05-09-2008, 19:41
I'm interested in what people think of concept albums as a 'concept' (!)
I know very little about the history of this so it would be interesting to find out what people know. As always, recommendations are good.
I don't know now narrowly themed or how obvious a concept album needs to be. I also wonder how often this - high-risk - strategy suceeds in musical terms.
Also I'm interested if the idea of concept albums outside the classic rock genre. I listened to The Streets album 'A Grand don't come for free' a few years back. It's basically rap (more spoken word actually) so it is practically straightforward story-telling and I thought it was pretty well done and - well - charming.
Any thoughts?
I know very little about the history of this so it would be interesting to find out what people know. As always, recommendations are good.
I don't know now narrowly themed or how obvious a concept album needs to be. I also wonder how often this - high-risk - strategy suceeds in musical terms.
Also I'm interested if the idea of concept albums outside the classic rock genre. I listened to The Streets album 'A Grand don't come for free' a few years back. It's basically rap (more spoken word actually) so it is practically straightforward story-telling and I thought it was pretty well done and - well - charming.
Any thoughts?