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This is a list of concept albums produced by bands and solo artists across all musical genres.
A
- After Forever - Invisible Circles
- Ahab - The Call of the Wretched Sea
- Aina - Days of Rising Doom
- The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot
- The Alan Parsons Project – Tales of Mystery and Imagination
- Tori Amos – American Doll Posse
- Tori Amos – Scarlet's Walk
- Tori Amos – Strange Little Girls
- Angra – Temple of Shadows
- The Antlers (band) - Hospice (album)
- Avantasia - The Metal Opera
- Avantasia - The Metal Opera Part II
B
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Boys Night Out - Trainwreck
- Blind Guardian – Nightfall in Middle-Earth
- David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars[1]
- David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
- David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
- David Bowie - Outside
- 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 - La Luna
- Kate Bush – Hounds of Love[2]
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[3]
- Ray Charles – The Genius Hits the Road[4]
- Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
- 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
- Coma - Hipertrofia
- Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper Goes to Hell
- Alice Cooper – Along Came a Spider
- Alice Cooper – Brutal Planet
- Alice Cooper - DaDa
- Alice Cooper – Dragontown
- Alice Cooper – From the Inside
- Alice Cooper – Killer
- Alice Cooper – The Last Temptation
- Alice Cooper – Welcome To My Nightmare
- 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
- Cursive - Domestica
D
- 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 Dear Hunter - Act III: Life and Death
- The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
- Celine Dion - Miracle
- Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
- Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient
- Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli
- Dio - Magica
- Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad
- Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
- Dream Theater – Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
- Dream Theater – Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
- Drop Dead, Gorgeous – Worse Than a Fairy Tale
E
- The Early November – The Mother, The Mechanic, and The Path
- Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado
- Electric Light Orchestra – Time
- Epica - The Divine Conspiracy
- 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
- Explosions in the Sky – The Rescue
F
- Falling Up - Fangs![5]
- The Fall of Troy - Phantom on the Horizon
- Fantômas - Suspended Animation
- Fear Factory - Demanufacture
- Fear Factory - Obsolete
- FM Static - Dear Diary
- Forgive Durden - "Wonderland"
- Forgive Durden - Razia's Shadow: A Musical
- Funeral for a Friend - Tales Don't Tell Themselves
G
- Gainsbourg, Serge - Histoire de Melody Nelson
- Gainsbourg, Serge - Rock Around the Bunker
- Gainsbourg, Serge- L'homme à la Tête de Chou
- Gainsbourg, Serge - You're Under Arrest
- Gatsbys American Dream - Ribbons and Sugar
- Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- Gentle Giant - Three Friends
- Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
- God Forbid – IV: Constitution of Treason
- Gorillaz - Demon Days
- Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm
- Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
- Green Day – American Idiot[1]
H
I
- Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
- Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon, continuing with
- Iced Earth - The Crucible Of Man
- Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
- IQ - Subterranea
J
- Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
- Jay-Z – American Gangster
- Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick
- Jethro Tull – A Passion Play
- Jethro Tull – War Child
- Jethro Tull – Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
- Jethro Tull - Stormwatch
- Job For A Cowboy – Genesis
- 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[6]
- KISS - Music from "The Elder"
- Kraftwerk - Autobahn
- Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity
- Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
- Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
- Kraftwerk - Computer World
- Kraftwerk - Tour de France Soundtracks
L
- Laibach - Jesus Christ Superstars
- Laibach - Kapital
- Laibach - Nato
- Laibach - WAT
- Laibach - Volk
- Leaves' Eyes - Vinland Saga
- 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
- Ludo - Broken Bride
- Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
M
- Macabre - Dahmer
- The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
- Mägo de Oz – Gaia
- Mägo de Oz – Gaia II - La Voz Dormida
- Manowar - Gods of War
- Marillion - Brave
- Marillion - Clutching at Straws
- Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
- Marillion - Happiness Is the Road (Volume 1: Essence)
- Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
- Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
- Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)
- Marilyn Manson - The Golden Age of Grotesque
- The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
- The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
- The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
- Mastodon – Crack the Skye
- Mastodon – Blood Mountain
- Mastodon – Leviathan
- Matthew Good - Vancouver
- Maxwell – Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite[7]
- The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
- 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)
- My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
N
- Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
- Neon Neon – Stainless Style
- Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
- Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
- Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile
- Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero[8]
- Nirvana - The Story of Simon Simopath
O
- Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
- Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells"
- Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines
- Opeth – Ghost Reveries
- Opeth – My Arms, Your Hearse
- Opeth – Still Life
P
- Pain Of Salvation - BE
- Pain Of Salvation - Entropia
- Pain Of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake
- Pain Of Salvation - Remedy Lane
- Pain Of Salvation - Scarsick
- Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element, part I
- Pandora's Box - Original Sin
- A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
- Phish – The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
- Phish - Rift
- Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
- Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
- Pink Floyd - Animals
- Pink Floyd – The Wall[1]
- Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
- Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
- Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
- Porcupine Tree - The Incident
- Pretty Things – S.F. Sorrow[9]
- Prince - The Rainbow Children
- Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves
- Protest the Hero – Kezia
- Protest the Hero – Fortress
Q
- Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime[10]
- Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime II
- Queensrÿche - American Soldier (album)
- Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the Deaf
R
- 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
- Marty Robbins – Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs[11]
- Rush - 2112
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
- Scorpions - Humanity: Hour I
- Sepultura – A-Lex
- Sepultura – Dante XXI
- Senses Fail - Still Searching
- Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls
- Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
- Shadow Gallery - Room V
- Silverstein - A Shipwreck in the Sand
- Frank Sinatra – In the Wee Small Hours
- Sixx:A.M. – The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack
- The Smashing Pumpkins – Machina/The Machines of God
- Spock's Beard – Snow
- Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
- Donna Summer - Four Seasons Of Love
- Donna Summer - Once Upon a Time...
- Styx – Cornerstone
- Styx – The Grand Illusion
- Styx – Kilroy Was Here[12]
- 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 – Gothic Kabbalah
- T.I. - T.I. vs. T.I.P.
- Transsylvania Phoenix – Cantafabule
- Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vols. I & II & The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV
- Pete Townshend -White City: A Novel
- Pete Townshend - Psychoderelict
- The Protomen - Act II: The Father of Death
U
V
- The Ventures – Colorful Ventures[13]
- Violent J – Wizard of the Hood
W
- W.A.S.P. – The Crimson Idol.[14]
- 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 - No Earthly Connection
- Rick Wakeman - Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record
- Rick Wakeman - 1984
- Rick Wakeman - Return to the Centre of the Earth
- Roger Waters - The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking
- Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S.
- Roger Waters - Amused to Death
- Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
- Ween - The Mollusk
- Weezer - Pinkerton
- The Who - Endless Wire
- The Who – Lifehouse[15]
- The Who – Quadrophenia
- The Who – The Who Sell Out[16]
- The Who – Tommy[1]
- Richard Wright - Broken China
Y
Z
References
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(help) - ^ "It's arranged as one side of straight songs, and a second "dark" side, entitled "The Ninth Wave", consisting of a continuous suite of tracks based on the story of a drowning woman. Half a concept album in fact, but singularly imaginative and without any pretention or bloat - it's the real thing." "Rev. of Kate Bush, Hounds of Love". Fluffhouse. 2003-12-21. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
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- ^ PopMatters | Columns | Adrien Begrand | Blood and Thunder | The Queen Isn't Dead
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- ^ PopMatters Music Feature | Concept Albums Are Once Again in Vogue in the Digital Age
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- ^ Pete Townshend Biography - Discography, Music, Lyrics, Album, CD, Career, Famous Works, and Awards
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