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Concept albums
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| SickFuk User Info... |  What I consider a "concept album" is basically when a good portion of an album has been combined into a single story... The only ones I can think of are: A bunch of King Diamond albums I can't remeber the names of Rush - 2112 :Side one is the story of the Priests of Syrynx Pink Floyd - The Wall :Everyone knows that one Alice Cooper... the story of Steven... it started in 1971 with The Ballad of Dwyght Fry, and still continues in his recent albums... As well, the album Welcome to my Nightmare, Side 1 is a series of the story... I know there's more.... but can't remember them... which would be why I started this thread... to find out more of them... 'ere - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 2:56am | ||
| sue User Info... | Tommy - The Who Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche Magica - Dio Radio Chaos - Roger Waters - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 5:26am | ||
| Neil User Info... | Kataklysm - Epic - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 5:51am | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | Axis of Advance - Obey the King Diamond one that comes to mind is "Abigail" - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 10:18am | ||
| ML7Mike User Info... | "Them" - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 10:23am | ||
| Jesse The Malcontent User Info... | Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 10:58am | ||
| Keewye User Info... | tool's last one apperantly. not sure what about every dream theater album is also fantomas's last one, though it is only one track. - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:13am | ||
| Tragedy User Info... | Pig Destroyer- Terrifyer Life of Agony- River Runs Red Macabre- Dahmer - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:24am | ||
| lonemonk User Info... | I love Jesse's example! Thats concept alright, but you have to be completely stoned on N.Y. H to know what the fuck the concept is. I love the liner notes: "My week beats your year" I submit: 666 - Aphrodite's Child - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:05pm | ||
| You Enjoy Myself User Info... | I know Pink Floyd's (or should I say Roger Water's) The Wall was already mentioned, but Dark Side Of The Moon and Animals are both concept albums as well. I guess Sufjan Stevens Michigan and Illinois are both concept albums too. - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:16pm | ||
| Mofo User Info... | Sgt.Peppers Lonely Hearts- The Beatles The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie The Downward Sprial- Nine inch Nails (about a guy and suicide) OK Computer- Radiohead (at least the prevailing theme is a big brother Orwellish theme through out the album) and of couse Green Days' American Idiot. - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:23pm | ||
| SickFuk User Info... | shit, I knew there was a bunch of them out there... just didn't realize how many.... The one I'm writing is S.I.C.K.'s next album, "So I Can Kill"... Which is the story of a serial killer growing up and his experiences which led him to what he's done... "And thats why Daddy killed them, he said we needed the food... He died so we could survive, without it we would die too" At the rate I'm going, it'll be ready sometime in 2016 'ere - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:35pm | ||
| kris User Info... | the black rider by tom waits is the soundtrack to a musical...but the songs all tell a story and its really good. - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:53pm | ||
| Jesse The Malcontent User Info... | Oh yeah. Waits has actually done four all together. Frank's Wild Years, Black Rider, Alice & Blood Money - Blood Money being the darkest. - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 1:00pm | ||
| lonemonk User Info... | Joe's Garage and Civilization Phase III by Frank Zappa You could say FZ's whole collection was a giant concept album of 71+ titles. 'Conceptual Continuity' was coined by the man. - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 2:03pm | ||
| Jeremy Baker User Info... | all of Coheed and Cambria's records. Boys Night Out disc.... "Trainwreck." - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 3:18pm | ||
| Mr. Hell User Info... | W.A.S.P - The Crimson Idol Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black Prong - Rude Awakening That's all I got. - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 4:56pm | ||
| jackass User Info... | I agree w/ the Coheed and Cambria albums...I hear they are based on a novel (or novels) that Claudio is writing. - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 5:46pm | ||
| alain User Info... | I thought Coheed and Cambria was based on their comic books. Mars Volta's Deloused in the Comatorium, as well as the new one, Frances the Mute, are my favorite concept albums (and that's the best kind of album). Tool's Lateralus was rumored to be based on a certain religion, though I can't remember which one. Look it up, it's interesting. - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 6:39pm | ||
| Nik Olaz User Info... | Creation is Crucifixion - Child As Audience Half lecture/half mind shattering punk. - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 6:59pm | ||
| Deitrosity User Info... | Crimson (parts one and two) mastermind Dan Swano strikes. A really cool concept! - Mon, 9 Jan 2006 10:48pm | ||
| Jeremy Baker User Info... | Coheed is based on a story that Claudio has put into a comic and graphic novel... or the comic is more like based on the music. The TOOL stuff is interesting, I'll need to fire up some Lateralus today on the show: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateralus - Tue, 10 Jan 2006 2:44pm | ||
| The Box Drone User Info... | http://www.newmusiccanada.ca/genres/artist.cfm?Band_Id=15524 This is my band's 'concept album.' It's about an evil forest spirit in the woods on Pender Island... more or less anyways. - Tue, 10 Jan 2006 5:49pm | ||
| Mandroid User Info... | Amon Amarth - Fate of Norns About a viking warlord pillaging and slaughtering and eventually getting killed and going to Valhalla. Doesn't get any sweeter than viking metal. - Sat, 14 Jan 2006 3:39am | ||
| Gman User Info... | STYX - Mr Roboto - Sat, 14 Jan 2006 6:10pm | ||
| Organ Grinder User Info... | Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick - Sat, 14 Jan 2006 8:24pm | ||
| Hell's Thunder User Info... | Styx- Paradise Theater 1981 - The concept album masterpiece Paradise Theatre arrived with Top 10's "Too Much Time on My Hands" and "The Best of Times." "Too Much Time on My Hands" was also featured in the first hour of MTV's initial broadcast. Paradise Theatre, who’s "Snowblind" hit the Mainstream Rock Top 30, shot to #1. - Sat, 14 Jan 2006 10:29pm | ||
| bsxjen User Info... | Manowar's Triumph of Steel is half of a concept album and i'd throw in Pig Destroyer's Prowler in the yard as well. - Mon, 16 Jan 2006 8:09am | ||
| Tyler User Info... | RACEBANNON - SATAN'S KICKING YR DICK IN story of a guy who wants to be a rockstar, so satan comes and turns him into a female pop sensation. not quite screamo, hard to define, maybe storytelling noise rock or something. I hold it in high regard. - Mon, 16 Jan 2006 3:59pm | ||
| Ty Stranglehold User Info... | The only punk concept I know of is Smogtown's "Fuhrers Of The New Wave". The tale of The Fuhrers, a nasty band in the middle of a suburban oceanside repblican nightmare. The kids are starting to get turned on to the Fuhrers' "no rules" attitude and the town officials don't like it. They hire a group of mercanaries to take out the punks that culminates in a battle on the beach... All that in 13 songs in about half an hour. One of my alltime favorite records! - Wed, 18 Jan 2006 2:29pm | ||
| bsxjen User Info... | hey ty wanna make me a copy of that sometime? - Thu, 19 Jan 2006 8:57am | ||
| crow User Info... | Alice Cooper- Goes To hell - Thu, 19 Jan 2006 9:42pm | ||
| SickFuk User Info... | Alice Cooper Goes to Hell??? Didn't think that one was.... I know songs like "Go to Hell"... "You just gotta Dance" and "I Never Cry".... but didn't think they were at all connected, other than being on the same album... can you explain it to me? 'ere - Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:51am | ||
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