Concept Albums

[DE]

What do you think of them? I personally love the idea of albums telling stories.


Discuss

 

[Kate Bush Rules!]

Some of my favourite albums are concept albums.

 

[The Evil Toucan]

My two favorite all time albums are Scenes From a Memory and MAYH so I definitely dig them more than regular albums.

 

[Aecliptica]

i dont really realsie that they are concept alubms if they are

 

[Aecliptica]

My two favorite all time albums are Scenes From a Memory and MAYH so I definitely dig them more than regular albums.

listenin to dance of eternity now \m/

 

[chaveta]

i dont really realsie that they are concept alubms if they are

word, unless i read the lyrics i would have never known MAYH was a concept album... Still Life on the other hand was easier to catch...

 

[Thanatopsis123]

I sometimes wonder how many people realize a concept album does not have to tell a story linked by all the songs. The songs must simply be linked thematically. Star One - Space Metal is an example that comes to mind.

 

[Hondo]

Yeah.. but that can be hard to discern, since a lot of albums have all the songs on very similar themes. I guess concept albums are usually put together in a way where it's easy to tell, though.

My favorites are MAYH, Still Life, Prometheus, Oceanic, SFAM, and Death's Design.

 

[Thanatopsis123]

Anyway, some of my favorites include:

Opeth - MAYH
Opeth - Still Life
EoS - Crimson
Therion - Secret of the Runes
Vehemence - God Was Created
Star One - Space Metal
Nightingale - I
Nightingale - Alive Again
Diabolical Masquerade - Death's Design
maudlin of the Well - Bath
maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map

 

[LuminousAether]

Yeah, I was thinking that myself... many people just don't know what concept albums are. They are an album with a concept behind it... as simple as that.

Here's my list of best:

November's Doom - The Knowing
The Afghan Whigs - Black Love
Ephel Duath - The Painter's Palette
Zao - Liberate te ex Inferis
Maudlin of the Well - Bath / Leaving Your Body Map
Ulver - Bergtatt
Ulver - Themes from William Blake's Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Edge of Sanity - Crimson

 

[Static]

Concept albums almost always turn out awesome...more people should do them...

 

[Thanatopsis123]

I forgot Bolt Thrower - Honour Valour Pride

 

[LuminousAether]

Concept albums can be bloated messes quite easily, like Operation: Mindcrime (one of the worst albums ever).

 

[MasterOLightning]

People forget that there's a difference between story albums and concept albums. MAYH is a story album, but I don't know if I'd call it a concept album. Morningrise is also a story album if you look at the lyrics. SFAM is both. The lyrics tell a story, and there's lots of recurring themes. It plays out like one song. You could call Damnation a concept album, but it tells no story, although the lyrics are somewhat connected in all songs.

 

[The Master]

nine inch nails - The Downward Spiral

 

[osse87]

What is the point about an album if the songs have no connection what so ever? I know there are albums like that, pretty much most of them are, but I've never really got the point.