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I love enormous albums with tons of songs and multiple discs, glued together by a tight concept. For example...

- The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs (69 songs, 3xCD)
- The Early November's The Mother, The Mechanic, and the Path (47 songs, 3xCD)
- Any number of other song-a-day/week/month projects, including those by Jens Lekman, Jonathan Coulton, Sleeping At Last, and Meridian... especially Sleeping At Last's Atlas: Year One (36 songs, 6xCD)
- Titus Andronicus's The Most Lamentable Tragedy (29 songs, 2xCD)
- Say Anything's In Defense Of The Genre (27 songs, 2xCD)
- Thrice's The Alchemy Index, Vols. I-IV (24 songs, 4xCD)

Got any others for me? :yay:
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Ha! Canadian blasphemy: never listened to this!

FYI to people recommending, I'm familiar with all Who and Floyd albums that fit the bill.
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Eivind August wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9JEPeeohYs[/youtube]
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How explicit do you want your concept albums, cc? I figure you already know Deltron 3030, so does something like that qualify? Or are you actually just looking for like massive slabs of Proggy Cape Wearing Nerditry?
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Not super long, but Mt Eerie by The Microphones is one of my all-time favourites:

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The Kinks are all about concept albums. Dive in.
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Lol, I think the Dear Hunter and Coheed & Cambria win in this regard, seeing as they have concept discographies.

And I know they are not liked around here, but no discussion on concept disks is complete without at least a mention of Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory by Dream Theater.

But if I had to pick a favorite concept album, I would go with Ziltoid the Omniscient by Devin Townsend, so good. :snax:
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Not to derail, but I don't understand concept albums. Isn't every album a concept album?

No trolling here. Legitimately don't get it.
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Lol, I think the Dear Hunter and Coheed & Cambria win in this regard, seeing as they have concept discographies.
I thought about them! I file both under "Appreciate Their Musicianship But Never Got Into Them."
But if I had to pick a favorite concept album, I would go with Ziltoid the Omniscient by Devin Townsend, so good.
Have listened to this in its entirety and it left me a little underwhelmed. Unpopular opinion, I don't really get Devin Townsend. More Canadian blasphemy for you.
Not super long, but Mt Eerie by The Microphones is one of my all-time favourites:
Noice. I've always loved this album.
How explicit do you want your concept albums, cc? I figure you already know Deltron 3030, so does something like that qualify? Or are you actually just looking for like massive slabs of Proggy Cape Wearing Nerditry?
I do know Deltron 3030! And love them. It doesn't need to be prog or anything of the sort. Actually if you notice... none of the examples I gave are. *looks around nervously* PROG ISN'T REALLY MY THING *runs away*
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Invisible Man wrote:Not to derail, but I don't understand concept albums. Isn't every album a concept album?

No trolling here. Legitimately don't get it.
Agreed. Perhaps it's more intentional than a pop-music/one-hit/single whore. I feel like Brian Eno, Peter Murphy, No Age, Boredoms, RATM put out concept albums whereas K-pop etc not so much.
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