[Nightfall]

The Moody Blues - Days of the Future Passed

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Pink Floyd - The Wall

The Who - Tommy

The Who - Quadrophenia

Bruce Springsteen - The Rising

 

[spaceman]

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd - DSOTM

Enya - The Celts

Mark Knopfler - The Princess Bride

Neil Young - Harvest Moon

Beatles - Sgt. Pepper (I know there is a concept, however, I still havn't figured it out after all these years

)

 

[Ebonyks]

The Merzbox is undoubtly the greatest (If not the largest) concept album in the history of music

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Planet P Project, Pink World

Completely under-rated. Also qualifies in the best double-album thread.

 

[dabblerblue]

Does NIN's Downward Spiral count?

I think the second half of that album works amazingly well...

also Skinny Puppy's Last Rights, if you reburn a copy with 'Left Handshake' included as track 10.

 

[rickfri]

Emmylou Harris - "Ballad of Sally Rose"
Joni Mitchell - "Mingus" - if it qualifies.

 

[Thump]

Just came out yesterday-and I love it: Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Greendale."

Tommy is my second choice, but that came out when I was in high school and I have personally played it to death.

 

[sonci]

All these sugestions from 2003 are great,
Do you know any modern concept album, apart from the latest Porcupine Tree,
 
it seems they died with vinyl, the latest Arcade Fire is a gapless album but hardly a concept one,
smb here mentioned OK Computer, but I dont think its a true concept album,
 
Any suggestion?

 

[Dublo7]

I'd say my absolute favourite would be The Wall. I'd also give honorable mentions to Opeth's Still Life and any of The Mars Volta's albums.
 
Also, I know it's not supposed to be a concept album (by intention of the artist), but I'm also going to say Midlake's The Trials of Van Occupanther. 
 
Porcupine Tree's In Absentia is also a good one.
 

 

[tru blu]

???
 
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
 
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear
 
Duke Ellington - Such Sweet Thunder
 
Mr. Lif - I Phantom

 

[sonci]

Why "In Absentia" is a concept album??
Quote:

 
Porcupine Tree's In Absentia is also a good one.
 

 

[eric0531]

I'll 2nd the vote for "Thick as a Brick", for me that's the classic concept album.
 
As for more recent I really like Unitopia's "Artificial", it's one of my favorites from 2010.

 

[Albedo]

Quote:

it seems they died with vinyl
 
Any suggestion?

Transatlantic - The Whirlwind.

 

[Permagrin]

Quote:

All these sugestions from 2003 are great,
Do you know any modern concept album, apart from the latest Porcupine Tree,
 
it seems they died with vinyl, the latest Arcade Fire is a gapless album but hardly a concept one,
smb here mentioned OK Computer, but I dont think its a true concept album,
 
Any suggestion?

Mastodon
 

 

[Dublo7]

Quote:

Why "In Absentia" is a concept album??

 

In Absentia is generally thought to be about a serial killer