Concept Albums
 

Got a favorite? Will concept album survive the iTunes age where most buy just a song at a time?

One of my personal favorite concept albums...

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Great country rock - great Americana!

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Jackson Browne's the dead guy on the left and J.D. Souther on the right. I always liked Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell and Marvin Gaye's What's Goin' On as 2 great concept albums.

wrong dead guy on left is bernie leadon

Favorite concept album:
Marillion's Misplaced Childhood

from wikipedia "The story has thematic elements of lost love, sudden success, acceptance, and lost childhood, along with an upbeat ending."

I will have to check that one out - never even heard of the band.

The Wall.

Sgt Pepper


Breakfast in America, Crime of the Century_Supertramp

Blood on the Tracks, John Wesley Harding _Dylan

Rust Never Sleeps_Neil Young

Teatro_Willie Nelson

The Ghost of Tom Joad_Springsteen

Tommy, Quadrophenia_The What

Rolling Stones.. Beggars Banquet
Neil Young...Tonights The Night
The The...The The
Dylan..Highway 61
The Band..Music From Big Pink
U2..Zootopia
Traffic....Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Jimi Hendrix...Electric Lady Land
The Clash..Combat Rock
Jefferson Airplane..Volunteers
Bowie..Alladin Sane

Wow - quite a few I didn't know.

Tommy also comes to mind.

Quadrophenia and Tommy are my top two rock operas . . . in fact, I've had 'Is it in my head? rolling through my brain all morning . . . er, day . . . I've been up for a long time. Really.

Sniff the Glove_Spinal Tap

"Tales of mystery & Imagination" - E.A. Poe stories adapted by Alan Parsons

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Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds"

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And.....Zappa's 200 Motels (I still have an original 7" reel-to-reel of this one)...

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Look further left, just to the left of Bernie Leadon

Tabs . . . that disguise you wear - the bitter curmudgeon - comes unraveled every time there's a music or movie thread. I postulate that you are a sensitive, caring individual who loves art and all things artistic. I picture you gazing at Picasso's "Guernica" and softly weeping to yourself - not only for the cruelty depicted but for the beauty as well.

Or not.

"White City: A Novel" was also by Townshend. IIRC at the time, he said he didn't think he could get away with another opera, so he wrote a novel. Lots of good songs there for the uninitiated.

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blows against the empire jefferson starship 1970

Every man has a soul. It is just a matter of how far you want to plumb its depths, not many go all the way.

Elton John..Madman Across the Water...is one I didn't list.

Rush 2112