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Your favorite 'concept' album

I'm not a concept album fan, however there are a few I've gone down the rabbit hole with. My personal fave, is '10,000 Years' by The Honeydogs. The backstory & lyrics are so vivid, and futuristic, it never fails to reveal something new to me. Even the bandleader said at times he's not sure what it's about.

Fascinating info & interview in the url. Check it out! 

Any others? 
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jehowlind
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Beatles- Sgt. Pepper
Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
Frank Zappa- Lumpy Gravy
jrod68
46 posts
 
I’ll echo the votes for Queensryche, including the Empire album. The Wall is also a favorite. 
winnardt
174 posts
 
Sgt. Pepper - can you imagine if Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane had been included as originally intended? 

2112 - Works even better than Sgt. Pepper as a concept album. 

I can't possibly include The Wall when it comes in 4th behind Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, and Animals as my favorite Pink Floyd album.
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baylinor
1,424 posts
 
Almost forgot the one regarded as the first concept album until I spinned it earlier.
Pretty Things
S.F. Sorrows (1968)
Still sounds great today!

mitchagain
449 posts
 
David Bowie - "Ziggy Stardust"
Nektar - "Remember The Future"
Alan Parsons Project - "Tales of Mystery & Imagination"
Spirit - "The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus"
Traffic - "John Barleycorn Must Die"
Who - "Quadrophenia"
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