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Thursday, September 24, 2009 
Rock music went to college in the 1960s. First it started pilfering from classical music and theater. Then someone had the psychedelic-induced idea to carry a single story over an entire album, just like in opera. And thus the genie was unleashed: the concept record, simultaneously emblematic of rock at its most ambitious and its most pompous. Some damn musicologist determined these to be the best examples.

Top 10 Concept Albums





DDP
Dante Phoenix

 
Really? No "My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade"? Or "Queen - A Night at the Opera"?

-DDP
 
Posted by DDP on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 3:01 PM
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The man with no name

 
My personal fav is Mindcrime!

 
Posted by The man with no name on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 6:19 PM
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Collin

 
This list has zero credibility due to the fact that Dream Theater's "Scenes From a Memory" is not included. Also, The Who is overrated.

 
Posted by Collin on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 6:20 PM
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Collin

 
Oh, and where is Iron Maiden's "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" and Helloween's "Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. 1"??? Such a bogus list...

 
Posted by Collin on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 6:21 PM
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MAR!0 v.7.0

 
Supposedly, Metallica's Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, AND And Justice For All..., were all concept albums, and were altogether a story of Life, Death, and Re-birth... or something like that, ...plus, look at the artwork of those three albums alone...

 
Posted by MAR!0 v.7.0 on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 8:31 PM
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Roy W♠J♠
Roy Jones

 
This list is shit if it includes "American Idiot" but not CRACK THE SKYE.

 
Posted by Roy W♠J♠ on Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 9:16 PM
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Who is Tyler Durden?

 
They are way fucking off... fuck green day up the ass, no talent hacks. Where's is your sense of American Pride.

Top concept album... Coheed and Cambria... Every song they have ever written is one story. Then Claudio made a solo-side project to tell the same story from a different characters view.
 
Posted by Who is Tyler Durden? on Saturday, September 26, 2009 - 10:20 PM
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Ultrazilian

 
Seventh Son and Hemispheres! I was looking at the covers of all your magazines in the 300th issue, and I only saw Lifeson on there one time. How is that possible for someone - and one of the very few I might ad - who has sold out arenas for over 30 years?
 
Posted by Ultrazilian on Sunday, October 04, 2009 - 5:43 PM
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DDP
Dante Phoenix

 
Holy shit, it hadn't dawned on me 'till now(and appearantly not on you guys either)... ZIGGY STARDUST! Possibly the best, and one of the earliest, rock concept records.

-DDP
 
Posted by DDP on Monday, October 26, 2009 - 1:25 AM
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INHALANT

 
GLAD to see these made the fvcking list.. suprised me!

5) Hüsker Dü, Zen Arcade
Concept record? Hardcore punk? Incongruous! Yet it happened. A suburban youth with a miserable home life hits the road, all Kerouac-like, and encounters a slew of nuts and flakes. Bob Mould established himself as one of the best guitarists in punk rock and planted the roots for emocore (not Emo Phillips).
4) Queensrÿche, Operation: Mindcrime A preacher, a hooker, and a junkie walk into a bar... No, that’s a different story. A preacher, an ex-hooker, and a junkie get caught in a web of intrigue involving an underground political movement bent on assassination. Queensrÿche differentiated themselves here from the better-selling ’80s poodle metal bands by not being butt-stupid. "

 
Posted by INHALANT on Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 1:55 AM
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