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Earth’s Coolest Concept Albums
Posted: 30 Mar 2010, 14:03
by Quiff Boy
Wired.com wrote: We recently celebrated the 37th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon by calling it the greatest concept album ever. A no-brainer, judging by the hundred-plus comments we received from Wired.com readers.
But our readership also had several scintillating sonic choices of its own to add to Pink Floyd’s unanimous classic. Some of them perhaps weren’t, by standard definition, concept albums proper. But who cares? From Jethro Tull to Tool, all of them tickle the lobes. Read ‘em and freak.
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/03/ ... ms-2/all/1
i only own a couple of those (lou reed & kate bush) - thank christ
Posted: 30 Mar 2010, 15:23
by Pista
Can't help feeling they missed The Wall & perhaps Animals too.
Posted: 30 Mar 2010, 15:44
by James Blast
what a bunch of erse!
Close to the Edge and In the Court of the Crimson King (an observation by King Crimson) to give it its full title, are not concept ellpees
Posted: 30 Mar 2010, 16:19
by markfiend
Also, I'd struggle to justify calling any Radiohead ellpee* a concept album.
(* I like the word and will endeavour to spread it.)
Posted: 30 Mar 2010, 16:37
by mh
They missed Perfect Prescription.
I
do have something of a soft spot for Misplaced Childhood though...
Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 06:24
by eastmidswhizzkid
if only doing half a day's work and having six songs rely on a fine cover counts as a concept album, then this is one of my faves:
Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 06:29
by eastmidswhizzkid
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:doing half a day's work ...
(that's a half day's work more than you've done recently, no, eh laddie? )
Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 08:44
by lachert
Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 18:28
by mh
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:eastmidswhizzkid wrote:doing half a day's work ...
(that's a half day's work more than you've done recently, no, eh laddie? )
Have you
ever done half a day's work
Lee?
Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 19:29
by James Blast
half day's doss aye, mind you it's hard work collecting yer Giro then squaring up 'the man' and getting cargoed up with White Lightning at the ethnic grocers
Posted: 05 Apr 2010, 23:08
by moses
What! No RUSH?
Posted: 06 Apr 2010, 09:11
by eastmidswhizzkid
James Blast wrote:half day's doss aye, mind you it's hard work collecting yer Giro then squaring up 'the man' and getting cargoed up with White Lightning at the ethnic grocers
i assure you i get to do a
full day's dossing;
....and often most of the nights too.
in fact, as i can just about survive on the £30 quid a week the state pays me on your behalf we should all be happy- i get to do fu
ck all and be paid for it, the state saves thousands of £££'s over my lifetime on all the sick-days it's not suffering on my account, and you all get someone to hate cuz you ain't got the bottle to pack in your own "killing yourself to live" 9 to 5 miseries....
life is, as they say, too short.
Posted: 06 Apr 2010, 09:15
by James Blast
aye. aye, aye
Posted: 06 Apr 2010, 12:05
by DerekR
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:9 to 5 miseries....
<ahem> 6 to 6 if you don't mind
Posted: 06 Apr 2010, 13:11
by culprit
lachert wrote:
seconded!
Posted: 06 Apr 2010, 15:12
by Norman Hunter
Posted: 06 Apr 2010, 16:03
by eastmidswhizzkid
DerekR wrote:eastmidswhizzkid wrote:9 to 5 miseries....
<ahem> 6 to 6 if you don't mind
sorry bro- i suppose you'd have to have a bigger one than the average man eh?
Posted: 06 Apr 2010, 19:10
by abridged
The Hounds of Love. Technically side 2 only I know. But still when Miss Kate is on form most everyone else pales....
