Concept albums
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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.
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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
- A Thousand Suns by Linkin Park
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."
