Concept Albums - What are your favorites?
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TwstDrSteph
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In no particular order:
Morgana Lefay -- Maleficium
Morgana Lefay -- Grand Materia
Savatage -- Streets
Savatage -- Wake of Magellan
Symphony X -- V: The New Mythology Suite
Those are the ones that immediately come to mind. I am probably forgetting some.
Morgana Lefay -- Maleficium
Morgana Lefay -- Grand Materia
Savatage -- Streets
Savatage -- Wake of Magellan
Symphony X -- V: The New Mythology Suite
Those are the ones that immediately come to mind. I am probably forgetting some.
Because it isn't a concept album. The second side has nothing to do with the concept.
I've got a lot that hasn't been mentioned, but I'll list them all.
Progressive Rock:
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Kevin Gilbert - Shaming Of The True
Spock's Beard - Snow
Echolyn - Mai
Metal
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Savatage - Dead Winter Dead
Ayreon - The Final Experiment
Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
Star One - S/T
Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come
Therion - Secret Of The Runes
Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne
Haken - Aquarius
Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
Blind Guardian - Nightfall On Middle Earth
Epica - Consign To Oblivion
Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, pt 1
Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
Superior - Ultima Ratio
TribunalRecords
Record Label(s)/Vocalist
That is only Side 1 of an album. If there is best "concept songs" thread it would be in it.
euleria
the last in line
DarkOne
Black Belt in Sarcasm
Somehow my favorite albums are concept albums. I think the greatest ones prove their worth in changing your mood and emotions while pulling you through the storyline. With that in mind, not listing much that hasn't already been mentioned, and admitting that the order after the first 3 change according to my :
#1 - Savatage - Streets. My favorite album of all time, concept or otherwise. Runs the gambit of agression, emotional music, amazing song writing, and a decent story. Still the pinnacle of music for me.
#2 - Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime. All together now: "Sweet Dreams. . . . . You bastard"
#3 - Sym X - V - The New Mythology Suite. I love Sym X, but I wish that they still were making music like this.
#4 - Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. "Seven Deadly Sins . . . "
#5 - Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth. Reenergized the power metal genre.
#6 - Eternity X - The Edge. Songs like "Confession" run you through an emotional roller coaster.
#7 - Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls. Catchy songs. Very catchy. Catchy enough to make my non-metal wife perk up and state that she likes it. Very rare.
#8 - Iced Earth - The Dark Saga. Barlow shines.
I love most of the other albums other people listed in this thread, but those are the ones that stand out for me.
Steve in Philly
#1 - Savatage - Streets. My favorite album of all time, concept or otherwise. Runs the gambit of agression, emotional music, amazing song writing, and a decent story. Still the pinnacle of music for me.
#2 - Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime. All together now: "Sweet Dreams. . . . . You bastard"
#3 - Sym X - V - The New Mythology Suite. I love Sym X, but I wish that they still were making music like this.
#4 - Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. "Seven Deadly Sins . . . "
#5 - Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth. Reenergized the power metal genre.
#6 - Eternity X - The Edge. Songs like "Confession" run you through an emotional roller coaster.
#7 - Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls. Catchy songs. Very catchy. Catchy enough to make my non-metal wife perk up and state that she likes it. Very rare.
#8 - Iced Earth - The Dark Saga. Barlow shines.
I love most of the other albums other people listed in this thread, but those are the ones that stand out for me.
Steve in Philly
nomisofsiman
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Pink Floyd - The Wall (My personal favorite album of all time)
Avantasia - Metal Opera 1 and 2
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys pt. 1 and 2
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Coheed and Cambria - No World for Tomorrow
King Diamond - Give Me Your Soul...Please, Abigail, Them
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (Personally, I find this to be one their most underrated)
Avantasia - Metal Opera 1 and 2
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys pt. 1 and 2
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Judas Priest - Nostradamus
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Coheed and Cambria - No World for Tomorrow
King Diamond - Give Me Your Soul...Please, Abigail, Them
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (Personally, I find this to be one their most underrated)
zedowns
Member
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element I, One Hour By Concrete Lake, BE
The Dear Hunter - Act II, not the greatest story but one of my favorite albums of all time.
Eternity X - The Edge
Protest the Hero - Kezia
Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True
Between the Buried and Me - Colors, ask me what this album about. I dare you. I'll give you the most detailed explanation.
The Dear Hunter - Act II, not the greatest story but one of my favorite albums of all time.
Eternity X - The Edge
Protest the Hero - Kezia
Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True
Between the Buried and Me - Colors, ask me what this album about. I dare you. I'll give you the most detailed explanation.
J. Golden
Heaven and Hell Records
J. Golden
Heaven and Hell Records
5. Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick
4. Christian Death - All the Love All the Hate 1 &2
3. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
2. Pink Floyd - The Wall
1. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
The Reticent - Le Temps Detruit Tou is coming up on 6th, sure if I read more Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens I might follow it even more.
4. Christian Death - All the Love All the Hate 1 &2
3. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
2. Pink Floyd - The Wall
1. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
The Reticent - Le Temps Detruit Tou is coming up on 6th, sure if I read more Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens I might follow it even more.
MEGALOUD
The Nightmare Has Begun..
THIS!
and my Dad always spinning PINK FLOYD's Dark Side of the Moon are what started me into the genre, no list is complete without them.
Then of course along came OPERATION MINDCRIME and I was hooked forever.
AeonicSlumber
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Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
The Antlers - Hospice
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
all of the Ayreon albums are awesome but the last one is a standout to me
Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
King Diamond - The Puppet Master, Abigail, and Them
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Evergrey - The Inner Circle, and In Search Of Truth
Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For the Deaf
Opeth - Still Life
Symphony X - V
To name a few.
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
The Antlers - Hospice
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
all of the Ayreon albums are awesome but the last one is a standout to me
Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
King Diamond - The Puppet Master, Abigail, and Them
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Evergrey - The Inner Circle, and In Search Of Truth
Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For the Deaf
Opeth - Still Life
Symphony X - V
To name a few.
AeonicSlumber
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That's not a concept album though. There is a 2112 "suite" on the record, but concept albums generally follow a specific narrative from start to finish, imo anyways.
J. Golden
Heaven and Hell Records
Diab0lique
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My favorites:
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Ayreon - The Human Equation
If someone started the concept song thread, I'd choose Seventh Wonder - Great Escape. I have listened to that one song at least as many times as those two albums.
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Ayreon - The Human Equation
If someone started the concept song thread, I'd choose Seventh Wonder - Great Escape. I have listened to that one song at least as many times as those two albums.
AeonicSlumber
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So is Darkside' really a concept album? Or it it really about The Wizard of Oz?
It's about the different stages of life.
modernwizardry
I want stout!
Gamma Ray - No World Order
Protest the Hero - Kezia
Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets...
Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls
Hibria - Defying the Rules
Scanner - Hypertrace
Ayreon - Universal Migrator 1-2
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
The Kinks - Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround Part 1
The Kinks - Preservation Acts 1-2
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Pretty Things - SF Sorrow
Protest the Hero - Kezia
Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets...
Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls
Hibria - Defying the Rules
Scanner - Hypertrace
Ayreon - Universal Migrator 1-2
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
The Kinks - Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround Part 1
The Kinks - Preservation Acts 1-2
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Pretty Things - SF Sorrow
