In these times where so many people are more interested in downloading that "hot" single from an artist, you don't see concept albums anymore. I personally am a fan of them and have a number of them. Do you have a favorite?
Some examples
NIN - Year Zero (At the time Reznor was hoping to have a TV show that would explore the concepts of the album but it didn't materialize)
NIN - Downwards Spiral : A chronicle of a person's slow, painful descent into madness and possibly beyond.
RUSH - 2112 : In a future totalitarian society, music and all free thinking is banned. A young boy, however, finds a guitar in a cave and learns to play, much to the chagrin of the authorities.
RUSH - Hemispheres
RUSH - Clockwork Angels (includes a pretty good steampunk novel co-written by Neil Peart)
Pink Floyd - The Wall :Traces the life of a fictional rock star named Pink, who isolates himself from society by building a imaginary wall, each brick being a pain-inducing incident in his life (childhood abuse, rock stardom, etc). In this way, he is able to life a life free of emotional troubles, but he soon begins to question whether he has lost the ability to be human again.
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon : Chronicles the modern pressures (materialism, encroaching old age) that can combine and conspire to drive an ordinary person to insanity.
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son : A young psychic forsees an apocalytic future and attempts to warn the inhabitants of the village he lives in, only to be ignored.
Coheed & Cambria - well all but one of their albums based on the comic books created by their singer
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth step : themes of addiction and recovery
Dream Theater - have a number of them most recent is a double album concept called The Astonishing
Some examples
NIN - Year Zero (At the time Reznor was hoping to have a TV show that would explore the concepts of the album but it didn't materialize)
NIN - Downwards Spiral : A chronicle of a person's slow, painful descent into madness and possibly beyond.
RUSH - 2112 : In a future totalitarian society, music and all free thinking is banned. A young boy, however, finds a guitar in a cave and learns to play, much to the chagrin of the authorities.
RUSH - Hemispheres
RUSH - Clockwork Angels (includes a pretty good steampunk novel co-written by Neil Peart)
Pink Floyd - The Wall :Traces the life of a fictional rock star named Pink, who isolates himself from society by building a imaginary wall, each brick being a pain-inducing incident in his life (childhood abuse, rock stardom, etc). In this way, he is able to life a life free of emotional troubles, but he soon begins to question whether he has lost the ability to be human again.
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon : Chronicles the modern pressures (materialism, encroaching old age) that can combine and conspire to drive an ordinary person to insanity.
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son : A young psychic forsees an apocalytic future and attempts to warn the inhabitants of the village he lives in, only to be ignored.
Coheed & Cambria - well all but one of their albums based on the comic books created by their singer
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth step : themes of addiction and recovery
Dream Theater - have a number of them most recent is a double album concept called The Astonishing