I'm a big fan of albums with a story to follow along with. Do you have any suggestions of albums i perhaps have'nt heard of, what do you think of those kind of lyrics, what do you prefer with lyric writing, any favourite lyricists?
Concept Albums
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I'm a big fan of concept albums. I just enjoy the complete feeling when listening to them. Obviously Opeth's MAYH is imo the example of what a great concept album is. From how the songs flow together to the lyrics being read as a complete short story, it's truly perfect.
Savatage did a bunch, Gutter Ballet is a pretty great album.
And if you're into other kinds of music, Madvillainy is an all-timer.
And if you're into other kinds of music, Madvillainy is an all-timer.
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King Diamonds solo records, queensryche operation mindcrime.
great concept/story albums. I like concept records that have charictors, and plots and such through out it. I LOVE Radioheads Kid A. which is suposed to be a concept album about the first cloned baby. thus the name "kid a". I look at that record as an AMAZING peice of music, but really not a concept album. Since there is really no story. if this makes sense. same could be said about lateralus, and such
great concept/story albums. I like concept records that have charictors, and plots and such through out it. I LOVE Radioheads Kid A. which is suposed to be a concept album about the first cloned baby. thus the name "kid a". I look at that record as an AMAZING peice of music, but really not a concept album. Since there is really no story. if this makes sense. same could be said about lateralus, and such
Is Foxtrot a concept album? I'm not really sure, but I've never thought of it as a concept album. Watcher of the Skies seems to have no relevance to, say, the lyrics in Supper's Ready. It's hard to make sense of some of the parts in Supper's Ready in itself lol...
Are you looking for concept albums in general, or just metal concept albums? If the latter should be the case, ignore this post. Otherwise, I´d recommend these two, which are my favourite concept albums, especially because of the lyrics and the story they tell (though I also like the music very much):
Tom Russell - "The Man From God Knows Where"
Kari Bremnes (she´s my overall favourite lyricist) - "Svarta Bjørn" (Since you are from Sweden, you might even understand the lyrics, which are written in a dialect from Northern Norway. I translated them into German for myself several years ago. BTW, this album is also related to Swedish history, namely the building of the railway from Kiruna to Narvik, though the story itself focuses on the person Svarta Bjørn, which seems to have become some kind of legendary character - at least in Norway.)
Triton
In Solitude
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Good point. I think the A side is a concept album. I'll have to listen again...
Which calls to mind Rush 2112! Mentioned yet?
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Rofl, everyone thinks it's a concept album because the title track takes up more than half of the album's play time.
Also, Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
Also, Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
The concept is, as I remember, a loose one: the end of time and heading for "The New Jerusalem".
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
I must say that, of all the great concept albums, for me, Ziggy is the least pretentious, and the songs work on their own just as well as they do in service of the concept. Can't believe I listed Outside before this!
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