Concept Albums

[Shaun Ponsonby]

My favourites are...

'2112' (Rush),
'Dark Side...' (Floyd),
'...Topographic Oceans' (YES),
'Seventh Son...' (Maiden)
'Snow' (Spock's Beard),
'Testimony' (Neal Morse)


I'm just trying to think, ELP never did a concept album, did they?

[fe_lung]

Not favorites, but other options:

Operation Mindcrime
American Idiot
some kiss record - don't remember the name. gatekeeper, or keymaster, or something... those may be Ghostbusters....
The Downward Spiral

[Soul Reaper]

Dark Side of The Moon - Pink Floyd

[monkeythe]

Dream Theater - Scenes from a memory

[nosuchluck]

anything by Pain of Salvation - Entropia, One Hour by the Concrete Lake, Remedy Lane ( to name a few)

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by monkeythe
Dream Theater - Scenes from a memory

and that too

[Soul Reaper]

Does Dream Theater's 'Change of Seasons' count as a concept album?

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Originally posted by fe_lung
Not favorites, but other options:

some kiss record - don't remember the name. gatekeeper, or keymaster, or something... those may be Ghostbusters....
The Downward Spiral

"Music For The Elder"?

[Last_Child]

Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage.
Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory.

[Mr Badguy]

"The Wall" by Pink Floyd.

It isn`t `til you get a bit older that you realize how fucked up that album is.

Just like life.

It also makes you feel as if it isn`t just you who struggles with the shit inside your head that you think fucks you up.

[Full Bug]

Very true Mr Badguy....Great album....Didnt really get into it until I was much older...

[Soul Reaper]

It is a great album.

So is 'Wish You Were Here'

[Shaun Ponsonby]

"So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do You thinkyou can tell?

Did they get you trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot Ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
a walk-on part in the war
for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just 2 lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year
Runnin' over the same old ground
of how we found the same old fears
wish you were here..."

[DrMaddVibe]

Pink Floyd - "Animals"

[pete]

Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

Fuck all that we’ve got to get on with these
Got to compete with the wily japanese
There’s too many home fires burning
And not enough trees
So fuck all that
We’ve got to get on with these

Cant stop
lose job
mind gone
silicon
stoll on
What bomb
get away
pay day
make hay
Break down
need fix
big stix
Clickity click
hold on
oh no
brrrrrrrrrring bingo!

Make em laugh make em cry make em dance in the aisles
Make em pay make em stay make em feel ok

Not now john
We’ve got to get on with the film show
Hollywood waits at the end of the rainbow
Who cares what it’s all about
As long as the kids go
Not now john
Got to get on with the show

Hang on john
We’ve got to get on with this
I don’t know what it is
But it fits on here like ssssssss ...........
Come at the end of the shift
We’ll go and get pissed
But not now john
I’ve got to get on with this

Hold on john
I think there’s something good on
I used to read books but ............
It could be the news
Or some other abuse
Or it could be reusable shows

Fuck all that we’ve got to get on with these
Got to compete with the wily japanese
No need to worry about the vietnamese
Got to bring the russian bear to his knees
Well, maybe not the russian bear
Maybe the swedes
We showed argentina
Now lets go and show these
Make us feel tough
And won’t maggie be pleased
Nah nah nah nah nah nah!
S’cusi dove il bar
Se para collo pou eine toe bar
S’il vous plait ou est le bar
Oi’ where’s the fucking bar john!