Albums that are in story form, basically.
My Favorite conceptual album would have to be "The crimson Idol" By W.A.S.P.
What be yours?
Favorite Conceptual albums
Albums that are in story form, basically.
My Favorite conceptual album would have to be "The crimson Idol" By W.A.S.P.
What be yours?
Owen made this sig. R.I.P.
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part One
It is honestly one of the two best albums ever released.
Originally Posted by MecaKane
No matter how much you and Sigmund Freud want it to be, 'mother' is not a curse word.
Albums don't have to be in "story form" to be conceptual.
Anyway: (in random order)
Janus - Schlafende Hunde
Orphaned Land - Mabool
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Edge of Sanity - Crimson II
Angizia - Das Schachbrett des Trommelbuben Zacharias
Angizia - 39 Jahre für den Leierkastenmann
Angizia - Ein Toter fährt gern Ringelspiel
Samsas Traum - a.Ura und das schnecken.Haus
Atrocity - Atlantis (kind of)
Samsas Traum - Oh Luna mein
Haggard - Awaking the Centuries (also "kind of")
And what Crushed Hope said.
I'd also like to add Pain of Salvation's "Be".
1. Genesis- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. A very confusing, disturbing and mysterious story drives what is - in my opinion - Genesis' best album. Part of what makes it so excellent is how, upon starting to understand the story, you want to discover what the hidden moral meaning behind it is. As many have said before me, perhaps there is no definite meaning, and it must be left up to individual interperation.
2. Pink Floyd - The Wall. Bitter social commentary that may seem rather disjointed at first, and also straying far from the usual Floyd album, but nevertheless a masterpeice.
The Rasmus - Dead Letters
Each song is a letter being sent to someone, or at least according to what I read somewhere. Something a long the lines of letters to different people
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here and The Wall
Definetly Pink Floyd's Wall album as it is my fave all time album anyway. When PF do a concept album they do it amazingly ie DSOTM, WYWH, Animals. Also Iron Maiden's Seventh Son and Killers Albums are very good concept albums
Green Day- American Idiot
"Reality is that which,
when you stop believing in it,
doesn't go away".
Philip K. Dick
How was that a conceptual album?
Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm. That album is actually one big song cut in 8 different pieces. The entire album is audiobiographical, and it's segmented in different periods of Grace's life. Mixed with interview cuts inbetween songs. Great concept album.
Last edited by Chris; 05-14-2006 at 08:28 PM.
The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
Ziggy Stardust or Quadrophenia.
Yes, they are the masters of conceptual albums. Actually when you think about it almost every Floyd album is in some way conceptual. There is always a theme driving the album, and not only do the songs in each album directly flow into each other, they always follow a similar mold that is unique to that album. So technically I could just say that all Floyd albums have a concept and therefore are all my favourite conceptual albums, but since the Wall was the most conceptual I only listed that one.
metropolis part 2: scenes from a memory by dream theater is the coolest thing ever...
Roxas!
What about Piper at The Gates of Dawn, that wasnt conceptual, but your right they do do a lot of good conceptual albumsYes, they are the masters of conceptual albums. Actually when you think about it almost every Floyd album is in some way conceptual. There is always a theme driving the album, and not only do the songs in each album directly flow into each other, they always follow a similar mold that is unique to that album. So technically I could just say that all Floyd albums have a concept and therefore are all my favourite conceptual albums, but since the Wall was the most conceptual I only listed that one.
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