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Old 01-30-2004, 07:14 PM
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Concept albums? (and your favs?)
Just wanted to see what concept albums you guys know of and like (don't include PF albums...those are givens). Just wondering, because PF really introduced me to the whole concept album thing, and since I've really enjoyed everyone I've found/listened to. So let me know what you have, and what you'd recommend.

Here are the concept albums I own and love (not including PF):
"Thick as a Brick"-Jethro Tull
"I, Robot"-Alan Parson's Project
"Sgt. Pepper's"-Beatles
"Ziggy Stardust"-David Bowie
"The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"-Genesis
"Fables of the Reconstruction"-REM (a loose concept album about the South)

and then I'm going to be getting both "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia" soon...
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A few I enjoy are...

Close to the Edge and Fragile by Yes.
2112 by Rush
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Re: Concept albums? (and your favs?)
My Favs:
Tommy - The Who
Dark Side - PF
Animals - PF
Sgt. Peppers
Foxtrot - Genesis
Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
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as much as I hate to admit it, Sgt. Pepper's was a half-assed attempt at a concept album. Lennon even said so.

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Who's Next (i.e., Would be "Lifehouse" material) - The Who
OVO - Peter Gabriel (somebody just buy it already)
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as much as I hate to admit it, Sgt. Pepper's was a half-assed attempt at a concept album. Lennon even said so.

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Who's Next (i.e., Would be "Lifehouse" material) - The Who
OVO - Peter Gabriel (somebody just buy it already)


Who's Next isnt a concept album! or is it? If you'd explain how it is, I'd appreciate it...

and as for OVO...that needs to get on my "need to get" list. I recently got "Us"...good good album. I'll need to look into getting OVO...
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Pete Townshend originally intended to follow up Tommy with another concept album named Lifehouse. The project fell through and Pete had a nervous breakdown. Tracks that were part of Lifehouse resulted in the album Who's Next. Thus, why I listed it. So, had Lifehouse been completed (though I guess it has been released in various forms), it would have been one of my favs based on the material from Who's Next. Sorry for the confusion.
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Well you learn something new everyday! Thanks for the info...being fairly new to The Who, I don't know that much about them.
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as much as I hate to admit it, Sgt. Pepper's was a half-assed attempt at a concept album. Lennon even said so.


I really like Sgt Pepper's, I think it's an excellent album of excellent songs but I cannot figure out any concept behind it, granted.
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Pete Townshend originally intended to follow up Tommy with another concept album named Lifehouse. The project fell through and Pete had a nervous breakdown. Tracks that were part of Lifehouse resulted in the album Who's Next. Thus, why I listed it. So, had Lifehouse been completed (though I guess it has been released in various forms), it would have been one of my favs based on the material from Who's Next. Sorry for the confusion.


Ole Petey has released "The Lifehouse Concert" on DVD. It is the performance of Lifehouse as he had originally envisioned it. Highly reccomended, excellent show, look for it.
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Aye. There's also a bunch of Lifehouse project mixes floating about out there. Thus my citing of it being "released in various forms."

Sgt. Pepper's is an excellent album, to me, The Beatles' second best to Abbey Road. But, as I mentioned before, it was stated that they pretty much started off with a concept and then wandered in all sorts of different directions. Aside from the first two tracks and the second to last, there is no cohesion.
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if you make a blend of rush, pink floyd and iron maiden what do you got?

*operation mindcrime* by queensryche

i think this concept album is a must
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Sgt. Pepper's - The Beatles
Their Satanic Majesties Request - The Rolling Stones
Dark Side - PF
The Wall - PF
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What exactly is the concept behind Sgt. Pepper's? Badly performed concert?

DSOTM and Animals are my favourite.
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My favourite concept album is definitely Animals, followed by DSotM. Non-Floyd I would have to say The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
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