Concept albums
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* Daft Punk's "Discovery" and "Human After All" | * Daft Punk's "Discovery" and "Human After All" | ||
*[http://www.m-1.us/spaceset.html RIAA's ''Sounds For The Space Set''] | *[http://www.m-1.us/spaceset.html RIAA's ''Sounds For The Space Set''] | ||
| + | * ''2112'' by Rush | ||
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| + | ==== Time travel ==== | ||
| + | * ''Time'' by the Electric Light Orchestra | ||
| + | * ''The Time Machine'' by Alan Parsons | ||
=== Weather === | === Weather === | ||
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* "Ammonia Avenue" by the Alan Parsons Project | * "Ammonia Avenue" by the Alan Parsons Project | ||
* "On Air" by Alan Parsons. Explores the history of flight. | * "On Air" by Alan Parsons. Explores the history of flight. | ||
| + | * ''A Brief History of Rhyme'' by MC Hawking | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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* ''Spartacus'' by Jeff Wayne | * ''Spartacus'' by Jeff Wayne | ||
* ''Freudiana'' by the Alan Parsons Project | * ''Freudiana'' by the Alan Parsons Project | ||
| + | * ''Gaudi'' by the Alan Parsons Project | ||
* ''Poe; More Tales of Mystery & Imagination'' by Eric Woolfson | * ''Poe; More Tales of Mystery & Imagination'' by Eric Woolfson | ||
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* ''Jabberwocky'' by Rick Wakeman | * ''Jabberwocky'' by Rick Wakeman | ||
* ''The Hound Of The Baskervilles'' by Rick Wakeman | * ''The Hound Of The Baskervilles'' by Rick Wakeman | ||
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| + | == Pink Floyd == | ||
| + | * ''Dark Side of the Moon'' is about existentialism. | ||
| + | **''The Dark Side of Oz'' by the Problemaddicts is about the urban legend that Dark Side of the Moon synchronizes with the film "The Wizard of Oz." | ||
| + | * ''Wish You Were Here'' is about separation between people and exploitation of artists by the music industry. | ||
| + | * ''Animals'' is a reworking of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" but very anti-capitalistic. | ||
| + | * ''The Wall'' traverses many themes, could be said to be about how isolation from others can rot the soul. | ||
| + | * ''The Final Cut'' is an anti-war album. | ||
Revision as of 17:40, 1 November 2010
This is a list of suitably awesome concept albums arranged by subject which I don't think has really been done anywhere else on the Net.
Contents |
Science
Science Fiction
- Deltron 3030
- Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds
- "I Robot" - Alan Parsons Project
- Daft Punk's "Discovery" and "Human After All"
- RIAA's Sounds For The Space Set
- 2112 by Rush
Time travel
- Time by the Electric Light Orchestra
- The Time Machine by Alan Parsons
Weather
- "Out of the Blue" by Electric Light Orchestra
Scientific progress
- "Ammonia Avenue" by the Alan Parsons Project
- "On Air" by Alan Parsons. Explores the history of flight.
- A Brief History of Rhyme by MC Hawking
History
People
- Nostradamus - The Fate of Man by Kayak
- Leonardo - The Absolute Man
- Addicted to Bad Ideas - Peter Lorre's Twentieth Century by The World Inferno Friendship Society
- Spartacus by Jeff Wayne
- Freudiana by the Alan Parsons Project
- Gaudi by the Alan Parsons Project
- Poe; More Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Eric Woolfson
Camelot
- Merlin; Bard of the Unseen by Kayak
- The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Rick Wakeman
United States
- The Glorious Burden by Iced Earth
- Brush-Fires Of The Mind by Sons Of Liberty
- USA by RIAA.
Literature
- Tales Of Mystery & Imagination by the Alan Parsons Project
- Jabberwocky by Rick Wakeman
- The Hound Of The Baskervilles by Rick Wakeman
Pink Floyd
- Dark Side of the Moon is about existentialism.
- The Dark Side of Oz by the Problemaddicts is about the urban legend that Dark Side of the Moon synchronizes with the film "The Wizard of Oz."
- Wish You Were Here is about separation between people and exploitation of artists by the music industry.
- Animals is a reworking of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" but very anti-capitalistic.
- The Wall traverses many themes, could be said to be about how isolation from others can rot the soul.
- The Final Cut is an anti-war album.
