reply #42 on:** June 25, 2009, 06:18:37 PM »

So I know the basic story behind Frances, but does anyone here know what the hell De-Loused is about?

chknptpie · « **Reply #43 on:** June 25, 2009, 06:20:02 PM »

Quote from: FabiotheIguana on June 25, 2009, 06:05:10 PM

The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Pain of Salvation - BE
The Amory Wars - Coheed & Cambria (4 albums)
The Chornicles of Israfel - Starborn, Tome I
Protest the Hero - Fortress
Dave Matthews Band - BW&GGK
Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic, Part II

I love protest the hero! I'm going to have to give that one another listen now!

austin · « **Reply #44 on:** June 25, 2009, 06:50:01 PM »

Quote from: chknptpie on June 25, 2009, 06:20:02 PM

Quote from: FabiotheIguana on June 25, 2009, 06:05:10 PM
Protest the Hero - Fortress

I love protest the hero! I'm going to have to give that one another listen now!

I just discovered them last week and I love them! That's a great album, I just wasn't sure if it was a concept album

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #45 on:** June 25, 2009, 07:21:54 PM »

Quote from: skydivingninja on June 25, 2009, 06:18:37 PM

So I know the basic story behind Frances, but does anyone here know what the hell De-Loused is about?

Its about a friend of Cedric and Omar's who goes into a coma after shooting some rat poison and experiences a different world. Around 'Take The Veil' is where he wakes up, 'Televators' describes his suicide. There's a site with the whole story written out and there is like a novel or something that acts as a companion to the songs, what I've described is just the general gist, theres a whole bunch of other weird stuff

FabiotheIguana · « **Reply #46 on:** June 25, 2009, 08:02:25 PM »

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on June 25, 2009, 07:21:54 PM

Quote from: skydivingninja on June 25, 2009, 06:18:37 PM
So I know the basic story behind Frances, but does anyone here know what the hell De-Loused is about?

Its about a friend of Cedric and Omar's who goes into a coma after shooting some rat poison and experiences a different world. Around 'Take The Veil' is where he wakes up, 'Televators' describes his suicide. There's a site with the whole story written out and there is like a novel or something that acts as a companion to the songs, what I've described is just the general gist, theres a whole bunch of other weird stuff

Pretty much sums it up. It's really easy to find the .pdf of the story, u can pretty much just google it. It's a tough read, though.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #47 on:** June 25, 2009, 08:12:47 PM »

Going back to the argument of what's a 'concept album' (all songs have a theme) vs a traditional 'rock opera' (story line, characters, locations ...), I'll nominate Space Metal by Star One as a concept album.

orcus116 · « **Reply #48 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:00:23 AM »

That's not my problem with concept albums. I don't care if there is an obvious connection between songs but every band seems to label their new album a concept album by loosely tying their songs together by some non-existent theme as some effort to make it seem more interesting, or so that's how it looks. Over-imaginative fans tend to do the same as well such as some people thinking Octavarium or In Absentia are concept albums.

ThroughHerEyesDude6 · « **Reply #49 on:** June 26, 2009, 02:18:06 AM »

Some albums I enjoy both for story purposes and musical pleasure, and others I enjoy for one or the other. I immensely enjoy a good story, but there is something majestic about a perfectly crafted score. Here are some albums I own:

Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
~~Mastodon - Leviathan~~
Thrice - The Alchemy Index
Rhapsody - Symphony of Enchanted Lands
Rhapsody - Dawn of Victory
Rhapsdoy - Rain of a Thousand Flames (EP)
Opeth - Still Life
~~Opeth - Ghost Reveries~~
~~Epica - The Divine Conspiracy~~
Kamelot - The Black Halo

Edit:

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Kamelot - Epica
Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
Between the Buried And Me - Colors
No Doubt - Rock Steady

andrewt67 · « **Reply #50 on:** June 26, 2009, 06:42:48 AM »

Queensryche - Operation : Mindcrime

emindead · « **Reply #51 on:** June 26, 2009, 09:26:25 PM »

Quote from: austin on June 25, 2009, 11:18:03 AM

Floyd - The Final Cut

The fuck?

skydivingninja · « **Reply #52 on:** June 26, 2009, 09:32:19 PM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on June 25, 2009, 08:12:47 PM

Going back to the argument of what's a 'concept album' (all songs have a theme) vs a traditional 'rock opera' (story line, characters, locations ...), I'll nominate Space Metal by Star One as a concept album.

Well really, a rock opera is just a KIND of concept album. A concept album can even be just the theme of the album even when songs have no real connection to them, like Sgt. Pepper. So rock operas are concept albums too, its just that its the only kind of concept album thats been given a name.

Sigz · « **Reply #53 on:** June 26, 2009, 09:35:45 PM »

Quote from: emindead on June 26, 2009, 09:26:25 PM

Quote from: austin on June 25, 2009, 11:18:03 AM
Floyd - The Final Cut
The fuck?

Seriously. What a steaming pile of self indulgent shit that album is.

GuineaPig · « **Reply #54 on:** June 27, 2009, 07:35:04 AM »

I'd say Kamelot's Epica and The Black Halo are the gold standard for concept albums in terms of lyrics.

austin · « **Reply #55 on:** June 27, 2009, 10:10:48 PM »

Quote from: Sigz on June 26, 2009, 09:35:45 PM

Quote from: emindead on June 26, 2009, 09:26:25 PM
Quote from: austin on June 25, 2009, 11:18:03 AM
Floyd - The Final Cut
The fuck?

Seriously. What a steaming pile of self indulgent shit that album is.

I know it's self indulgent and entirely too waters-based, but I love it.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #56 on:** July 03, 2009, 03:55:31 PM »

I forgot about Our Lady Peace------Spiritual Machines. Based of a book written by Raymond Kurzweil. The 1999 book The Age of Spiritual Machines. Great album. He also narrates the album.

SoundscapeMN · « **Reply #57 on:** July 04, 2009, 06:02:35 AM »

the whole "Concept Album" term is rather ambiguous; you could say most albums in general are "concept." I guess when referring to "Rock Operas" it's a bit more specific.

I agree with the original poster about The Who's "Quadrophenia" it's a "Rock Opera" and later made into a movie which had Sting make a cameo. Both the movie, and especially the album I find to be highly superior to the one they're much more well-known for in "Tommy."

But as far as "Concept Albums"..I guess I'd just look at a large percentage of my favorite albums of all-time.

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/SoundscapeMN/the_100__and_beyond__

Marillion - Brave
Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True (this is maybe the most *important* concept or other album to me, in it's many messages about the music industry).
Soundscape - Discovery
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element I
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
dredg - El Cielo
The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse
Angra - Holy Land
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
Pink Floyd - Animals
Kaddisfly - Set Sail the Prairie
Apes and Androids - Blood Moon
The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning of and All Things Regarding Ms.Leading
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Between the Buried and Me - Colors

faemir · « **Reply #58 on:** July 04, 2009, 01:37:46 PM »

Do you mean favourite concept, or favourite album that happens to be a concept album?

chknptpie · « **Reply #59 on:** July 04, 2009, 03:33:52 PM »

Quote from: faemir on July 04, 2009, 01:37:46 PM

Do you mean favourite concept, or favourite album that happens to be a concept album?

uhhh well the title says "favorite concept album"

CrimsonSunrise · « **Reply #60 on:** July 05, 2009, 04:29:47 PM »

Operation Mindcrime....

MetalManiac666 · « **Reply #61 on:** July 13, 2009, 12:30:10 PM »

Scenes From A Memory

TheVoxyn · « **Reply #62 on:** July 13, 2009, 12:36:36 PM »

'BE'. Also my favourite album of all-time.

Zantera · « **Reply #63 on:** July 13, 2009, 01:07:56 PM »

Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet (Imo their best, and one of the best albums ever done)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (a concept-album for me at least)

ZachyDou · « **Reply #64 on:** July 13, 2009, 01:22:41 PM »

dunno if it counts but the four albums that are in The Alchemy Index by Thrice are really awesome

austin · « **Reply #65 on:** July 13, 2009, 08:03:40 PM »

Quote from: ZachyDou on July 13, 2009, 01:22:41 PM

dunno if it counts but the four albums that are in The Alchemy Index by Thrice are really awesome

a thousand times this. awesome music.

skydivingninja · « **Reply #66 on:** July 14, 2009, 08:28:32 AM »

Quote from: ZachyDou on July 13, 2009, 01:22:41 PM

dunno if it counts but the four albums that are in The Alchemy Index by Thrice are really awesome

Yeah, that counts.

lonestar · « **Reply #67 on:** July 14, 2009, 09:53:08 AM »

Yes- Tales From Topographic Oceans....some of the best instrumental work ever.

pogoowner · « **Reply #68 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:41:57 AM »

Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Spock's Beard - Snow
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane

stryker · « **Reply #69 on:** June 23, 2011, 10:02:54 AM »

Looks like I'm dusting this topic off. I've seen a lot of concept albums listed that I really like as well!

My favorites are:

(not in any particular order)
Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Kamelot - Epica and Black Halo
Avantasia - The Metal Opera parts 1 & 2
Blind Guardian - Nightfall on Middle Earth
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

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Author Topic: Favorite concept albums (Read 9325 times)