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    Posted: May 30 2015 at 17:00
I was listening to the amazingly powerful, emotional, Posthumous Silence by Sylvan recently and noticed that I hadn’t seen a “Favorite Concept Album” thread for a while and, while I love Days of Future Passed, Tommy, MDK, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Animals, and The Wall, I thought I’d ask for you to list your favorite concept albums from the 21st Century. I thought it appropriate to include only albums that truly tell a cohesive story, start to finish. And, sorry, no instrumental albums.


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Interior City - THE GABRIEL CONSTRUCT

Odyssey:  The Greatest Tale

The Dream of the Magic Jongleur - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - THE FLAMING LIPS

Posthumous Silence - SYLVAN

Suiciety - METHEXIS

Infernal Machina - JANNICK TOP

The Death-Defying Unicorn - MOTORPSYCHO

Ziltoid the Omniscient - DEVIN TOWNSEND

In hoc signo - INGRANAGGI DELLA VALLE

The Sunstone - THE PSYCHEDELIC ENSEMBLE

The Theory of Everything - AYREON
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Passover - The Black Angels
Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree
Ziltoid The Omniscient - Devin Townshend
Hospice - The Antlers
The Death Defying Unicorn - Motorpsycho
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 30 2015 at 20:52
The Hospice is just so damn good. Nice pick there. 
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Originally posted by Lear'sFool Lear'sFool wrote:

Passover - The Black Angels
Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree
Ziltoid The Omniscient - Devin Townshend
Hospice - The Antlers
The Death Defying Unicorn - Motorpsycho

Cool! Two to check out! (Black Angels & Antlers)!
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Off the top of my head (though of course there are many more that deserve a mention):

Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon/Number 7/Snowtorch
October Equus - Permafrost
3RDEgree - The Long Division (not a "true" concept as in having a storyline, but the songs definitely have a common theme)
Thinking Plague - Decline and Fall (same as above)
Guapo - History of the Visitation
miRthkon - Vehicle
Shadow Circus - On a Dark and Stormy Night
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^ being a Stephen King man...  I was more partial to Whispers and Screams. Frickin fabulous album.
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Mine remains "Perilous" by Glass Hammer, featuring John Davison on vocals.  A very fine effort indeed, I don't see it discussed much on PA.
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Ayreon - 01011001, The Human Equation
Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV: Volume 1, The Afterman
Haken - Visions, The Mountain
Phideaux - Snowtorch
Rush - Clockwork Angels
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Points: 7955 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 01 2015 at 20:26
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

The Hospice is just so damn good. Nice pick there. 

Just listened to it last night and tonight! AGREED! Awesome album!
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The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
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Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

The Hospice is just so damn good. Nice pick there. 

Just listened to it last night and tonight! AGREED! Awesome album!

Really unique experience. 
Doesn't come off cheesy even though the intent is obvious. The atmosphere is so well constructed it just works. 
Love the vocals too. 


Edited by Horizons - June 02 2015 at 11:53
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Not order.

Napier's Bones Tregeagle's Choice
Dun Aenghus Tales of Dun Aeunghus
Guapo History of the Visitation
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Is Snow considered a concept album?

Cause that one is pretty good.
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I'll be very honest and say that the only concept album I truly heard was Steven Wilson' Hand.Cannot.Erase.

What album was inspired by Stephen King back there? Or I get that wrong?
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Points: 7955 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2015 at 22:37
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Originally posted by BrufordFreak BrufordFreak wrote:

Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

The Hospice is just so damn good. Nice pick there. 

Just listened to it last night and tonight! AGREED! Awesome album!

Really unique experience. 
Doesn't come off cheesy even though the intent is obvious. The atmosphere is so well constructed it just works. 
Love the vocals too. 

Hospice has become quite a favorite in the family since you turned me on to it. It hasn't left the car since I got it. My 16-year old LOVES it and wants more music like it (She loves Arcade Fire but not Radiohead.) My wife and I love the story and lyrics. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love

Agreed, but I don't like it. Not to my personal tastes. Not sure why . . .
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Points: 7955 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2015 at 22:40
Originally posted by raeloneq raeloneq wrote:

Is Snow considered a concept album?

Cause that one is pretty good.

I think it is but I never could get into it. To each his own! Thanks for sharing! 
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