[rehabitat]

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History
 

 

[priest]

 

[mibutenma]

Judas Priest -Nostradamus (2008)
 

 

[Uncle Erik]

"Dusk at Cubist Castle," the Olivia Tremor Control.

One of the underappreciated classics from the 1990s. It has great reviews and those who know it love it, but there aren't too many of us.

 

[elbuzzard]

Sleep- "Dopesmoker"
 

 

[deadlierchair]

Two classic hip-hop concept albums:
 
Dr. Octagon (Kool Keith) - Dr. Octagonecologyst (1997)
Futuristic / strange doctor with some funny clips thrown in
 
Deltron 3030 (2000)
A hero fights against corporations in the future (or something)
 
Both of these albums are produced by Dan the Automator so the production is absolutely great. If you aren't partial to the lyrics to Deltron 3030 I know there's a instrumental version floating around...

 

[Alc Jr]

The Frogs have some great concept albums, my favorites being It's Only Right And Natural, a pro-tolerance album with overtly homosexual lyrics, and Starjob, a tribute to the birth and death of the "Grunge" music scene.

 

[khbaur330162]

Tod Rundgren - A Wizard/A True Star
 
Don't know why, but I go back to this album a bit. I love the second half when he sort of gets a grip of himself. The medley is my favorite track. I think it's wonderfully raw and to the point.

 

[Radio_head]

Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" just came into my head.  Haven't listened to that in a while... NMH is actually connected to Olivia Tremor Control, although I'm not sure which of their album's I would qualify more as their "masterpiece"...

 

[grokit]

 
Quote:

Probably "The Wall" and "Tommy"

Classics.

X2

 

[BlackbeardBen]

Definitely Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull.
 
Also, I don't know if it really counts - but Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band comes to mind.

 

[rehabitat]

XTC - Skylarking

 

[Choronzon]

Sometimes things change when older threads are revived...
Favorite full-on, no question recent "concept album" in the prog sense is Mike Keneally, 'Scambot 1'.  Not only is it a concept album, but it's part one of a projected trilogy.  And as a point of interest here, it is "Dedicated to anyone who still listens to whole albums with headphones" !
 
Quote:

Do you know any modern concept album, [...] it seems they died with vinyl [...]  Any suggestion?
 

 

[jla]

Aphrodite's Child - 666

 

[SoupRKnowva]

maybe not as much concept albums as some, but i consider them both to be, Absolution by Muse and Fortress by Protest the Hero would be my favorites