Top 5 Concept Albums
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Topic: Top 5 Concept Albums
Posted By: Josh18293
Subject: Top 5 Concept Albums
Date Posted: August 31 2012 at 16:54
| Has to include full albums (but dual, series songs will be accepted, ie: Rush- Fear Series, Cygnus X-1: Duology) |
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 31 2012 at 17:54
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I could list five Magma-albums, but that wouldn't be very interesting The Residents - Mark of the Mole (+Intermission) Igor Wakhévitch - Docteur Faust Yma Sumac - Legend of the Jivaro (from 1957, and possibly the first) Gong - You (but really Camenbert-Flying Teapot-Angel's Egg-You)
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 31 2012 at 18:09
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I can't think of 5 Concept Albums that i actually enjoy. I do know that Deloused in the Comatorium would top any list i would compile though. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: August 31 2012 at 18:18
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Concept albums: 1.Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 2.Rush - Clockwork Angels 3.David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust 4.Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Song Series: 1.Rush - Fear 2.Rush - Cygnus X-1 Duology 3.King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic Side longs: 1.Genesis - Supper's Ready 2.VDGG - A Plague of the Lighthouse Keepers 3.Yes - Close to the Edge 4.Rush - Hemispheres 5.Rush - 2112 ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: August 31 2012 at 18:21
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Man, only five? Let's see: 1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis 2. In A Glass House - Gentle Giant 3. Deloused In The Comatorium - The Mars Volta 4. Oceanic - Isis 5. M.D.K. - Magma ------------- 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: August 31 2012 at 18:21
Series Songs aren't even close to Concept Albums, especially the ones listed that appear on different albums entirely. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Josh18293 wrote:Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: August 31 2012 at 21:40
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1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis 2. De-loused In The Comatorium - The Mars Volta 3. Three Friends - Gentle Giant 4. Animals - Pink Floyd 5. Abigail - King Diamond
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Posted By: Zargasheth
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 00:24
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I haven't really heard enough concept albums to make a list--but The Dark Side of the Moon and especially Gentle Giant's The Power and the Glory are favorites of mine. Great music and well-executed concept combined. |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 07:20
You continue to impress me with your excellent taste. I have been singing the praises of Yma Sumac on this board for years. ------------- 
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Posted By: HarbouringTheSoul
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 08:18
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Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory Gentle Giant - Free Hand (if this doesn't qualify as a concept album, substitute with The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free) Marillion - Misplaced Childhood Pink Floyd - Animals An admittedly lame selection. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 08:23
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^Thanks! Glad I went beyond that compilation I had for years and started buying her actual albums. Do you know this particluar one? Its as overlooked and underappreicated as it is spellbinding. http://www.allmusic.com/album/legend-of-the-jivaro-mw0000647158" rel="nofollow - The Allmusic review just makes me angry, cause he obviously haven't been listening the album in question. I sure don't hear any chintzier, 50's pop production, mainstream Latin pop or quasi rock 'n' roll... |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 08:24
Thanks! Glad I went beyond that compilation I had for years and started buying her actual albums.
Do you know this particluar one? Its as overlooked and underappreicated as it is spellbinding. http://www.allmusic.com/album/legend-of-the-jivaro-mw0000647158" rel="nofollow - The Allmusic review just makes me angry, cause he obviously haven't been listening the album in question. I sure don't hear any chintzier, 50's pop production, mainstream Latin pop or quasi rock 'n' roll... |
Posted By: The Jester
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 08:28
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hmmm I don't have the time to think about it so much, but here are the ones that are coming now to my mind... (And I like them of course)... Pink Floyd: The Wall Marillion: Misplaced Childhood Rush: 2112 (Does that count?) Genesis: The Lamb lies down on Broadway Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick (Again, does this count?) ------------- If anybody wants please visit: http://www.gfreedomathina.blogspot.com/ This is my Blog mostly about Rock music, but also a few other things as well. You are most welcome! Thank you. :) |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 10:01
I think I have every one of her studio albums except that one, which I can't seem to find. As a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, that review makes me angry as well. :) -------------
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 10:39
If don't have a problem buying second hand, it shouldn't be to difficult to get a hold of a copy. Amazon's got plenty of http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000002U2G/ref=tmm_acd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used" rel="nofollow - CD's for sale from $0.99 and http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001KT6YBY/ref=tmm_vnl_used_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=used" rel="nofollow - LP's from $14.99 (+ $2.98 in shipping). There's also an overpriced http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000002U2G/ref=tmm_acd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new" rel="nofollow - new CD for $39.99
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 11:43
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I don't have enough concept albums i like to make a proper list, but a couple i love are Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple Triumvirat-Spartacus |
Posted By: AEProgman
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 21:38
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Pink Floyd - Animals
Nektar - Remember the Future
Neal Morse - One
Queen - Queen 2 (just reviewed it so it was fresh in the brain)
Transatlantic - Whirlwind ------------- 
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 21:59
 What a great forum discussion. Conceptual albums huh?? Well 5 is tough cause I love so many, but here it goes.
1) Operation Mindcrime (Queensrÿche) 2) Metropolis pt2: Scenes of a Memory (Dream Theater) 3) Legend pt 1,2,3 (Saviour Machine) 4) A Pleasant Shade of Gray (Fates Warning) 5) the Wall ( Pink Floyd) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: September 01 2012 at 22:01
^ Concept albums? Really? A few years ago I would have said: (In no particular order ... except for the order in which I have thought of those albums) Yes - Tales Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Pink Floyd - Animals Pink Floyd - The Wall Pink Floyd - WYWH Now I'm thinking: Yes - Tales Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick Pink Floyd - Animals Pink Floyd - The Wall Genesis - SEBTP (eh ... kind of a concept album, but if you insist on a solid substution, ...) ... Pink Floyd - DSOTM (Not gonna go with Aqualung 'cause, as Ian said, "It's not a concept album.") Now that we are discussing concept albums, I've just noticed that of all the major prog bands KC is probably the only one that hasn't come up with a single true concept album.
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Posted By: HarbouringTheSoul
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 05:52
True. The closest they come IMO are Discipline, which has a unified musical philosophy, and Beat, on which most (but not all) songs are influenced by beat poetry. I'm not very familiar with Rush's extended discography, have they ever released a full concept album? |
Posted By: Earthmover
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 06:12
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 10:32
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Yes. RUSH, who is the greatest music act to come out of Canada have released a full conceptual album. Actually, RUSH's latest release 'Clockwork Angels' is a very good concept album. Check it out. Not a dissapointment ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: September 02 2012 at 13:53
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Difficult choice at this moment, my CDs and LPs are packed in boxes (I'm moving soon) so I can't go through them and I'm likely to not think about several of them, but some I'd surely mention are (sorry they are more than 5):
Genesis - The Lamb
Floyd - The Wall
Tull - Thick As A Brick
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Le Orme - Fellona e Sorona
Yes - Tales
Spock's Beard - Snow
Gentle Giant - Three Friends
Camel - The Snow Goose (if that counts)
Jesus Christ Superstar (the movie soundtrack version)
Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura
Neal Morse - One
Neal Morse - ?
Wakeman - Wives of Henry VIII
IQ - Subterranea
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Posted By: cqc19_genesis
Date Posted: September 03 2012 at 10:56
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In not particular order: -Genesis "The lamb..." -Jethtro tull "Thick as a brick" -Aphrodite's child "666" -Pink Floyd "The wall" -Yes "Tales from..." -------------  
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 03 2012 at 11:16
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666 - Aphrodites Child
Revolutions - Magenta
Remote Control - The Tubes
Songs Of Distant Earth - Mike Oldfield
Merlin, Bard Of The Unseen - Kayak
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 03 2012 at 11:40
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For the 70's: Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory Patrick Moraz - i Lancaster/Lumely - Marscape Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Usandthem
Date Posted: September 03 2012 at 11:44
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The three best for me are:
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon Genesis- The Lamb lies down on Broadway Jethro Tull- Thick as a Brick Then, in no order: Porcupine Tree- Fear of a Blank Planet, The Incident Dream Theater- Metropolis Pink Floyd- Wish you were here, Animals, The Wall Yes- Tales Jethro Tull- A Passion Play, Ministrel in the Gallery Marillion- Misplaced Childhood, Marbles IQ- Subterrenea Fates Warning- A Pleasent Shade of Grey VDGG- A Grounding in Numbers The Tangent- The Music That Died Alone Alan Parsons Project- Tales of Mystery Phideaux- Doomsday Afternoon, Snowtorch Camel- The Snow Goose, Rajaz Pulsar- Halloween Sylvan- Posthumous Silence Aphrodite's Child- 666 Spock's Beard- Snow Neal Morse- ? Le Orme- Felona e Sorona Banco del Mutuo Soccorso- Darwin! Arena- The Visitor Ange- Au Dela du Delire Magma- Mekanik Destruktiv Kommandoh Beardfish- Sleeping in the Traffic Gong- Radio Gnome Trilogy Anubis- Tower of Silence Gazpacho- Tick Tock |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 03 2012 at 11:52
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For the '80's: David Byrne - The Catherine Wheel Brian Eno - Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks Eddie Jobson - The Green Album Fred Frith - The Technology Of Tears Frank Zappa - Broadway The Hardway Honorable single album side concept mention to Kayak for Merlin Does Yes Union qualify?  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: hobocamp
Date Posted: September 03 2012 at 12:47
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A Passion Play
Animals The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Tales From Topographic Oceans Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: September 04 2012 at 02:03
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Posted By: dtguitarfan
Date Posted: September 08 2012 at 08:23
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This might change from year to year for me, but right now my 5 favorite concept albums are: 1. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2 2. Seventh Wonder - Welcome to Mercy Falls 3. A.C.T - The Last Epic 4. Symphony X - V 5. Anubis Gate - The Detached ------------- http://tinyurl.com/cy43zzh" rel="nofollow - My 2012 List 
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 08 2012 at 09:03
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Another Great concept album is
AYREON's. The Human Equation. Give that a spin. Eric Clayton as the Voice of Reason is great. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 08 2012 at 10:30
------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: September 08 2012 at 10:34
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Hmm, had a fem drinks, just wondering, is there such a ting, an album without a concept ? ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 08 2012 at 10:38
------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: September 08 2012 at 11:36
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Anyway : The lamb Volta debut Thick as a b. ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 08 2012 at 11:38
What about Savage Rose - Dødens Triumf ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: September 09 2012 at 03:57
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Oh ya starting that kind of thinking Poul Dissings : Lykkeland Benny Holst : Historien om Jenny Would be both amazingly strong concept albums, especially on the storyline. Sad so few people in the would will ever be albe to understand them. ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: appudds
Date Posted: September 09 2012 at 05:52
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I would go with 1)Dream Theater- Metropolis 2)Rush- 2112- A Farewell to Kings- Hemispheres (they are a trilogy) 3)Transatlantic- The Whirlwind 4)Jethro Tull- Thick as A Brick 5)Marillion- Misplaced Childhood
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: September 09 2012 at 06:02
News to me. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: September 09 2012 at 13:08
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Floyd - The Wall Floyd - DSOTM The Observatory - A Far Cry From Here Radiohead - Kid A/Amnesiac Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 09 2012 at 22:39
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Ah man I add 'The Watershed' by Opeth up there as one of the great conceptual pieces out there. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: September 09 2012 at 23:36
You're sure about that eh?
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Posted By: RedNightmareKing
Date Posted: September 15 2012 at 20:06
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No particular order. Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle Genesis - The Lamb... Jethro Tull - TAAB Pink Floyd - The Wall and tied for the fifth spot... Haken - Visions The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute ------------- I consider drone metal to be progressive... |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: September 15 2012 at 20:43
Just came back to this thread, and to be honest I don't know what I was thinking. Here's what my real list would look like. 1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 2. Deloused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta 3. K.A. - Magma 4. Three Friends - Gentle Giant 5. Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta  |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: September 15 2012 at 21:08
Take out Magma and put in Animals, then it'd be fantastic. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: September 15 2012 at 21:13
Don't worry, Animals is #6 |
Posted By: toon h
Date Posted: September 20 2012 at 17:08
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1. The Wall - Pink Floyd 2. Brave - Marillion 3. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis 4. DSOTM - Pink Floyd 5. Misplaced Childhood - Marillion I find most of the great albums have some sort of common thread holding it together, like Roger Waters' Amused to Death, Crime of the Century, Songs in the Key of Life... |
Posted By: menawati
Date Posted: September 20 2012 at 18:24
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Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche Final Cut - Pink Floyd Lamb - Genesis Animals - Pink Floyd Passion Play - Jethro Tull no particular order ------------- They flutter behind you your possible pasts, Some bright-eyed and crazy, some frightened and lost. |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 20 2012 at 18:38
Right on man!! OPERATION MINDCRIME is freakin killer!! Good choice. It was on my list too!! ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: September 20 2012 at 19:05
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Animals by Floyd TPATG by Gentle Giant Imaginos by Blue Oyster Cult TAAB by Tull K.A. by Magma No particular order. In fact, TAAB has to be at the top. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 20 2012 at 20:29
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Dark Side of the Moon by Floyd
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie
Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues
Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull Quadrophenia by The Who ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 21 2012 at 01:13
Iván
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 21 2012 at 11:35
^Great list, Ivan
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: September 21 2012 at 11:43
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That Aphrodite's Child is an intense one for sure. Nice choice. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 21 2012 at 15:18
| ^And i am glad to see someone besides me finally mentioning Triumvirat in this thread (not that it is surprising from Ivan) |
Posted By: Guitar Noir
Date Posted: November 25 2012 at 17:44
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Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
KISS - Music From The Elder
Sylvan - Posthumous Silence
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
IQ - Subterranea
Honorable mention to:
Marillion - Brave
Gazpacho - Missa Atropos ------------- "Sometimes the afterglow isn't enough and we have to move on." Steve Hackett |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: November 25 2012 at 17:56
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Sylvan - Posthumous Silence Now there is a Neo prog concept album that is highly under looked at. SYLVAN are a really good Neo prog band. I put them on par with GALAHAD, but not IQ. IQ is the freakin best. ;) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Sumdeus
Date Posted: November 25 2012 at 19:25
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Moody Blues' Days Of Future Passed is definitely up there.
------------- http://sumdeus.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Sumdeus - surreal space/psych/prog journeys |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: November 25 2012 at 19:29
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Posted By: Guitar Noir
Date Posted: November 25 2012 at 19:44
I am a HUGE fan of Posthumous Silence. I came across it 2 years ago and was so blown away by it, it's been a long time since a prog cd has affected me so strongly. ------------- "Sometimes the afterglow isn't enough and we have to move on." Steve Hackett |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 25 2012 at 19:46
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1. Dark Side of the Moon 2. Thick as a Brick 3. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 4. Days of Future Passed 5. Quadrophenia ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: November 26 2012 at 07:40
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Hmmm.... Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth Porcupine Tree - In Absentia Jag Panzer - Thane To The Throne Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls After Forever - Invisible Circles Within Temptation - The Unforgiving Nightwish - Imaginaerum Kamelot - Epica/The Black Halo dang, I have more.....
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: November 26 2012 at 08:05
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1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.
2. You 3. Journey to the Center of the Eye 4. Freak Out 5. Thick as a Brick 6. From Genesis to Revelation (Eyy! I joke) |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: November 26 2012 at 08:31
 ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: November 26 2012 at 08:37
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/\ true, although it was side three of Seconds Out
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 26 2012 at 08:39
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1. Casino - Casino 2. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 3. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon 4. Camel - Nude 5. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here |
Posted By: PinkMoodyCamel
Date Posted: December 10 2012 at 12:21
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1. Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime 2. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon 3. Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness 4. Ulver - Bergtatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler 5. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: December 10 2012 at 13:19
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1. POS - BE 2, Voivod - Dimension Hatross 3. JT - A Passion Play 4. Genesis - Lamb 5. Spastik Ink - Ink Compatible ...huh...nobody picked "Trapped in the Closet"? ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: December 10 2012 at 14:03
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A couple of favorites without thinking too hard:
Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic 1 and 2 BTBAM - Colors and The Great Misdirect Sufjan Stevens - Illinois The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: December 10 2012 at 14:49
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Pain of Salvation- The Perfect Element Kayo Dot- Coyote The Mars Volta- De-Loused in the Comatorium To-Mera- Exile White Willow- Storm Season ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: December 10 2012 at 15:26
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Posted By: pianoman
Date Posted: December 10 2012 at 16:02
| Said nothing about prog in the title. And yes, I personally think Sufjan is very progressive. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: November 01 2013 at 19:17
i got it a few days after its release, and i thought it was great after a few listens, but didnt know it was a concept album until like about a year later XD!!!
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: November 02 2013 at 14:38
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Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Rush - Clockwork Angels The Who - Quadrophenia Then I'm stuck between Thick As A Brick, Tales, Days Of Future Passed, and Si On Avait...  Also, glad to see all of the recognition Rush are getting for Clockwork Angels here!
It should really appear somewhere on the top 20 heavy prog albums, and easily in my top 5 Rush albums |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: November 03 2013 at 02:37
Well, what a nice discovery for you.  ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: November 03 2013 at 08:37
yep lol!
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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: November 03 2013 at 08:56
yes, it does. In fact, that album actually parodies concept albums, as thought of by Ian Anderson due to the confusion that "Aqualung" is a concept album. anywho, this are my picks in no particular order (as rock operas): The Who - Tommy and Quadrophenia Pink Floyd - The Wall and for normal: Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans Rush - Clockwork Angels Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon those are the most interesting and favorites in general for me as of now...
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 03 2013 at 09:53
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Genesis~The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Marillion~Brave Dream Theater~Scenes Pt2 Nektar~Remember the Furure The Who~Quadrophenia -------------   
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 07 2013 at 02:22
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Jethro Tull Too Old ...
Gentle Giant The Power And The Glory
Frank Zappa Joe's Garage Act I
Blue Oyster Cult Imaginos
The Who Quadrophenia
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: November 07 2013 at 06:47
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Let's see...right now I feel like these conceptual gems are agreeing with me very nicely.
Saviour Machine-- Legend (pt1:1, 11:1, 111:1) Dream Theater---Scenes Of A Memory Queensryche---Operation Mindcrime Cosmograf--The Man Left In Space Clive Nolan--Alchemy (both Live and Studio Version) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: November 07 2013 at 09:22
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1. Rick Wakeman -- Journey to the Center of the Earth Everything that is good and bad about prog is showcased in this flamboyant live recording of the Caped One's masterpiece. 2. Pink Floyd -- The Wall Perhaps other Floyd albums may have better musical moments, but The Wall rolls across you like a steamroller when you listen to it in it's entirety in a way that even Dark Side of the Moon does not. 3. Jethro Tull -- Thick as a Brick What started as comment on prog's excesses quickly turned into an exemplary version of the thing itself. 4. The Who -- Tommy Before The Wall, this was the concept album that caught everybody's attention. 5. Genesis -- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Peter Gabriel's weird imagination and theatricality are given free reign in the story of Rael. ------------- 
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: November 07 2013 at 09:26
If it weren't for Ladies of the Road, Islands would definitely qualify. -------------
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Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: November 07 2013 at 09:37
These are all wonderful choices, although I have not heard THE WHO's TOMMY album yet. Maybe I should get on that.  Anyway. Cool list. ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: November 07 2013 at 12:07
I think "The Letters" also keeps Islands from being a concept album. Even though Lizard doesn't have a unifying musical concept, the cover artwork with an image representing each song tries to tie the individual songs into a whole. I could see stretching the definition of concept album to include ITCOTCK as each song could be interpreted as another slice of the madness evoked by the album cover...though I'm really pushing it there. Interesting that King Crimson stand unique among the classic prog bands in that they never fell prey to the greatness (or tedious-ness depending on your POV) of the overblown concept album. Also, they were one of the few classic prog bands that closed up shop in '74 and didn't suffer the fall from grace as the other classic prog bands as they attempted to change with the times and tarnished their reputations. Fripp has this great innate sense of when "enough is enough" and pulls the plug on Crimso before they get the chance to behave badly and embarrass their legacy. ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: bloodnarfer
Date Posted: November 07 2013 at 12:27
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Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - There's something very mystical and surreal about this album, it's like another world you can live in for awhile. Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane - An incredibly personal and sad album Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic Pt. 1&2 - Why not write a concept about partying, being lazy, goofing off, and getting yourself into trouble? Just a fun and quirky album. Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum - You can start off in a dark mood and it will bring you bit by bit all the way to peace. There's a lot of variety here. Coheed - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness, Blah Blah Long Title - Because writing a concept album about the writer who writes the story of the other concept albums is SO META ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ramza1316" rel="nofollow - www.last.fm/user/ramza1316 https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/user/1211221845 |