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Poll Question: Which of these albums is the epitome of the "Rock Opera" format?
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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Opera means several singers playing each one his part. The only listed album with this characteristic is Ayreon's
The Lamb is a concept album as well as Spock's Berad Snow. Where is opera there?


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"Maybe not all True "Rock Operas"  but maybe strong concept story telling."

That's why I added this comment.

And I didn't put Tommy on the poll because I thought Quadrophenia was a better album.
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Points: 13358 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2014 at 08:59
Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Opera means several singers playing each one his part. The only listed album with this characteristic is Ayreon's
The Lamb is a concept album as well as Spock's Berad Snow. Where is opera there?


Read my original post closer

"Maybe not all True "Rock Operas"  but maybe strong concept story telling."

That's why I added this comment.

And I didn't put Tommy on the poll because I thought Quadrophenia was a better album.
I wasn't criticizing, just explaining my vote. Spock's Beard "Snow" would have fit well in the list, btw.
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Points: 13358 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2014 at 09:00
and what about Bohemians Rhapsody? It's a song, not an album but if I think to "rock the opera" it's my first thought.
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Points: 5109 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2014 at 10:19
Torn between Quadrophenia and The Lamb. While I think perhaps on musical continuity The Who have the edge, I find the opera/story for The Lamb works better.
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Points: 1759 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2014 at 06:02
Genesis, The Who, and Bowie's albums would all break my all-time top 10/15, so it's pretty close. 
In the end, I've gotta go for The Lamb - I listen to it almost as much as Trespass now, despite it being 94 minutes long.
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Genesis, because of the wealth of good song material.
It's difficult to hold a high level of songs in a double album format. Genesis did that.
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I love The Lamb and TaaB much more but went with Quadrophenia as it is structured more like an opera than the others.  Musical themes are introduced then revisited and combined in other ways whereas the other's are more linear in their storytelling, often with no recurring motifs (or just a cursory return but not any kind of tonic exploration or variation).
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Fine music, but for opera standards (no Ca Ira?) I'd have to pick The Wall. Roger's unique ability to make voices and portray characters is one of a kind and no one else is really achieving this. Narration, view points amidst top tunes and imaginative environments abound but only The Wall gets the opera environment. More cheerful than Tosca by the end as well. 
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