Best Concept Album

So, I've just been relistening to my favorite Concept album of all time. Savatage's Dead Winter Dead record (coincidentally the birthplace of Trans-Siberian Orchestra) And I figured I'd ask. What, in your opinion is the best Concept Album you know of. For me it's Dead Winter Dead.

EDIT: My spelling is atrocious this afternoon.

[Edited on Mar 03, 2006 by ProjectWARBEAST]

Mastodon - Leviathan
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
NoMeansNo - The Day Everything Became Nothing/Small Parts, Isolated and Destroyed

[Edited on Mar 03, 2006 by Idjiit]

Arthur by the Kinks


BTW, you have balls giving a Savatage shout-out. Or you're Mike Piazza.

Radiohead - Kid A
[not sure if it was intended as a concept album, but it sounded like it was]

Nah. I just really like the way dead winter Dead was written. political, poignant and melodic. The Guitar work is great. it runs the gambit from melodic solos, to Beethoven and Mozart. to downright Heavy Riffs like onj tracks like Dead Winter Dead and Doesn't matter anyway. And Come on. It's the only time I've ever heard of a Mortar attack sounding so pretty.

another vote for mastodon.

Pretty much anything by Tom Waits, but in particular, Blood Money, thought it's kind of more of a soundtrack.

But also Jesus Christ Superstar.

Operation Mindcrime!

Pink Floyd, "The Dark Side of the Moon"

The only album I own that I'm aware is a concept album, A Grand Don't Come For Free (The Streets)

Zappa-Joe's garage Acts 1-3

mike watt's comtemplating the engine room.
husker du - zen arcade
mars volta - deloused in the comatorium

Leak Bros - Waterworld.

Pink Floyd "The Wall"

Lovage - Songs to Make Love to Your Old Lady By
Skinny Puppy - Last Rights

jeff waynes war of the worlds

you guys are missing the best of all

berlin by lou reed

A concept album in the truest sense, every song has 3 titles and is divided into 3 sections. Each song also has only 3 riffs that are played in different orders and with diffent keys and vocals to create each section. Asthetically it's a perfect dystopian soundtrack, cold, emty and tragic. On top of all of this its a great abum to boot wih great use of EBM and Industrial programming and synths over a disjointed Black Metal base with varying moods from Serene to oblique (tieing in nicely with the concept at that).

Truely makes me lament the loss of ...AO

[Edited on Mar 04, 2006 by Baletempest]

hmmm maybe I am stuck in a trilogy concept phase but I must add:

Bright Eyes "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn"

I'm not a die hard Conor Oberst fan or anything but the guy can make really good music.

[Edited on Mar 03, 2006 by loveishell79]

Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd -The Final Cut
Rush - 2112
The Who - Quadraphenia

LMFAO!

and another.

I'm tempted to suggest The Clash, 'London Calling'...
Deep Fix, 'New World's Fair'
Bob Calvert, 'Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters'
X, 'Ain't Love Grand'