OT: Favorite Concept Albums - Any Genre

[Slipperman]

Camel
The Snow Goose (based on a novel)
Instrumental Prog

 

[Slipperman]

Renaissance
Scheherazade
Classical Prog

 

[WillB4]

Coltrane
Love Supreme

Miles Davis
Sketches of Spain

Mario Pavone
Ancestors

 

[Littlemin]

From Largo, an ambitious undertaking and one of my favorite albums; produced by Rick Chertoff and Rob Hyman of The Hooters. The album name is taken from The New World Symphony by the composer Antonin Dvorak, which written in 1893. The songs are ”kind of” based on that work. Tremendous collaborative music featuring appearances by Levon Helm and Garth Hudson from The Band, Taj Mahal, Cyndi Lauper, The Chieftains, Eric Brazilian from The Hooters, amongst others. This song, Largo’s Dream, features David Forman on vocals.

 

[Littlemin]

From the same album, the incomparable Taj Mahal

 

[Bigboote]

Slipperman's post of The Snow Goose reminded me of another Camel album -- Nude, which was about a marooned soldier. That reminded me of Remember the Future from Nektar, about an ET named Bluebird. I think most if not all of Nektar's albums have themes or plots.

 

[Fastbreak]

King Crimson "In The Court Of The Crimson King" full album

 

[Bigboote]

One last album from me. Gentle Storm was a project of Arjen Lucassen and Anneke van Giersbergen. It was two separate discs with the same songs. One was the “gentle version” that’s pretty laid-back, and the “storm version” which is somewhat noisier, but still not full-on metal.

The album is called “The Diary,” and it’s based on a diary from (IIRC) a16th century woman whose husband is at sea. It’s one of those that I love top to bottom. This is the first cut from the gentle version.

 

[Waquoit]

King Crimson "In The Court Of The Crimson King" full album

I think this is going to be my next long walk selection. Thanks.

 

[CTBballfan243]

I mean, it’s gotta be this, no?

This is number 1, there isn’t even a close 2nd. Maybe Roger Waters Pros and Cons of hitchhiking, or Amused to death.

 

[Bigboote]

This is number 1, there isn’t even a close 2nd. Maybe Roger Waters Pros and Cons of hitchhiking, or Amused to death.

There's room for argument. Just considering Floyd theme albums, I have a huge preference (as in The Wall is a distant third) for Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here.