NO POLL! Best/Favorite Concept Albums!

[Elegy]

The Black Parade
American Idiot

Both albums I can listen through all the way, over and over.

Really want to pick up Tommy and Quadrophenia though.

Also, I heard Libertad by Velvet Revolver was loosely a concept album, so if it can be considered one, then it's certainly one of my favorites.

[Mystlyfe77]

Also, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band is considered the first concept album, but has no central theme.

No it isn't. A number of artists wrote albums that are debatable as concepts dating back to the 1930s. Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours (1955) is widely considered a concept album, and pre-dates Sgt. Pepper by 12 years. Johnny Cash's Ride This Train also was released before Sgt. Pepper (among a number of other concept albums).

[ClassicRockFanatic23]

Tommy and Quadrophenia, and if it was made, Lifehouse. Those two alblums are EPIC. Both of there endings (Were not Going to Take It and Love Reign Ore Me respectivley) and just amazing. So much emotion especially when they are performed live.

[Unbelievable21]

Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins(Yes, this is a concept album)

Under this reasoning, could one consider Dream Theater's Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence a concept album?

[IRockSoAwesome]

Blinking Lights by Eels.

Fully agree. The album is a great autobiography put to music

[ScaryReal]

King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska

Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime. Mentioned in a couple of other threads but worth adding to this discussion.

Bowie's album 1.Outside, even though the story remains unfinished as the next 4 albums in the cycle were never recorded.

Somebody mentioned in the Halloween thread, the concept trilogy from Helloween. Keeper of the Seven Keys.

[Serpentd]

The ones I'm familiar with personally as there were a few albums mentioned I'm very familiar with and love, but didn't realize they were under the concept theme. Anyway, my personal picks in order for the most part. But depends on my mood as well, so it sort of changes here and there.

1. Them-King Diamond

2. Conspiracy-King Diamond (this is the sequel to Them)

3. Puppet Master-King Diamond

4. The Wall-Pink Floyd

5. Operation Mind Crime-Queensryche

6. From the Inside-Alice Cooper

7. Black Parade-My Chemical Romance (Really need to be in the mood for this type of music, but still enjoy it.)

There are plenty more for sure, just not coming to mind at the moment. I'm definitely going to re-listen to stuff that others have mentioned on here of music I already own. Not to mention pick up the stuff I don't own such as Tommy and a few others that I can't believe I don't personally own. Always like to learn new things, especially when it comes to music. Thanks for all the great posts everyone!

[Cubecubed]

Good Apollo im Burning Star IV vol 1: From Fear Through the eyes of Madness-Coheed and Cambria
In Keeping Secrets of Silent earth:3-COheed and Cambria

[TragicEnd666]

Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
What To Do When You Are Dead by Armor For Sleep

both very depressing cds...but really good