Your favorite concept albums

[Tash]

Hmm...now I have to think.

Well, definitely Opeth "My Arms, Your Hearse" and "Still Llife"...but after that I really have to think whether an album's a concept or a themed album.

In no particular order:
Frank Zappa "Freak Out!", "Joe's Garage"
Rush "Hemispheres"
Just about any Magma album...
Serge Gainsbourg "Histoire de Melody Nelson"
Midlake "The Trials of Van Occupanther"
Isis "Oceanic"
The Mars Volta "De-Loused in the Comatorium", "Frances the Mute"
Pink Floyd..."Dark Side of the Moon", "Wish You Were Here", "Animals", "The Wall"
Barry Adamson "Moss Side Story"
Bo Hansson "Sagan om ringen" (Lord of the Rings)
The Moody Blues "Days of Future Passed"
Aphrodite's Child "666" (although it does get a bit much sometimes...gotta be in the mood for that shit.)
The Who "Tommy" was pretty cool as far as I recall, but I haven't heard it for many years.


Now for the debatable concept albums, the ones I scratch my head over whether they are or not, and if they are make my list...or maybe we could discuss it...?

Fantômas self titled and "Delirium Cordia"
Cult of Luna "Somewhere Along the Highway"
Alice In Chains "Dirt"


oh yeah. And Porcupine Tree "Deadwing".

 

[Wander]

You guys are forgetting
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient
!

Agreed!

It's pretty much the best concept ever.

 

[soundave]

A few not yet mentioned that I like (already, many of my faves mentioned):

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie - Outside
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Iced Earth - Night of the Stormrider
Iced Earth - Horror Show
Alan Parsons - Tales of Mystery & Imagination

 

[Ruun]

Opeth - My Arms Your Hearse
Opeth - Still Life

Cult Of Luna - Eternal Kingdom

 

[Mr. Bungle]

Queensryche-Operation Mindcrime
King Diamond-Abigail, Them, pretty much all of them actually
Porcupine Tree-In Absentia
Dream Theater-Scenes From A Memory
Pink Floyd-The Wall

 

[tchocky]

Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
Opeth - Still Life
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II
Ikuinen Kaamos - The Forlorn
Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Ayreon - 01011001
Evergrey - In Search Of Truth
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Kalisia - Cybion
Maudlin Of The Well - Bath/Leaving Your Body Map/Secret Song (not too sure about these, I've heard the Toby calls them a concept, even though I don't know what it is)
Orphaned Land - Mabool

 

[Vacant_Planets]

Queensrÿche's Operation: Mindcrime
Kamelot's The Black Halo.

 

[Lightbulb Sun]

You guys are forgetting
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient
!

Note to Earth, make better coffee.

 

[MadMeg]

My all-time favorite is Voivod - Dimension Hatross.

 

[SerenityNow!]

Queensryche : Mindcrime
Opeth : MAYH, Still Life
Dream Theater : Metropolis, Six Degrees
Maiden : Seventh Son
Rush : Hemispheres, 2112
Pink Floyd : The Wall

Many more...

As for King Diamond, I have to be in a really weird mood to listen to his stuff. His singing is tough to take sometimes, but his concepts are some of the best. Actually, if it weren't for his concepts, I really wouldn't care to listen to him. He's excellent to listen to around the Halloween season, for sure. Damn it King!!

Haven't heard the newest one though. How are the vocals on that one?