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Points: 8058 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2016 at 12:24
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Triumvirat's Spartacus, released in 1975, one of the first prog concept albums based on a non-religious historical figure, that of the famous gladiator who led a revolt against Imperial Rome. (yes, it is a favorite, but that's besides the point LOL)
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Points: 4591 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2016 at 14:21
Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Triumvirat's Spartacus, released in 1975, one of the first prog concept albums based on a non-religious historical figure, that of the famous gladiator who led a revolt against Imperial Rome. (yes, it is a favorite, but that's besides the point LOL)

Good call Doug and a fantastic album Wink
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Points: 1189 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2016 at 14:48
There are two kinds of concept albums: those which tell a story, and those with songs that are part of a theme. Sgt. Pepper is about songs performed by this fictional band and characters. Pet Sounds can be considered a concept album as well if we take into account that it was all about Brian Wilson's psyche at the time. Some real life sounds thrown in and a sense of unity between the songs helped a good deal. I love both albums, but I find "theme" to be a weaker excuse for a concept because, with that criteria in mind, we might as well call a Mariah Carey album conceptual since those are all about falling in and out of love and realtionship issues.
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1. Freak Out! - The Mothers of Invention
2. Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces
3. Tommy - The Who
4. The Dark Side Of The Moon- Pink Floyd
5. The Wall - Pink Floyd
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Points: 1008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 12 2016 at 01:28
Originally posted by EddieRUKiddingVarese EddieRUKiddingVarese wrote:

1. Freak Out! - The Mothers of Invention
2. Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces
3. Tommy - The Who
4. The Dark Side Of The Moon- Pink Floyd
5. The Wall - Pink Floyd
 
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake isn't really a concept album as the concept piece is only one side.
 
The first album with a strong story line is the Story of Simon Simeopath by Nirvana in 1967
 
Pretty Things' SF Sorrow is probably next in 1968.  It is also a fantastic album. It is amazing that a band that could produce such quality couldn't get anywhere near it again (the same could be said of Don Mclean with American Pie)
 
Pictures at an Exhibition is pretty good.
 
I always think of Santana's Caravanserai as a concept album even though there is no deliberate concept built into it.  The album has a continuous musical theme and is evocative of love and peace from start to finish.
 
Al Stewart's Past, Present & Future gives the story of the 20th century and ties it together with a song abut Nostradamus.  A wonderful album from start to finish. 
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Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - yes the concept was only one side but it came out 12 months before Tommy in the UK and with the round sleeve it was something new and an early concept album and raised the profile of the genre. So it stands for me - each to their own.
 
If you want to go back early for concept albums then would mention
Dust Bowl Ballads – Woody Guthrie dating back to 1940 adapted from John Steinbeck’s great novel ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
 
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