EddieRUKiddingVarese wrote:
1. Freak Out! - The Mothers of Invention2. 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.