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| Stories And Melodies
It seems that, when a band tries to compose music that tells a story, rthe outcome is always rr- or for most of the times - awesome... This rmustn't be a very innovative idea for a list, but rI ralways liked ''concept ralbums'', so I present you my findings... Please, add the ones you rknow rrand Cheers!rNote that the list is not in order ,from my favorite ones to the least rrfavorites. rNo spoilers included. | 1 | | Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
One of their best albums, and the only one I could actually enjoy... | 2 | | Pink Floyd The Wall
One of my favorite albums... I know that many people despise it, but I believe that this album
is perfect from beginning to end... The suffocating atmosphere, the sense of agony and
misery and the passage to catharsis, all are given so vividly you actually feel like living it...
And the movie is great! | 3 | | Porcupine Tree Deadwing
There was supposed to be a movie, but in the end the script was left unfinished.
The album is pure awesomeness. Even though the story is not really clear, it's
apparent that death is not an obstacle for some people to be together. | 4 | | W.A.S.P. The Crimson Idol
The album that saved W.A.S.P.'s career, an honest work that depicts the rise and
fall of a rock star. Excellent musicianship and each track is better than the other... | 5 | | Queensryche Operation: Mindcrime
No words needed... There was a time that these guys would bring only smiles to
our faces... | 6 | | Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Not exactly an album with a plot, but it still counts as one. Also, one of their best.
Infinite Dreams should be called ''Metalheads' Wet Dream'' | 7 | | Pain Of Salvation One Hour By The Concrete Lake
I'm not quite sure what's going on in this album, but I've heard that it's a concept
and I happen to like it. Also, Daniel's voice in ''The Big Machine'' is something truly
exceptional... | 8 | | Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
A really complex story, where a man was a girl that couldn't decide which one of the two brothers
she should f... turning the one against the other... What? Silly story? Well, listen to the album...
It's definitely not a silly one! | 9 | | Haken Aquarius
One of the greatest debut albums out there. Maturity, excellent musicianship and a
strange story of an unwanted child. | 10 | | Mastodon Crack The Skye
Well, ''Leviathan'' and ''Blood Mountain'' are also kind of concept albums, but in my
opinion, none can reach the sense of completion that this record has. Anyhow, try to
read between the lines and learn about Skye... For those who don't know, this is a
bilateral story. | 11 | | The Devin Townsend Project Deconstruction
A chaotic, yet interesting story, that includes a vegetarian, a hamburger, the devil
himself and many apes....Oh, don't forget the mighty masturbator... | 12 | | Ayreon The Human Equation
Actually, every Ayreon's album is a ''metal opera'', with different vocalist for each
role, acts and scenes... This seems to be the one people like the most, but for me
anyone would do... Last year's ''The Theory of Everything'' was really good. | 13 | | Savatage Streets: A Rock Opera
Another story about the demise of a rock star. A very good album with many touching
moments but a lot of heaviness too. | 14 | | Blind Guardian Nightfall in Middle-Earth
These guys love Tolkien. They just love him. This album is inspired by the book
Silmarilion, and is one of my favorite from them. | 15 | | Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I | 16 | | Helloween Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II | 17 | | Kamelot Epica
Okay, prepare for many Kamelot albums. This is the first part of Ariel's story, which
was heavily inspired by the tale of Faust, the poem by Goethe. | 18 | | Kamelot The Black Halo
The story continues and ends in this album, where we learn Ariel's fate, when he
tries to fight his enemy and redeem his soul. | 19 | | Kamelot Silverthorn
Their latest work was the first one without Roy Khan after many years... Thomas Youngblood,
Kamelot's mastermind did what he knew best: wrote a story and music for it and chose the
best replacement for Roy he could find, to sing it. It works for me. | 20 | | Opeth Watershed
I recently learned there was a concept behind it. Don't really know what's going on.
Despite my ignorance, I still find it to be a really good album. | 21 | | Opeth Still Life
The story behind this is very tragic, dirty and painful. The music on the other hand... | 22 | | Opeth My Arms, Your Hearse
Wasn't going to put this one in here, but who can argue that it's not a really good
concept album? Genuine lyrics create a plot that reminds me a lot of Deadwing...
Mikael and Wilson seem to have affected the one another a lot. | 23 | | The Vision Bleak Carpathia
Really enjoy this band, even though I prefer Stock's other band, Empyrium. The
album is really good with haunting melodies and a story that seems to be written by
Lovecraft himself... | 24 | | Trophy Scars Holy Vacants
A weird plot and a truly inspired band. What is not to like? | 25 | | Tuomas Holopainen Music Inspired By The Life And Times Of Scrooge
I don't believe you have to be fan of the comic to like this one. It's a tremendous
album which explains the biggest misunderstanding in the history of comics: some
guys do things for the sake of doing them, not for the reward. | 26 | | Aphrodite's Child 666
The Apocalypse through the eyes of a progressive rock band of the 70's. Period... | |
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05.15.14 | David Bowie - The Rise and fall of Ziggy stardust and the Spiders From Mars | BMDrummer
05.15.14 | Props for including 2, probably my favorite album. | Mythodea
05.15.14 | Thanks for the David Bowie album, will give it a try. The Wall rules. | monotsam13
05.15.14 | PJ Harvey - Let England Shake | Satellite
05.15.14 | the hold steady - separation sunday
titus andronicus - the monitor
direct hit! - brainless god
the lawrence arms - oh! calcutta!
fucked up - david comes to life
deltron 3030 - 3030
btmi - vacation
jane doe obvi | wabbit
05.15.14 | god I've been listening to Separation Sunday so much while driving
it's so lyrically dense I dunno what other album has that much volume / let alone a concept album | Lowder91bird
05.15.14 | Awesome list. Some of my favorite albums are listed here. | Calc
05.15.14 | as usual the greatest concept album is missing
vendetta red- sisters of the red death | Mythodea
05.15.14 | thank you all for your additions. maybe I will create a pt.II after listening to them... | dh198
05.15.14 | 1 is awesome, although I prefer Selling England By The Pound. | ArsMoriendi
05.15.14 | Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
^do you like when the story is funny with a hidden deep message? | Mythodea
05.15.14 | I tried listening to Selling... but for some reasons I couldn't focus on it and would listen to sth else instead.. | dh198
05.15.14 | It took me a while took fully appreciate it, but it's become one of my all-time favorites. The Lamb is amazing too though. | Mythodea
05.16.14 | @Satellite, I checked your suggestions. Thank you, however I am not into pop/alternative/punk etc. and unfortunately, these albums are products of these genres. If you had to suggest only one of them to a no-fan, which one would that be? | Satellite
05.16.14 | i suggest broadening yr tastes a bit and not getting hung up on genres
but seriously the monitor is objectively one of the best concept albums ever | Mythodea
05.16.14 | ^well, i don't think the list shows a preference in a genre, but your list does. Don't want to sound mean, my friend, I'm just pointing out. I will try to listen to The Monitor asap, and tell you my opinion. Cheers! | SAPoodle
06.18.14 | The Antlers - Hospice
Converge - Jane Doe
Also, are you not thinking of Ghost Reveries for 20? | Mythodea
06.18.14 | ^Oh, I don't know. I think Watershed was believed to be a concept album. Ghost Reveries was too? Man, you can never be sure with Mike, his lyrics are so cryptic. He even claimed , together with Wilson, that Grace For Drowning - Storm Corrosion - Heritage was a trilogy concept and that the albums were connected... | metalsavedmylife
06.18.14 | try the DEFEATER albums, story telling hardcore at its finest | Mythodea
06.18.14 | hmm, you have my attention:)
| manosg
06.20.14 | Missed this list. Great stuff man. I think my all time favorite has to be Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick. | Dodenakker
06.20.14 | I'm gonna say it again: La Dispute. That's some fine storytelling right there. Try Between the... and Wildlife though. Not the latest album. | avonbarksdale221
06.20.14 | I think the correlation that exists can generally be put down to a bands pre-determined creativity; a lesser band is very unlikely to attempt to write and record a massive concept, simply because they don't have the depth of talent. | metalsavedmylife
06.20.14 | Stone Sour - House of Gold & Bones
now i'm done | Rik VII
11.21.14 | Orphaned Land - Mabool
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Angra - Temple of Shadows | TalonsOfFire
11.21.14 | Dude if you don't know the meaning of 20 read my review for it, I wrote it basically so I could explain the concept and lyrical meaning after doing some research into it. | Mythodea
11.21.14 | thanks Talons. I've been thinking of it lately again but never bothered with the lyrics as they're a bit of a mindfuck. |
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