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[maskitheclown]

Can you rec me some interesting lyrical concept albums?
I listen to most genres of music but I'm not a fan of chillout or rap.

I found a list online - there is a list of everything online - but I don't even know where to start, there's too many, and they're not all lyrically conceptual :) Also I prefer personal recommendations.

(Oh, and I'm looking for something post-Ziggy Stardust :) More recent.)

Here's some newer ones I know about: 
David Gray - White Ladder
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
My Chemical Romance - Black Parade and Danger Days
Forgive Durden - Razia's Shadow
Blue October - Consent to Treatment
Evelyn Evelyn - Evelyn Evelyn
White Lies - To Lose My Life

This was totally supposed to go to TQC, but whatever, I can leave it here too :)

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[hammerhead22.livejournal.com]

Green Day - American Idiot
Queensryche - Operation Mind Crime

If I had the time, I could probably come up with 20 or 30 but I have to write this stupid paper for class tomorrow night:(

[maskitheclown.livejournal.com]

Thank you :)

Good luck!

[lstinhpfdm.livejournal.com]

The first thing that comes to mind is "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, it's more recent than Ziggy Stardust but I don't think that's what you are looking for.

I'll have to think about it. I have a lot of 90's music, but nothing comes to mind.

[maskitheclown.livejournal.com]

*nod* I like The Wall but I know it. I didn't know it was concept though, hm.

[lstinhpfdm.livejournal.com]

Not sure if it's concept, since I guess I don't know exact definition. The album "tells" a story and is often called a "rock opera". It's been played live (even recently ) in concert with costumes and a fancy set.

[maskitheclown.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's basically concept. I never noticed it. Awesome :)

[lstinhpfdm.livejournal.com]

Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Aeroplane Over The Sea". -- not sure it's concept but I love the Album.

The Decemberists - "The Hazards of Love" recent album was supposed to be a staged musical.

Tori Amos - "Strange Little Girls"

And Jethro Tull "Thick as a Brick". It's 1972 so it's probably pre-Bowie. But it's an album I listened to over & over again when I was 16. It doesn't even have "tracks".

[maskitheclown.livejournal.com]

Hm, second time I've been recced Tori Amos, gonna have to give her a proper listen.
I will try them all, thank you :)

[loud-an-clear.livejournal.com]

If you want to take a crack at some symphonic/folkish/epic metal:

Turisas:"The Varangian Way". It's about vikings on a trip to Constantinople, and how on the way they almost all loose their minds and get attacked by Slavs, but get their asses saved by the Rus. Good stuff.

Amorphis: "Skyforger"
It's not exactly a TRUE concept album, but most of the songs are about the the things that Illmarinin (rather important fellow from Finnish myth) did in his lifetime. Most of their albums are like this, I recommend them very much.

I also recommend anything by Moonsorrow, especially their last two albums: "V.Havietty" and "Varjoina Kuljemme Kuoleman Maassa". Especially that last one because it's expressly about life after the end of the world. Pretty gloomy but also rather beautiful.

I'm gonna assume you already are familiar with Tyr's "Ragnarok", hah.

[maskitheclown.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I will check them all out.

I thought Ragnarok might be a concept but I wasn't sure. (Hey, they always sing about gods and Vikings :) )

[loud-an-clear.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

Heh, it pretty much does follow the proper storyline that preludes the end and rebirth of the viking universe, though. And if you will, "By the Light of the Nothern Star" is somewhat about how Christianity destroyed the old faith on the Faroe islands.

[afullmargin.livejournal.com]

Hmm, The Streets was definiately my first thought. Kind of plucking at strings right now.

Damn it. All I can think of is Frank Zappa's apostrophe... but that's uh, not recent at all.

[maskitheclown.livejournal.com]

I love that album by the streets.

haha, it's really not :D