Best Concept Albums?

[Mr Rager]

You brehs got any really good concept albums?

We'll take Dark Side of the Moon as a given, so no need to post it.

Good Kid, Maad City is a given as well.


Styx Paradise Theater is pretty good


Classic.


One of my favorite albums. But I'm a Stevie head so it's actually a soundtrack to a movie, but the album is amazing. Once you get over the unorthodox sounds and give it a good listen you will be amazed.

Contribute brehs

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
Janelle Monae -Archandroid
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Pink Floyd - Animals
Radiohead - Kid A
MF Doom - Mm..food
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day
Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
Cold Play - Viva La Vida
Raekwon & Ghostface Killah - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Redman - Dare Iz A Darkside
Little Brother - Minstrel Show
Frank Ocean - Channel Orange

Dude I can go on and on and on

 

[Endo]

Out of curiosity what do you consider a "concept album"?

Something with an overarching theme/topic? Or can it be something that has more to it than music?
Like, my friend recently showed me ODDSAC by Animal Collective, and that was great.
And while Because the Internet wasn't super great, the script that went along with it was a cool idea.

 

[Formerly known as...]

Jay Z - American Gangster is a very good concept album.

 

[Ruby'sRevolver]

The Beatles- 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'
The Beach Boys- 'Pet Sounds'
Pink Floyd- 'Animals' and 'The Wall'
The Who- 'Tommy' and 'Quadrophenia'
David Bowie- 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'

Prince Paul- 'A Prince Among Theives'
MF Doom- 'Mmm...Food?'
J Dilla- 'Donuts'
Sticky Fingaz- 'Blacktrash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones'
Gravediggaz- '6 Feet Deep'
BIG- 'Ready to Die'

so many good ones.

 

[Lost His Smile]

I was really into Coheed and Cambria in high school.

 

[frush11]

Kind of Blue

 

[drhook94]

Its country but The Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson. Another old country concept album is Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins.

 

[bangbreh]

Dr Octogon, Sex Style and a million other Kool Keith albums.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

This album took 28 years and 8 albums to make. It tells the story of aliens resurrecting Albert Einstein to save humanity from destruction.
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[kareem929]

 

[kav45]

jayz american gangster is the best in this thread

 

[Mr Rager]

Can't believe I left out Janelle Monae's Archandroid

 

[Mr Rager]

This album took 28 years and 8 albums to make. It tells the story of aliens resurrecting Albert Einstein to save humanity from destruction.
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Will definitely give it a listen

 

[CarltonJunior]

The confines of what a concept album is should be clarified for this topic to be better