Favourite Concept Album?

[CGord]

A lot of people giving Scenes From a Memory props here. I was so unimpressed with that album. To me it was boring & pointless, & the end of my affinity for the band. I'll stick with Images & Words & Awake (& even A Change of Seasons & Falling Into Infinity). I bought Scenes, didn't like it. Bought Six Degrees, & don't think I ever completed the first listen. Haven't purchased anything from them since.

[Binnerscot]

That is the only concept that carried its weight among any style of recording! *edit - sorry I am not a Floyd/Who/Rush fan.* Best one by far. I still don't think the vocal performance on that has been topped yet.

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Scenes from a memory by Dream Theater
Tommy by the Who
Quadrophenia by the Who

[daemon barbeque]

King Diamond..The Eye
Blind Guardian...Somewhere far beyond
King Diamond..Them

[Eblis]

Does anyone around here have the love for Pink Floyd's Animals? Its always overlooked.

Tull -Thick as a Brick

Operation Mindcrime

2112

Kind Diamond - Them, Conspiracy

[Leveller]

Blind guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth.

Go out and buy it and the Silmarillion and listen to the record until you are done reading it. Your life will be better afterwards, I promise

[metlking]

Oh yeah......
If you guys have never had the chance to listen to "The Crimson Idol" by W.A.S.P. give it a try. Very underated and virtually "lost" due to it being released during the Grunge era. A must for any WASP fan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUEbTF3LSvg

[mediumpimpin]

I can't believe I forgot about coheed. All of coheed and cambria's albums are pretty good concept albums, I'd definitely recommend anything by them. As with some bands they are definitely an acquired taste due to the vocals mainly.

[ImmortalSix]

I want to add The Dear Hunter's Act I, Act II and Act III to the list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dear_Hunter

[80's_Metal]

W.A.S.P. the Crimson Idol....
it touched me so much I went out and bought a crimson red guitar... had to max out all 3 of my credit cards... since I was a poor college kid, I didn't get to eat for a week, but I had an awesome album and a new guitar!

[Mincer]

Thick as a Brick - Tull
Animals - Pink Floyd
Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis

[Chris of Arabia]

I call a draw between Mindcrime and The Lamb Lies Down

[ItsaBass]

Tommy, with Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part 1 as a very close second. (The Kinks basically did nothing but concept albums once they started.)

Someone has got to pick Aqualung...

[DarkMatter]

Too many... changes over time too

Porcupine Tree The Incident
Opeth Ghost Reveries
Dark side o moon
King Crimson The Power to Believe

[shred1980now]

queensryche-mindcrime, them-king diamond
and honestly i enjoyed the crimson idol-w.a.s.p. .....and i thought the streets by savatage had some cool tracks on it, i thought the showtunes influence was interesting.
but my favorite is probably the scarecrow by avantasia.

[Simon_F]

Music fron the Elder - KISS

j/k

LOL - I actually picked up the CD of this recently to see if it was as bad as I remembered. It's worse!

[jalguitarman]

Rage For Order

I didn't think Rage for order was a concept album.

[jalguitarman]

Mine would have to be "Operation Mindcrime". I always did like Pink Floyds "Animals. I never though of it as concept album but, I guess it really is.

[Bfeeney]

NIN 'The Downward Spiral'

[jalguitarman]

I call a draw between Mindcrime and The Lamb Lies Down

I am gonna have to give "The Lamb Lies down on Broadway" a go. I have heard excerpts od if but never the album.