Instrumental Concept albums?

I was reading the post below about all the bands with concept albums and it reminded me of something I was wanting to ask a while back. What are some good examples of concept albums by instrumental bands? I can't really think of many off the top of my head. I am in an instrumental band called Gnomonaut (www.gnomonaut.com), and our new album is based around a very loose concept, but it is mostly known only to us. We hint at the concept through the titles and order of the songs, as well as the use of some of our effects. Its streaming on our site if you'd like to check it out, by the way (love to hear comments).

Just yesterday I read about a new release by an avant band called "Caterpillarmen" that was an instrumental concept album. I listened to it and enjoyed it. It is available for free streaming at:

harmonium.ro wrote: Camel's Snowgoose.

harmonium.ro wrote: Snow Dog wrote: harmonium.ro wrote: Camel's Snowgoose.  Despite not intending to be. They came up with the titles and the supposed "inspiration" after they made the album?

I'm not sure if Excelsior! by Mastermind is intended as a concept album, but it certainly feels like there is some sort of story in there, possibly involving some sort of travel, and weather plays a key role. Could be that I'm reading too much into it though..    

Edited by Ixirn - April 19 2011 at 17:02

Roger Glover - Elements (1978)

Edited by wilmon91 - April 19 2011 at 17:23

Any of Jarre's albums.....

Rick Wakeman's "The 6 Wives of Henry the VIII", and it's available on it's original 70's studio version, or the new orchestral live version. Wakeman did a few other instrumental Concept albums, the one that I remember is 7 Wonders of the World (though this one is rather New Age instead of Prog), which was later re-released, with new names for the songs, as Stories from Middle Earth (as a matter of fact, this other one has 6 of the 7 songs from 7 wonders, plus 3 or so other purely piano songs from another album).

Djam Karet - A Night For Baku

harmonium.ro wrote: Snow Dog wrote: harmonium.ro wrote: Snow Dog wrote: harmonium.ro wrote: Camel's Snowgoose.  Despite not intending to be. They came up with the titles and the supposed "inspiration" after they made the album? No, they wanted readings from the book but were not allowed  to. Haha, I didn't know that.