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Favorite Concept Albums, R&P?

Good evening R&P. I was wondering, what are some of your favorite Concept Albums? I'm bored, so I was thinking of making a list of the best ones, and I wanted opinions. Thanks guys.

BQ: Favorite progressive rock/metal band?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Good morning :)

    I can't for certain recall what 'the concept' was for some of these!

    In random order, grouped by band :~

    Jethro Tull ~ "Songs from the Wood"

    Jethro Tull ~ "Heavy Horses"

    Jethro Tull ~ "War Child"

    Jethro Tull ~ "Stormwatch"

    Jethro Tull ~ "Thick as a Brick"

    Jethro Tull ~ "Aqualung"

    Mike Oldfield ~ "Tubular Bells"

    Mike Oldfield ~ "Ommadawn"

    Mike Oldfield ~ "Incantations"

    Mike Oldfield ~ "Platinum"

    Pink Floyd ~ "Wish You Were Here"

    Pink Floyd ~ "The Dark Side of the Moon"

    The Beatles ~ "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

    Alan Parson's Project ~ "Tales of Mystery and Imagination"

    Fleetwood Mac ~ "Rumours"

    {not Prog, and not officially a 'concept', but all the songs are on the same two themes}

    BQ : Jethro Tull, and Mike Oldfield

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    After Forever - Invisible Circles

    Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory

    In Flames - Whoracle

    Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

    Leave's Eyes - Vinland Saga

    Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals, Holy Wood, The Golden Age of Grotesque

    Mastodon - Leviathan

    Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

    Pink Floyd - Animals, The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here

    Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

    Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God

    Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

    BA: Pink Floyd

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    A Prince Among Thieves

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    "Operation: Mindcrime" by Queensryche

    "The Wall" by Pink Floyd

    "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory" by Dream Theater

    "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars" by David Bowie

    "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" by Iron Maiden

    BA: Rush and Dream Theater

  • 1 decade ago

    Tales Of Mystery and Imagination - The Alan Parsons Project

    BQ: The Alan Parsons Project.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd and Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh by Magma are two of My faves.

    BA: Yes

  • 1 decade ago

    Opeth - 'Still Life'

    Opeth - 'My Arms, Your Hearse'

    Mastodon - 'Leviathan'

    Mastodon - 'Blood Mountain'

    Mastodon - 'Crack the Skye'

    Gojira - 'From Mars to Sirius'

    Isis - 'Oceanic'

    Red Sparowes - 'Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun' (ever heard an instrumental concept album before?)

    Red Sparowes - 'At the Soundless Dawn'

    Cult of Luna - 'Eternal Kingdom'

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

    Zen Arcade - Husker Du

    The Wall - Pink Floyd

    New Day Rising - Husker Du

    American Idiot - Green Day

    BQ: Pink Floyd

  • Adam
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    My favorite concept album is

    Iced Earth - "Horror Show"

    From start to finish that is an amazing album! They tie in the theme so well and I just really love that album.

    BQ: Opeth

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, 1974, by Genesis is my favorite.

    BQ: Genesis, followed closely by Yes.

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