Concept Albums
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What's your favorite concept albums? Concept album general I guess
Are there any albums that are told as story similar to Hospice?
lowkey GOAT concept album right here
Are there instrumental concept albums, or concept albums for people that don't care for lyrics? probably not since just the idea of a concept album seems to appeal to lyric listeners, but I dunno
>>64335849
I'm not sure if it's a concept album, but Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' has reoccurring melodies in the songs. Great cohesive album.
>>64335883
No. It does not have similar melodies. It's 5 standards that are all in different keys and modes. Nothing repeats between songs. Clear lack of basic jazz knowledge ur displaying.
>>64335834
Because of the time signatures, right? Or is there some deeper thematic significance I never noticed?
I love this album, but I've never thought to consider it a concept album.
>>64335849
A lot of Leyland Kirby's stuff is conceptual, especially An Empty Bliss Beyond this World. The source of the samples and the way they're manipulated all convey a really specific theme.
Also, Sleep Research Facility has a few albums which convey a specific setting or atmosphere. The Antarctica one and Nostromo especially.
Also, Robert Rich's Somnium is all about sleep and sleep cycles.
Sorry, the only ones I can think of are ambient.
Hadestown(super freaking underrated around /mu/)
La Vida Boheme-Sera
The College Dropout by Kanye
Illinois and Carrie and Lowell by Sufjan stevens(I believe Age of Adz was explicitly said not to be be a concept album)
TPAB and GKMC
Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
>>64335849
The Planets by Gustav Holst
>>64336460
>The Planets by Gustav Holst
what the fuck
>>64336560
elaborate
>>64335834
Not a concept album, unless you really want to push it
>>64335883
"No"
You don't know jack shit about jazz do you?
>>64335849
There are classical music pieces that could be considered a concept album, such as Vivaldi's 4 seasons
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Maybe Thomas Dolby's "Golden Age of Wireless," a sort of concept album about the early radio era.
Some of those songs (like "Airwaves" or "Cloudburst at Shingle Street") are classics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CL6aJ8YqAM
>>64335849
OH, and there's Camel's The Snow Goose of course
I like Welcome to the Black Parade
Not my absolute favourite concept album but it's a good one that tends to be overlooked imo
>>64335849
>>64335849
Invisible Cinema by Aaron parks
Also, it's called a tone poem usually, though I would call IC a concept album
>>64336566
Not him, but probably he's mad because you're referring to a suite written before the album was a popular format
>>64335849
Just listen to classical music desu.
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique
R Strauss - Alpine Symphony
R Strauss - Tod und Verklarung
Liszt - Faust Symphony
Beethoven - Pastorale Symphony
>>64335849
Mike Oldfield -Tubular Bells
Trippy and kinda dark. Some may say pretentious, but I enjoy the head-space this album puts you in.
