KindnessPunk 1,899 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Maybe Gaga will do one for LG7, with a story about mother nature Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBhomemaker 5,611 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 I would say Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby was a very solid concept too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyerased 2,879 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Having transitions or cohesion alone doesn’t make a concept album. GKMC is a tale of Kendrick’s teenage years. American Idiot has characters: Jesus of Suburbia, St. Jimmy and more. The Wall follows a rock star who had a bad childhood. Black Parade is a tale of a dying cancer patient. Top 10 is generally good and I’m surprised Idiot is that high even if it’s one of my favorite albums of all time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dojo 19,365 Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 mmmmh the concept albumes police is here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilyLark 10,059 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 9 hours ago, Dojo said: how they define a "concept" album? like Lemonade? like, cohesive? i'm confused isn't CHROMATICA a concept album? with it's interludes and such? Tied together by the a particular theme/lyrics/melody...it's a very nebulous term. Honestly, the only Gaga album that could be considered a concept album, imo, is Chromatica (even though TFM/TF were arguably about 'Fame'). I'm not even sure Lemonade would be considered a concept album because while the theme is rather consistent, the music mixes a ton of different genre...maybe Renaissance, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilyLark 10,059 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 3 hours ago, androiduser said: "concept albums" were always innovative and special so fans/artists/critics now want to pin the term to any album they like... A great example of a concept album is Bowie's "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars". Fans can cry all they want, Gaga's albums are not concept albums. Having an idea behind the music does not immediately mean the end product is a concept album. But most fans know that the term "concept album" is something fancy and admirable, so suddenly everything and anything is a concept album. I...don't think anyone thinks Gaga does concept albums? Maybe Chromatica, but even that's a stretch. TBH none of the major names have really done concept albums in the past several years, though I think Renaissance could arguably qualify as one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylucifer 5,090 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 NO MELODRAMA? ok sure The Tortured Poets Department is out NOW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotLikeMexico 5,002 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Dojo said: mmmmh the concept albumes police is here Well they aren’t wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssslyboy 3,273 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Very nice to see Once Upon a Time (Donna Summer) and Kid A (Radiohead) on this list, two of my all time favorites. However, Control (another of my all time favorite albums) doesn't belong on this list because it's not a concept album. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpookyKid 15,151 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 The Black Parade supremacy For real tho, I think it's one of the best albums of all time Life has a hopeful undertone |-/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nycboy 1,042 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 19 hours ago, Anderson123 said: Born This Way is not a concept album. I think Melodrama is but I could be wrong. 19 hours ago, NicoB said: nor is folklore as well Unless I’m mistaken, a concept album is a really vague term meaning that all songs on the album center around a singular theme. I think one could argue many albums these days to be a “concept album” but some are more cohesive than others. BTW is centered around the themes of accepting yourself and sexual liberation, which was groundbreaking at the time for how popular its message was. Folklore’s theme is literally folklore (storytelling). The songs are meant to blend reality and fiction and flow like a stream of consciousness, each song telling different stories that speak in conversation to one another. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NichuuB 43,788 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Nycboy said: Unless I’m mistaken, a concept album is a really vague term meaning that all songs on the album center around a singular theme. I think one could argue many albums these days to be a “concept album” but some are more cohesive than others. BTW is centered around the themes of accepting yourself and sexual liberation, which was groundbreaking at the time for how popular its message was. Folklore’s theme is literally folklore (storytelling). The songs are meant to blend reality and fiction and flow like a stream of consciousness, each song telling different stories that speak in conversation to one another. Of course they have a concept. They're are just not a concept album Property of @Whale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriane 20,502 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 ARTPOP is a concept album, I did an analysis of the album storyline that ties the songs together some years ago, I can find it again if anyone is interested. The only GGD member who can read / Credits to Celloo Deng for the profile pic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2School4Cool 6,397 Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Elton’s Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy deserves to be much higher in my opinion See The Best In Everyone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coven04 90 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 For me its The Fame Monster and Electra Heart Never let you fall apart together, we’ll dance in the dark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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