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This is a list of concept albums produced by bands and solo artists across all musical genres.
A
- ABC - The Lexicon of Love
- The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
- After Forever - Invisible Circles
- Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea
- The Alan Parsons Project – Ammonia Avenue
- The Alan Parsons Project – Eve
- The Alan Parsons Project – Eye In The Sky
- The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot
- The Alan Parsons Project – Pyramid
- The Alan Parsons Project – Tales of Mystery and Imagination
- The Alan Parsons Project – The Turn Of A Friendly Card
- Tori Amos – American Doll Posse
- Tori Amos – Scarlet's Walk
- Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls
- Angels & Airwaves – We Don't Need To Whisper
- Angels & Airwaves - I-Empire (continued from We Don't Need to Whisper)
- Angra – Temple of Shadows
- Aphrodite's Child - 666
- Armor for Sleep – Dream to Make Believe[citation needed]
- Armor for Sleep – What to Do When You Are Dead[citation needed]
- Avantasia - The Metal Opera
- Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part II
- Ayreon - 01011001
- Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle
- Ayreon - The Final Experiment
- Ayreon - The Human Equation
- Ayreon - Universal Migrator I & II
B
- The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
- The Beach Boys – SMiLE (never released)
- The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band[1]
- Between the Buried and Me - Colors
- Beyonce - I Am...Sasha Fierce
- Bow Wow - New Jack City II
- Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
- Blind Guardian – Nightfall in Middle-Earth
- Buried Inside - Chronoclast
- David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars[2]
- David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
- David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
- David Bowie - Outside
- Boys Night Out – Trainwreck[citation needed]
- Brave Saint Saturn - So Far from Home
- Brave Saint Saturn - The Light of Things Hoped For
- Brave Saint Saturn - Anti-Meridian
- Brethren - Beyond Underground
- Sarah Brightman - "Dive (Sarah Brightman album)"
- Sarah Brightman - "La Luna (album)"
- Kate Bush – Hounds of Love[3]
C
- Camel – The Snow Goose
- Camel - Nude
- Camel - Stationary Traveller
- Camel - Dust and Dreams
- Camel - Harbour of Tears
- Camper Van Beethoven – New Roman Times
- Johnny Cash – Ride This Train[4]
- Ray Charles – The Genius Hits the Road[5]
- Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Kids on the Street[citation needed]
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Rapid City Muscle Car
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Soul Caddy
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Susquehanna
- Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics[citation needed]
- Coheed & Cambria – Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
- Coheed & Cambria – Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow
- Coheed & Cambria – In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
- Coheed & Cambria – The Second Stage Turbine Blade
- Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
- Coma - Hipertrofia
- Alice Cooper – Along Came a Spider
- Alice Cooper – Brutal Planet
- Alice Cooper – Dragontown
- Alice Cooper – From the Inside
- Alice Cooper – Killer
- Alice Cooper – The Last Temptation
- Cradle of Filth - Dusk... and Her Embrace
- Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast
- Cradle of Filth - Midian
- Cradle of Filth - Damnation and a Day
- Cradle of Filth - Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder
- Cult of Luna – Eternal Kingdom
- Cursive - Domestica
D
- Daft Punk - Discovery (Daft Punk album)[6]
- The Dear Hunter - Act I: The Lake South, The River North
- The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading
- The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
- Defeater - Travels
- Celine Dion - Miracle
- Deltron - Deltron 3030
- Depeche Mode - Violator
- Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli
- Dio - Magica
- Domain – Last Days of Utopia
- Domain – The Chronicles of Love, Hate and Sorrow
- Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
- Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad
- Dr. Dre - The Chronic[citation needed]
- Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
- Dream Evil - Dragonslayer
- Dream Theater – Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
- Dream Theater – Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
- Dredg - Leitmotif
- Drop Dead, Gorgeous – Worse Than a Fairy Tale
E
- The Early November – The Mother, The Mechanic, and The Path
- Eels - Hombre Lobo
- Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado
- Enigma - MCMXC a.D.
- Brian Eno – Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
- Epica - The Divine Conspiracy
- Gloria Estefan - Into The Light
- Everclear – Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile
- Everclear – Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 2: Good Time for a Bad Attitude
- Evermore - Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show
- Explosions in the Sky – The Rescue
- Melissa Etheridge - The Awakening
F
- Fabolous - Loso's Way
- Falling Up - Fangs![7]
- The Fall of Troy - Phantom on the Horizon
- Family Force 5 - Dance or Die
- Fantômas - Suspended Animation
- Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray[citation needed]
- Fightstar – Grand Unification[citation needed]
- Fear Factory - Demanufacture
- Fear Factory - Obsolete
- The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
- FM Static - Dear Diary
- Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
- Forgive Durden - "Wonderland"
- Forgive Durden - Razia's Shadow: A Musical
- Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
- John Frusciante - The Empyrean
- Funeral for a Friend - Tales Don't Tell Themselves
G
- Gackt - Crescent[citation needed]
- Gackt - Diabolos[citation needed]
- Gackt - Moon[citation needed]
- Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
- Serge Gainsbourg - Rock Around the Bunker
- Serge Gainsbourg - L'homme à la Tête de Chou
- Serge Gainsbourg - You're Under Arrest
- Gallows - Grey Britain
- Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- Genghis Tron - Board Up The House
- Gentle Giant - Three Friends
- Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
- David Gilmour - On An Island
- God Forbid – IV: Constitution of Treason
- Gorillaz - Demon Days
- Amy Grant - Heart in Motion
- Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm
- Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
- Green Day – American Idiot[2]
H
- Lee Hazlewood – The N.S.V.I.P.'s
- Heavenly – Dust to Dust
- Helloween – Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 1
- Helloween – Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2
- Helloween – The Time Of The Oath
- The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday
- Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
I
- I Am Ghost - Lovers' Requiem
- Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
- Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon, continuing with
- Iced Earth - The Crucible Of Man
- In Flames - Whoracle
- Into Eternity – The Incurable Tragedy[citation needed]
- Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
- IQ - Subterranea
J
- The Jam - Setting Sons
- Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit
- Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
- Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
- Jay-Z – American Gangster
- Jellyfish – Spilt Milk[citation needed]
- Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick
- Jethro Tull – A Passion Play
- Jethro Tull – Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
- Job For A Cowboy- Genesis
- Billy Joel - The Stranger
- Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
- Elton John - The Captain & the Kid
- Judas Priest – Nostradamus
K
- Kamelot – The Black Halo
- Kamelot – Epica
- Paul Kantner/Jefferson Starship - Blows Against The Empire
- King Diamond - Abigail
- King Diamond - Abigail II: The Revenge
- King Diamond - Conspiracy
- King Diamond - The Eye
- King Diamond - Give Me Your Soul... Please
- King Diamond - The Graveyard
- King Diamond - House of God
- King Diamond - The Puppet Master
- King Diamond - "Them"
- King Diamond - Voodoo
- King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
- The Kinks – Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
- The Kinks – Face to Face
- The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
- The Kinks – Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
- The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
- The Kinks – Preservation: Act 1
- The Kinks – Preservation: Act 2
- The Kinks – Schoolboys in Disgrace
- The Kinks – Soap Opera[8]
- KISS - Music from "The Elder"
- Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity
- Kraftwerk - Computer World
- Kronos Quartet - Early Music (Lachrymæ Antiquæ)[9]
L
- Laibach - Jesus Christ Superstars
- Laibach - Kapital
- Laibach - Nato
- Laibach - WAT
- Laibach - Volk
- Leaves' Eyes - Vinland Saga
- Little Brother – The Listening
- Little Brother – The Minstrel Show
- Julie London – About the Blues
- Luca Turilli - King Of The Nordic Twilight
- Luca Turilli - Prophet Of The Last Eclipse
- Luca Turilli - The Infinite Wonders Of Creation
- Luca Turilli's Dreamquest - Lost Horizons
- Ludo - Broken Bride
- Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
M
- Macabre - Dahmer
- Machine Head - The Burning Red
- Madina Lake – From Them, Through Us, to You
- Madina Lake - Attics to Eden (continued from From Them, Through Us, To You)
- Madonna - Erotica[citation needed]
- Madonna - I'm Breathless[citation needed]
- Mdonna - American Life[citation needed]
- The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
- Mägo de Oz – Gaia
- Mägo de Oz – Gaia II - La Voz Dormida
- Månegarm - Vargstenen
- Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
- Manowar - Gods of War
- Mariah Carey - Glitter
- Marillion - Brave
- Marillion - Clutching at Straws
- Marillion - Happiness Is the Road (Volume 1: Essence)
- Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
- Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar[citation needed]
- Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals[citation needed]
- Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death)[citation needed]
- Marilyn Manson - The Golden Age of Grotesque[citation needed]
- Marilyn Manson - Eat Me, Drink Me[citation needed]
- Marmaduke Duke - The Magnificent Duke
- Marmaduke Duke - Duke Pandemonium
- The Mars Volta – Amputechture[citation needed]
- The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath[citation needed]
- The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium[citation needed]
- The Mars Volta – Frances The Mute[citation needed]
- Mastodon – Crack the Skye
- Mastodon – Blood Mountain
- Mastodon – Leviathan
- Matthew Good - Vancouver
- Mayhem - Grand Declaration of War
- Mayhem - Wolf's Lair Abyss
- Men Without Hats – Pop Goes the World
- Metallica - ...And Justice for All
- Metallica - Master of Puppets
- Metallica - St.Anger
- Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
- Mika - The Boy Who Knew Too Much
- Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
- Modest Mouse- We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
- The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
- Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar
- Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
- Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free
- Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For the Money
- The Mountain Goats – Tallahassee (album)
- Mudvayne - The End of All Things to Come
- Muse - Absolution
- My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
- My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (continued from I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love)
- My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
N
- Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
- Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
- Neon Neon – Stainless Style
- Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
- Nightwish - Century Child
- Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
- Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile
- Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero[10]
- Nirvana - The Story of Simon Simopath
O
- Of Montreal - The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy
- Of Montreal - The Gay Parade
- Of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse
- Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
- Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
- Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells"
- Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines
- Opeth – Ghost Reveries
- Opeth – My Arms, Your Hearse
- Opeth – Still Life
- Orgy - Vapor Transmission
- The Osmonds - The Plan
P
- Pain Of Salvation - "BE"
- Pandora's Box - Original Sin
- A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
- Phish – The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
- Phish - "Rift"
- Pink Floyd – Animals
- Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon[11]
- Pink Floyd – The Final Cut
- Pink Floyd – The Wall[2]
- Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
- Poe - Haunted
- Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
- Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
- Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
- Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
- Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow[12]
- Prince - Lovesexy
- Prince - The Rainbow Children
- Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves
- Protest the Hero – Kezia
- Protest the Hero – Fortress
Q
- Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime[13]
- Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime II
- Queensrÿche - American Soldier (album)
- Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the Deaf
- Queens of the Stone Age- Lullabies to Paralyze
- Queens of the Stone Age- Era Vulgaris
R
- Rammstein - Reise, Reise
- The Red Shore - Unconsecrated
- Rhapsody – Legendary Tales
- Rhapsody – Symphony Of Enchanted Lands
- Rhapsody – Dawn Of Victory
- Rhapsody – Rain Of A Thousand Flames
- Rhapsody – Power Of The Dragonflame
- Rhapsody – Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret
- Rhapsody Of Fire – Triumph Or Agony
- Rich Mullins - A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band
- Roger Waters - The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking"
- Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S.
- Roger Waters - Amused to Death
- Marty Robbins – Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs[14]
- Rush - 2112
- RZA - Bobby Digital in Stereo
- RZA - Digital Bullet
- RZA - Digi Snacks
S
- Savatage – Dead Winter Dead
- Savatage – Poets and Madmen
- Savatage – Streets: A Rock Opera
- Savatage – The Wake of Magellan
- Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears – Flight of the Knife
- Sepultura – A-Lex
- Sepultura – Dante XXI
- Senses Fail - Still Searching
- Set Your Goals – Mutiny!
- Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
- Shadow Gallery - Room V
- Showbread – Anorexia Nervosa
- Silverstein - A Shipwreck in the Sand
- Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours
- Sixx:A.M. – The Heroin Diaries
- The Smashing Pumpkins – Machina/The Machines of God
- The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
- Sonic Boom Six - City of Thieves
- Son Of Dork - Welcome To Loserville
- Spock's Beard – Snow
- Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
- Stars – In Our Bedroom After the War
- Donna Summer - A Love Trilogy[citation needed]
- Donna Summer - Four Seasons Of Love
- Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday[citation needed]
- Donna Summer - Once Upon A Time[citation needed]
- The Streets – A Grand Don't Come for Free[citation needed]
- Sticky Fingaz - Blacktrash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones[citation needed]
- Styx – Cornerstone
- Styx – The Grand Illusion
- Styx – Kilroy Was Here[15]
- Styx – Paradise Theatre
- Styx – Pieces of Eight
- Sweetapple - Rockford's Rock Opera
- Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
- Symphony X - Paradise Lost
T
- Therion – Secret of the Runes
- T.I. - T.I. vs. T.I.P.
- Transsylvania Phoenix – Cantafabule
- Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II & The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV
- 30 Seconds to Mars - 30 Seconds to Mars
- Tool - Lateralus
- Tool - 10,000 Days
- Pete Townshend -White City: A Novel
- Pete Townshend - Psychoderelict
U
- U2 – Achtung Baby[citation needed]
- U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
- Carrie Underwood - Carnival Ride
- Unearth - The March
- Until Rain - The Reign of Dreams
V
- The Ventures – Colorful Ventures[16]
- Violent J – Wizard of the Hood
W
- W.A.S.P. – The Crimson Idol.[17]
- Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives of Henry VIII
- Rick Wakeman – Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- Rick Wakeman - The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
- Rick Wakeman - Return to the Centre of the Earth
- Ween - "The Mollusk"
- Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE
- The Who - Endless Wire
- The Who – Lifehouse[18]
- The Who – Quadrophenia
- The Who – The Who Sell Out[19]
- The Who – Tommy[2]
- William Control - Hate Culture
Y
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