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.

Contents 1 Science 1.1 Science Fiction 1.2 Weather 1.3 Scientific progress 2 History and Time 2.1 Unusual Time Signatures 2.2 People 2.3 Camelot 2.4 United States 3 Literature 4 Politics & Philosophy 4.1 Pink Floyd 5 Notable

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
• Mothership Connection by Parliment
• The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein by Parliment

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 Dark Side of the Rainbow legend.
• 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

• Neil's Heavy Concept Album - the concept is "not being a concept album."
• Peter and the Wolf (Prog Rock Version)