Concept albums

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* ''Dark Side of the Moon'' is about existentialism.
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* ''Dark Side of the Moon'' is The Concept Album, like, the definitive example of the genre.
**''The Dark Side of Oz'' by the Problemaddicts is about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Side_of_the_Rainbow Dark Side of the Rainbow] legend.
**''The Dark Side of Oz'' by the Problemaddicts is about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Side_of_the_Rainbow Dark Side of the Rainbow] legend.
* ''Wish You Were Here'' is about separation between people and exploitation of artists by the music industry.
* ''Wish You Were Here'' is about separation between people and exploitation of artists by the music industry.

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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 & Space

  • Deltron 3030
  • Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds
  • "I Robot" - Alan Parsons Project
  • "Discovery" by Daft Punk
  • "Human After All" by Daft Punk
  • RIAA's Sounds For The Space Set
  • 2112 by Rush
  • Mothership Connection by Parliment
  • The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein by Parliment
  • Beyond The Planets by Jeff Wayne, Rick Wakeman & Kevin Peek.

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
  • The Time Machine by Rick Wakeman
  • 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

The Bible

  • The Story of Moses by LIGHT
  • When Dreams Become Reality by Thieves & Liars (the Biblical Joseph)

Ancient History (outside the Bible)

  • Spartacus by Jeff Wayne
  • Spartacus by Triumvirat
  • Ulysses - the Greek Suite

The Dark Ages

  • Merlin; Bard of the Unseen by Kayak
  • The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Rick Wakeman

The Renaissance

  • Nostradamus - The Fate of Man by Kayak
  • Leonardo - The Absolute Man

19th Century

  • Poe; More Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Eric Woolfson
  • The Glorious Burden and Gettysburg (1863 by Iced Earth

20th Century

  • Addicted to Bad Ideas - Peter Lorre's Twentieth Century by The World Inferno Friendship Society
  • Freudiana by the Alan Parsons Project
  • Gaudi by the Alan Parsons Project
  • USA by RIAA.

Literature

  • Tales Of Mystery & Imagination by the Alan Parsons Project
  • Jabberwocky by Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman
  • The Hound Of The Baskervilles by Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman
  • 1984 by Rick Wakeman
  • Treasure Island by Collosus Projects

C. S. Lewis

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
  • A Thousand Suns by Linkin Park
  • Brush-Fires Of The Mind by Sons Of Liberty

Pink Floyd

  • Dark Side of the Moon is The Concept Album, like, the definitive example of the genre.
  • 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.

Notable

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