• AcornCarnage@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago
    • 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.

  • kvn@midwest.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    Ooo 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

  • mounderfod@lemmy.sdf.orgM
    3·
    1 year ago

    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

  • ren (a they/them)@lemmy.worldOPM
    3·
    1 year ago

    Not sure if it counts, but In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel I think is sometimes considered a bit of a concept album. Not so much with storytelling, but I think it was all connected to dreams Mangum had.

    Also, a band I randomly saw at a Calgary music festival, Hard Drugs, their self-titled album was an epic story driven concept album that I highly recommend https://songwhip.com/harddrugs

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 year ago

      Aeroplane Over the Sea was inspired by reading The Diary of Anne Frank.

      I think it’s a great album.

  • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net
    3·
    1 year ago

    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. Edit: how could I forget In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel

  • LeafyPasserine@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    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.

      • HubertManne@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        You know I thought my music tastes was really broad as I like progressive rock, new wave, alternative, etc. Then I sorta realized they were all sort the same off center sometimes touching mainstream stuff over time.

        • ren (a they/them)@lemmy.worldOPM
          1·
          1 year ago

          yeah, same. I love pretty much most genres, but it’s always just outside the mainstream. From rock, pop, prog, country, R&B, and soul, just on the peripheral.

          • HubertManne@kbin.social
            2·
            1 year ago

            Oh I definately have genres im not wild about in general. Like rap, country, and pop. Still there are some stuff that comes out of it that I like or songs that incorporate elements of it in a way I like.

  • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • cordillera@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Not sure if Antic Clay’s Hilarious Death Blues is a concept album but man it’s the darkest double album I’ve ever listened to, to the point that I would not recommend listening to it while depressed or going through some serious shit. It’s a journey through an apocalyptic Americana and its very convincing in its beautiful hopelessness. It’s Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian made into sonic flesh.

    Bandcamp: https://stickfigurerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/hilarious-death-blues-double-album

  • jamesior@kcmo.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    @ren dira minus the Bear’s album count? The one where half the track names are from starship troopers?

    I should listen to damn bugs whacked him Johnny.