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Concept albums
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:30 amby Roddy
Just listening to Cradle of Filth's 'Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder', and thinking it's a damn fine effort as a concept piece. Just wondering what Devin fans think are the greatest concept albums of all time? Obviously in these surrounds the mighty Ziltoid must get a mention! I still have to give it to Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime though. Simply stunning and untouchable in it's creation and execution.
Re: Concept albums
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:37 amby FUBAR
Couple of obvious choices
Opeth - Still Life
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
both great stories/concepts/albums!
Re: Concept albums
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:59 amby Liampie
Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
Fucking masterpiece, even better than The Human Equation which features Devin.
Next to this album comes Ziltoid.
Re: Concept albums
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:57 amby AlucardXIX
Meshuggah - Catch 33
Between the Buried And Me - Colors
Both Opeth albums FUBAR mentioned.
Cant think of anymore right now
Re: Concept albums
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:45 amby Biert
FUBAR wrote:Opeth - Still Life
Best album ever, story is a large part of that.
I've never thought of Colors as a concept album, what's it about?
Re: Concept albums
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:13 pmby Dunkelheit
emperor - prometheus: the discipline of fire & demise
Re: Concept albums
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:56 pmby Nathan_lol
What do Princess Diana and Pink Floyd have in common? Their last big hit was the wall.
Re: Concept albums
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:40 pmby Abydost
I can't really think of any concept albums that I like because they're concept albums except for Ziltoid. It's probably the most "complete" album I know of, and the story is very clear. I like Still Life of course but I don't really think of it as a concept album. Oh wait, Scenes from a Memory! Awesome. I consider PT's FoaBP and Nil Recurring to be concepts as well.
Re: Concept albums
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:16 pmby AlucardXIX
Biert wrote:FUBAR wrote:Opeth - Still Life
Best album ever, story is a large part of that.
I've never thought of Colors as a concept album, what's it about?
I could have sworn I read about it being a concept album.
Re: Concept albums
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:12 pmby BlueRaja
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory (you scared me for a moment there, Aby!)
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, & The Wall
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
There are some others I like, but these 6 are my favorite.
Edit: Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane, The Perfect Element Pt. 1, & BE. Damnit!
Re: Concept albums
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:27 pmby Biert
Punky Bruster!
Re: Concept albums
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Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:53 pmby sj_2150
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
NIne Inch Nails - Year Zero
Disillusion - Back To Times Of Splendour
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Fear Factory - Demanufacture
Lou Reed - Berlin
Re: Concept albums
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Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:06 amby BrunoN
sj_2150 wrote:Fear Factory - Demanufacture
and "Obsolete"
Does Star One's Space Metal count? I think we can assume making lotsa cheesy awesome songs about 80s movies is some kind of concept.
Re: Concept albums
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Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:28 amby Deth Warmdover
Some of my favorites,besides nearly every one listed so far....
Aphrodite's Child (Vangelis)
666
The Who
Tommy
Uriah Heep
Magicians Birthday
Mastodon
Leviathan
Re: Concept albums
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Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:10 pmby sj_2150
BrunoN wrote:sj_2150 wrote:Fear Factory - Demanufacture
and "Obsolete"
Does Star One's Space Metal count? I think we can assume making lotsa cheesy awesome songs about 80s movies is some kind of concept.
any album that has any form of a theme running through its songs is considered a concept album. it can be a storyline, subject matters or even the way the songs are played
oh and i left obsolete out coz i most definitely favour demanufacture. although obsolete still kicks ass
