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Ja.x · Post by **Ja.x** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:34 am

Did someone mention:

Autobahn?
Men Machine?
Computer World?
Radioactivity?
Expo 2000? (Ooops, not an album...)
Tour de France?

All around concepts...

Electric Cafe? Is it a concept?

opiadream · Post by **opiadream** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:37 am

polyphonic spree

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:02 am

opiadream wrote:polyphonic spree

die!

dreibel · Post by **dreibel** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 2:51 am

The Who: The Who Sell Out the concept of the album being a pirate radio station - complete with commercials!

The Jam: Setting Sons the first punk concept album, with Paul Weller writing about an English Civil War and its aftermath.

The Kinks did a ton of them: Arthur, Soap Opera, Schoolboys In Disgrace, Are The Village Green Preservation Society . Even Give The People What They Want has a concept thread running through it, Ray was depressed about everything then....

Utopia, Swing To The Right - this came out around the same time as Styx' Kilroy Was Here, and it got somewhat unnoticed - but it was the better album in Todd Rundgren's decrying what the Reagan Republicans were doing to the US at the time - scathing!

Utopia, Deface The Music - the concept being, let's see if we can write a tribute to the Beatles, using all original material - and, oh, spot the influences!
"Hoi Polloi", "Always Late" and "Life Goes On" are great. I think Rhino reissued this one a while ago, worth checking out....

Studiodad · Post by **Studiodad** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:23 am

"Hold your group together with Rotosound strings!"

and

"Radio London reminds you, 'Go to the church of your choice'".

Kajiki · Post by **Kajiki** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:29 am

Ziggy Stardust

It helped me survive my ego-driven teenagehood.

MidiSwede · Post by **MidiSwede** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:39 am

The Residents - Commercial Album

mistertoast · Post by **mistertoast** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:42 am

OK. Ziggy Stardust. Can't believe I forgot that one. A magical album.

Yagushi · Post by **Yagushi** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:49 am

MidiSwede wrote:The Residents - Commercial Album

Arrrg! Ya beat me to it, ya scurvy land-lover!

And I agree with warbug and tetraplan's statements as well...

Mr. Slater's Parrot · Post by **Mr. Slater's Parrot** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:53 am

The Kinks did a ton of them: Arthur, Soap Opera, Schoolboys In Disgrace, Are The Village Green Preservation Society . Even Give The People What They Want has a concept thread running through it, Ray was depressed about everything then....

Not to mention ...

Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround -- the travails of a band starting, getting a hit single, getting ripped off, etc.

Muswell Hillbillies -- connecting London outskirts and American Appalachia

Everybody's in Showbiz -- a band's life on the road

Preservation Acts 1, 2, 3 -- Flash versus Mr. Black

warbug · Post by **warbug** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:59 am

Yagushi wrote:
MidiSwede wrote:The Residents - Commercial Album
Arrrg! Ya beat me to it, ya scurvy land-lover!

And I agree with warbug and tetraplan's statements as well...

yea man the residents are the kings of concept albums.

3rd reich and roll !
the king and eye
the american composers series (still a werk in progress

since '87)

ima add a new one.

Renaldo and the Loaf - arabic yodeling

Mr. Slater's Parrot · Post by **Mr. Slater's Parrot** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:00 am

And just recently ...

Greendale -- Neil Young

Doug Nelson · Post by **Doug Nelson** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:11 am

Mr. Slater's Parrot wrote:
Muswell Hillbillies -- connecting London outskirts and American Appalachia

Now that I want to hear!

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:49 am

opiadream wrote:polyphonic spree

not really just a concept album eiter but the first two commercial albums played back to back follows

just gotta decide which color robe im wearing tomorrow

dystonia_ek · Post by **dystonia_ek** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:36 am

The Residents 'The Third Reich'n'Roll'
John Duncan 'The Keening Towers', 'The Crackling'
The Hafler Trio 'Kill the King'/'Mastery of Money'/'How to Reform Mankind'
Current 93 'All the Pretty Little Horses'
Voice of Eye 'Transmigration'

Favorite concept albums