Concept albums
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* ''Days of Future Passed'' by the Moody Blues | * ''Days of Future Passed'' by the Moody Blues | ||
* ''To Our Childrens Childrens Children'' by the Moody Blues | * ''To Our Childrens Childrens Children'' by the Moody Blues | ||
| + | * ''Pyramid'' by the Alan Parsons Project | ||
=== Unusual Time Signatures === | === Unusual Time Signatures === | ||
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== Literature == | == Literature == | ||
| + | * [http://www.ghostsandspirits.net/ ''Ghosts & Spirits'' by Phil Woodward.] - a concept album about ''The Great Divorce'' by C. S. Lewis. | ||
* ''Tales Of Mystery & Imagination'' by the Alan Parsons Project | * ''Tales Of Mystery & Imagination'' by the Alan Parsons Project | ||
* ''Jabberwocky'' by Rick Wakeman | * ''Jabberwocky'' by Rick Wakeman | ||
* ''The Hound Of The Baskervilles'' by Rick Wakeman | * ''The Hound Of The Baskervilles'' by Rick Wakeman | ||
| - | == Pink Floyd == | + | == Politics & Philosophy == |
| + | * ''Eye in the Sky'' by the Alan Parsons Project | ||
| + | * ''The Turn of a Friendly Card'' by the Alan Parsons Project | ||
| + | * ''Vulture Culture'' by the Alan Parsons Project | ||
| + | * ''Balance of Power'' by the Electric Light Orchestra | ||
| + | * ''American Idiot'' by Green Day | ||
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| + | === Pink Floyd === | ||
* ''Dark Side of the Moon'' is about existentialism. | * ''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." | **''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." | ||
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* ''The Wall'' traverses many themes, could be said to be about how isolation from others can rot the soul. | * ''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. | * ''The Final Cut'' is an anti-war album. | ||
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| + | == Spoofs == | ||
| + | * ''Neil's Heavy Concept Album'' - the concept is "not being a concept album." | ||
Revision as of 17:57, 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
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 and Time
- Time by the Electric Light Orchestra
- The Time Machine by Alan Parsons
- Days of Future Passed by the Moody Blues
- To Our Childrens Childrens Children by the Moody Blues
- Pyramid by the Alan Parsons Project
Unusual Time Signatures
- Time Out! by the Dave Burbeck Quartet
- Off the Beaten Meter; Mashups Beyond 4/4
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
- Ghosts & Spirits by Phil Woodward. - a concept album about The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis.
- Tales Of Mystery & Imagination by the Alan Parsons Project
- Jabberwocky by Rick Wakeman
- The Hound Of The Baskervilles by Rick Wakeman
Politics & Philosophy
- Eye in the Sky by the Alan Parsons Project
- The Turn of a Friendly Card by the Alan Parsons Project
- Vulture Culture by the Alan Parsons Project
- Balance of Power by the Electric Light Orchestra
- American Idiot by Green Day
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.
Spoofs
- Neil's Heavy Concept Album - the concept is "not being a concept album."
