Was listening to Cloud Cult’s Light Chasers - https://songwhip.com/cloudcult/light-chasers - and thinking about my own album Hello World - https://songwhip.com/fairy-eyelashes/hello-world - and got to thinking…
What are your favorite concept albums?
- Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
- Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
- Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
- The Refreshments - Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy
That last one is maybe not intended as a concept album, but it has such a consistent sound, feel, and narrative that it’s hard not to consider it one.
Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino by Arctic Monkeys
Bass lines go hard and the lyrics are honestly genius from Alex Turner - the concept is about a washed up musician in a retrofuturistic setting
DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar.
One of the best lyrical journeys put to wax. I still revisit it pretty frequently and find new layers every time.
Tallahassee and Beat The Champ by the Mountain Goats. The Suburbs and Neon Bible by Arcade Fire. Deltron 3030 by Del the Funkee Homosapien and Dan the Automator.
Divers by Joanna Newsom. I love the cyclical arrangement of her songs with the last line of her last song looping back to the first line of her first song. I think it really illustrates what she’s trying to say about the nature of love and time.
The Protomen - Act I-II
Vendetta Red - Sisters of the Red DeathOoo good question. Here’s a few that came to mind.
Pink Floyd - The Wall
The Decemberists - Hazards of Love
Andy Shauf - Neon Skyline
The Dear Hunter - Act I through Act V (5 albums)
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
Deltron 3030
Amazing how many people have never listened to The Wall. It’s the only album from my childhood that’s still 100% listenable and fresh sounding
Absolute ground-breaker at the time
I don’t know if “show and tell” was a thing at your school but somehow I had a copy of Another Brick in the Wall vinyl single and played it for the class. I must have been in grade 5 or 6. What a fuckin legend I am haha.
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