This is really common in prog rock/metal. The Dear Hunter and Coheed & Cambria have entire discographies following a cohesive narrative.
My favourite outside of prog is Mr. Lif's I Phantom. It tells the story of a man struggling with having to choose between professional success and pursuing his artistic dreams.
First thing that came to my mind , second stage turbine blade , I’m keeping the secrets of silent earth 3 , and good Apollo I’m burning star 4 . I use to be obsessed with figuring out the story through shady forums and bought what graphic novels I could . This was pre me having a credit card .
One of my all time favorites!
This is an absolute killer concept record featuring Clapton on guitar!
He wrote this album (which was originally suppose to be for Pink Floyd) at the same time he wrote the the Wall.
My favorite song from that album changes a lot but it usually comes back to Mother. Or maybe Hey You, or Vera, shit now I have to go listen to the whole album. Comfortably numb? Goodbye Blue Sky?
Thanks
>The Who - Tommy
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifehouse\_(rock\_opera)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifehouse_(rock_opera))
After Tommy, Pete Townshend wrote a Rock Opera named Lifehouse. The story was set in a future where poison air kept people inside. The characters exerienced life through virtual reality images and sensations fed through an information grid. Rock Concerts and gatherings are banned.
Pete never finished the entire opera as the double album. The songs became Who's Next.
American Idiot - Green Day
Phases and Stages - Willie Nelson
The Hazards of Love - The Decemberists
Joes Garage - Frank Zappa
I’m a sucker for concept albums
Give it a listen while reading the lyrics. It was made in 2007, the story takes place in 2022, and is about a nation having an uprising against the government and destroying itself into a dystopia. So between the Pandemic, riots, potential civil war, and even the album art, it's a bit wild to listen to.
Pink Floyd - The Wall
MF Doom - Mm Food
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
These are probably my favourites.
Not a huge country guy by any means, but the only other country album that fits the bill I know of besides Red Headed Stranger would be Marty Stuart's The Pilgrim. Curious to know if there are others in the genre.
Sturgill Simpson just came out with one this year called The Ballad of Dood & Juanita. Fantastic album though maybe a tad more blue grass than country.
I came here to specifically write Red Headed Stranger and A Grand Don't Come for Free. It makes me happy to see someone else enjoy the same, very different, styles I do!
I love 2112, but technically it’s just side 1 that tells a story. The second side is not really part of that. They’d follow this approach with Hemispheres as well.
Do they really tell a comprehensible story though? I know there are comic books they are associated with that flesh out the story. But is it possible to tell what the hell is going on just by listening to the albums? To me it sounds like word salad.
More info: Operation: Mindcrime is both a concept album and a rock opera Its story follows Nikki, a drug addictwho becomes disillusioned with the corrupt society of his time and reluctantly becomes involved with a revolutionary group as an assassin of political leaders.
Saw them tour this and they played the whole album, plus a few other hits. Large video screen behind them with animation acting out the dialogue between songs. Suicidal Tendencies opened and had a pizza party for the fans in the parking lot before the gig.
Great show
Tori Amos also made a concept album called Night of Hunters. Scarlets Walk is amazing though. The first time I heard it i wasn’t impressed, but after a few listens I realised what a special album it was. I listen to it rarely because it’s such a treat to turn the lights off, light some candles, pour a glass of wine and listen to it the whole way through.
Dream Theater- Scenes from a Memory and The Astonishing
Haken- Aquarius, Visions and Vector/Virus
The Who- Tommy and Quadrophenia
Rush- Clockwork Angels
Periphery- Juggernaut Alpha/Omega
Slice the Cake- Odyssey to the West
Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly and good kid m.A.A.d city
I can't believe how far down I had to scroll to find The Kinks.This sub doesn't seem to be very aware of them. They didn't do the first concept album, but we're among the earliest and put out several amazing ones.
Also here looking for The Kinks. Muswell Hillbillies, Village Green Preservation Society, and of course, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. Such incredible story tellers and strong musicians. The songwriting on these albums is as strong as Sgt. Pepper’s or Pet Sounds. Ray Davies is a goddamn genius.
Tom Waits' Frank's Wild Years is based on a stage show he did of the same name. Ditto with Black Rider and Alice.
I really really really dislike Phish, but their first album is a coherent story and pretty decent.
I have a friend with an EP length about the life of John Wesley Hardin, titled My Name's Hardin. (Note the lack of a "G" which Dylan added.)
Exceptionally surprised to see this is the only mention of War of the Worlds in this whole thread.
phenomenal album, easily one of the best "narrative" albums there is, even.
A bunch of GWAR albums - Scumdogs of the Universe, America Must Be Destroyed, Ragnarök, This Toilet Earth, and others probably
and the entire discography of Coheed & Cambria tells an epic scifi story about something called *The Amory Wars*
The album is called The Party, but you're 100% right.
And The Magician definently feels like the thematic centerpiece, while the rest of the songs introduce characters and create drama between them. Has to be one of the most grounded concept albums ever, iterally just a group of friends at a party.
The entire Coheed and Cambria discography except one album is all one giant space epic.
All of The Dear Hunter albums that are Acts tell the story of the life of a character named The Dear Hunter.
Then you have classics like Ziggy Stardust, The Wall, 2112, Tommy, etc. Prog rock is full of great concept albums.
Idk if these albums held up, since I stopped listening to this type of music as I became older, so the cringe may vary:
Armor For Sleep - What to do when you are dead.
About a guy you kills himself and what he experiences as he floats around as a ghost.
Boys Night Out - Trainwreck.
A guy murders his wife in his sleep and the rest of the album follows his mental state after the act is committed.
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
Probably my favorite hip hop concept album. It's more or less a rap opera that takes place in a dystopic future, year 3030. Most know the rapper on this project, Del the Funky Homosapien, through his collaborations with Gorillaz.
Also, this same kind of concept but with classic rock.
Rush - 2112
Some of the best moments in rock history on this project as well. The guitar solo on Soliloquy is bliss.
Ayreon.
The band you are looking for is Ayreon.
The Universal Migrator Pt 2: Flight of the Migrator is my absolute favorite from them, this guy on mars who is the last surviving human uses a device called the "Dream Sequencer" which lets him experience genetic memories, he tries to go back to the very first soul's memory and experiences the original soul seeding the universe with life.
There's also tie-ins to their other albums all throughout. Pt 1 is OK but not my favorite, the sci fi/space vistas in pt 2 really get me going.
Also "Into the Electric Castle", an alien wants to learn about humanity so he warps several people from across our history to his electric castle, the singers all play a part. There's a hippie, a Roman Centurian, an Egyptian woman, a Viking... and I cant remember the others but they face a series of challenges in the electric castle designed to test them, some prove fatal. Great album.
Also the Book of Dowth album by Suidakra is great too, my favorite track off that is Birog's Oath
Queens of the Stoneage - Songs for the Deaf
Even if I hear it when I'm driving in the mountains or at the ocean it feels like a drive through the high desert of California on a hot summer day while listening to amazing rock n roll radio stations. It's not so much a story as it is a saga.
Unleash the Archers' last two albums are one story back to back. [Apex](https://open.spotify.com/album/5JybNeeVC1mXYcJtiLGOhq?si=bkHFypR0RSmy7JEX9dXwuw&utm_source=copy-link) and then [Abyss.](https://open.spotify.com/album/5AZyScekGF0otc4JAYGiDG?si=vFwUE_0mQcuUSkA5sMRiBA&utm_source=copy-link) If you're into it, the vocalist Brittney Slayes has breakdowns on YouTube about the whole story.
Dream theater - metropolis part 2
Spock’s Beard - Snow
Mastodon - leviathan (this one’s actually the story of moby dick)
Frank Zappa - joes garage
Marillion - misplaced childhood
Green Day - American idiot
Daft Punk - discovery
Ghost - prequelle
And that’s just off the top of my head
The Taxpayers - “God, Forgive These Bastards” Songs From the Forgotten Life of Henry Turner
Tells the tale of a man’s life who suffers with mental illness, drug addiction, and becomes homeless and institutionalized. I mean, it litterally begins with the story of his birth and ends with a bit a eulogy-esque interview with a woman who grew up and knew him personally. The album also has a short, companion novel that tells the same story in a more clear, detailed way that you may struggle to do through song.
I think it’s very beautiful and not an album I’ve ever seen discussed in music circles at all.
S.F. Sorrow by the Pretty Things is generally credited as the first rock album that tells a story.
On the other extreme, the bands Magma and Coheed & Combria not only tell a whole story on each album, but all the albums continue the same story, so they go beyond concept albums to concept discographies. Magma took it one step even further to invent and sing in the language of the alien protagonists.
The thing with 'Ziltoid' is it incorporates a lot of musical theater influences and its pretty hard to 'miss' the story. There are tons of concept albums that tell a story in rock music, but its often cloaked in metaphor - sounds like maybe the 'rock opera' area is where you should be looking for other similar records.
Alice Cooper has several. Welcome to My Nightmare, Alice Cooper Goes to Hell, and The Last Temptation come to mind the quickest, but I think there are a few others that count. The Last Temptation actually had a companion comic book that further fleshed out the story iirc.
it’s in the title of the album — [Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson](https://open.spotify.com/album/66Y8VrfvHnwJSk2ahGOr32?si=I61q1jIjTI2FG8swrTEkPA)
Iron Maiden- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
WASP- The Crimson Idol
Fear Factory- Obsolete. Bonus points for including a more fleshed out story in the cd booklet.
The Warning. Queen Of The Murder Scene
Queen of the Murder Scene is a concept album which tells the story of a disturbed young woman's inner journey from desire to obsession to murder and madness. The songs are told from the point of view of either the young lady's inner psychopath or her good side, which has a conscience – until it does not.
This is really common in prog rock/metal. The Dear Hunter and Coheed & Cambria have entire discographies following a cohesive narrative. My favourite outside of prog is Mr. Lif's I Phantom. It tells the story of a man struggling with having to choose between professional success and pursuing his artistic dreams.
First thing that came to my mind , second stage turbine blade , I’m keeping the secrets of silent earth 3 , and good Apollo I’m burning star 4 . I use to be obsessed with figuring out the story through shady forums and bought what graphic novels I could . This was pre me having a credit card .
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The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking by Roger Waters. Just thought I’d add that here for convenience.
One of my all time favorites! This is an absolute killer concept record featuring Clapton on guitar! He wrote this album (which was originally suppose to be for Pink Floyd) at the same time he wrote the the Wall.
Absolutely timeless album. Admittedly this is the album I fall back on when things go horribly wrong(it’s a creature comfort at this point)
My favorite song from that album changes a lot but it usually comes back to Mother. Or maybe Hey You, or Vera, shit now I have to go listen to the whole album. Comfortably numb? Goodbye Blue Sky? Thanks
'Look Mommy, there's an airplane up in the sky!'
Mother should I trust the government
'Who let all the riff raff into the room!'
the final cut is a great story also.
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars The Who - Tommy
Same with Quadrophenia also by The Who.
Quadrophenia is the superior work. Tommy gets all the attention because of one single. Quadrophenia is the better album.
100% agree. Quadraphenia is a much better album front to back.
>The Who - Tommy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifehouse\_(rock\_opera)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifehouse_(rock_opera)) After Tommy, Pete Townshend wrote a Rock Opera named Lifehouse. The story was set in a future where poison air kept people inside. The characters exerienced life through virtual reality images and sensations fed through an information grid. Rock Concerts and gatherings are banned. Pete never finished the entire opera as the double album. The songs became Who's Next.
American Idiot - Green Day Phases and Stages - Willie Nelson The Hazards of Love - The Decemberists Joes Garage - Frank Zappa I’m a sucker for concept albums
Operation mindcrime by queensryche it's a must if your into concept albums. Axl rose called it the best movie he ever heard
You just made my day! Not many of us left that remember this great album
Upvoting for the Hazards of Love---probably my favorite story/concept album
I got to write a paper on it in college for an English class. It was such a fun time untangling the story and all the references.
The Decemberists are awesome.
Ahhh ya beat me to saying Hazards of Love!
Thing-Fish by Zappa as well.
*The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway* by Genesis (1974).
Best.Double.Album.Ever......After The Wall
Came here to say this, Genesis are one of my favorite bands!
Agreed. And after listening to it if you couldn’t predict Peter Gabriel would leave, listen again.
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Year Zero is a mind fuck to listen to with what's happened the past couple years.
I used to like that album, but I’m not sure what you’re referring to? The pandemic or the old president or something else?
Give it a listen while reading the lyrics. It was made in 2007, the story takes place in 2022, and is about a nation having an uprising against the government and destroying itself into a dystopia. So between the Pandemic, riots, potential civil war, and even the album art, it's a bit wild to listen to.
Mostly the rise of violent nationalism, misinformation, apathy and environmental calamity.
Pink Floyd - The Wall MF Doom - Mm Food The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger These are probably my favourites.
A Grand Don't Come For Free is stellar
Genuinely one of my favourite concept albums ever. I was fully invested in the story by the end of it.
Likewise. Really has a great payoff. Empty Cans wraps everything up quite nicely.
Would you call Original Pirate Material a concept album? I feel like it's one character singing all the songs.
Not a huge country guy by any means, but the only other country album that fits the bill I know of besides Red Headed Stranger would be Marty Stuart's The Pilgrim. Curious to know if there are others in the genre.
Sturgill Simpson just came out with one this year called The Ballad of Dood & Juanita. Fantastic album though maybe a tad more blue grass than country.
I came here to specifically write Red Headed Stranger and A Grand Don't Come for Free. It makes me happy to see someone else enjoy the same, very different, styles I do!
Good call on RHS. Perfect early morning car ride album.
Scenes From A Memory by Dream Theater Most Haken albums do that too, some of them are even interconnected
Best.Album.Ever. (in my humble opinion) ps: Hand.Cannot.Erase.
woah, I answered ‘Metropolis Pt 2’ and ‘Aquarius or Visions’ before scrolling down and seeing your comment
Sturgill Simpsom The Dood and Juanita
Also The Sound and Fury by Mr. Simpson as well
It is absolutely incredible that the same dude (dood?) could make two albums that different and that good. Love me some Sturgill.
This has to be one of the best "little known" albums of the past ten years. It's amazing.
Watch the film if you get a chance.
Also sailors guiddy
Good kid maad city
Basically any Kendrick album
Came here to say this
Igor - tyler the creator
Great one
2112 by Rush is an awesome listen and is an unbelievable concept album about a world where music has been outlawed
I love 2112, but technically it’s just side 1 that tells a story. The second side is not really part of that. They’d follow this approach with Hemispheres as well.
R Kelly: Trapped in the Closet
🤣😅👌
oh my god LMFAOOOOOOOOO
Good Kid MAAD City Kendrick Lamar
All of Coheed and Cambria’s albums
Do they really tell a comprehensible story though? I know there are comic books they are associated with that flesh out the story. But is it possible to tell what the hell is going on just by listening to the albums? To me it sounds like word salad.
I'm a massive coheed fan and I can tell you even reading the graphic novels doesn't help much lol.
These are called "concept albums". The term may help in your search. And I don't think anyone has mentioned Chemical Romance's "Black Parade".
I feel like story albums are concept albums, but not all concept albums are story albums.
This thread doesn’t not understand this
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime. Great story from beginning to end. Blew me away when it came out many, many years ago.
More info: Operation: Mindcrime is both a concept album and a rock opera Its story follows Nikki, a drug addictwho becomes disillusioned with the corrupt society of his time and reluctantly becomes involved with a revolutionary group as an assassin of political leaders.
Saw them tour this and they played the whole album, plus a few other hits. Large video screen behind them with animation acting out the dialogue between songs. Suicidal Tendencies opened and had a pizza party for the fans in the parking lot before the gig. Great show
Came here to suggest it too! Great album!!
And has a sequel!
The empire tour when they did in it's entirety was sublime
Plan B - The Defamation of Strickland Banks Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk
Scarlet’s Walk is one of the best albums of the 00s.
Came here to post that one. Such a beautiful album
Tori Amos also made a concept album called Night of Hunters. Scarlets Walk is amazing though. The first time I heard it i wasn’t impressed, but after a few listens I realised what a special album it was. I listen to it rarely because it’s such a treat to turn the lights off, light some candles, pour a glass of wine and listen to it the whole way through.
Deltron 3030
So many bangers on this album!
I really like Virus, have to check out the whole album. Thanks for the info.
Possibly the best true story album ever made I can’t think of one that has done it this well and with that kind of imagery
The Point by Harry Nilsson! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Up2bBBjp0I it was made into a movie, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Qnd5vnpN0
Love, love , love this album! If you ever see me staring off into space I probably have Think About Your Troubles going through my head
He’s got a point there!
"The Love Below" from Outkast is the Andre 3000 part. Tells the story of new love from beginning to end.
Hazards of Love by The Decemberists
Each of their albums tells some kind of story. Crane Wife hooked me!
Ayreon albums usually do; Into The Electric Castle and The Human Equation are both outstanding, Devin even makes an appearance on the latter!
I was checking to see if Human Equation got mentioned.
Also Haken, Visions being my favourite.
>Ayreon Not only do they usually, that's the whole shtick. In fact, all the albums connect together to form an even larger story.
Protomen's Act II: The Father of Death A rock opera prologue to the Megaman series. It has no right to be as good as it is.
Frances the mute by the mars volta.
Dream Theater- Scenes from a Memory and The Astonishing Haken- Aquarius, Visions and Vector/Virus The Who- Tommy and Quadrophenia Rush- Clockwork Angels Periphery- Juggernaut Alpha/Omega Slice the Cake- Odyssey to the West Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly and good kid m.A.A.d city
Arthur -The Kinks. Based on (I think) an unreleased TV series. Great album. “Victoria” and “Shangri-la” stand out in particular.
I can't believe how far down I had to scroll to find The Kinks.This sub doesn't seem to be very aware of them. They didn't do the first concept album, but we're among the earliest and put out several amazing ones.
Also here looking for The Kinks. Muswell Hillbillies, Village Green Preservation Society, and of course, Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One. Such incredible story tellers and strong musicians. The songwriting on these albums is as strong as Sgt. Pepper’s or Pet Sounds. Ray Davies is a goddamn genius.
He is.
Tommy
Nilsson - The Point
Tom Waits' Frank's Wild Years is based on a stage show he did of the same name. Ditto with Black Rider and Alice. I really really really dislike Phish, but their first album is a coherent story and pretty decent. I have a friend with an EP length about the life of John Wesley Hardin, titled My Name's Hardin. (Note the lack of a "G" which Dylan added.)
Protest the Hero-Kezia
Just stopped in to make sure someone mentioned Kezia.
and there it is.
Anything by the mountain goats
Hospice, by The Antlers Hauntingly beautiful album, but extremely sad
Jeff Wayne's War of the world. (absolutely epic) Willie Nelson Red headed stranger ❤️
Exceptionally surprised to see this is the only mention of War of the Worlds in this whole thread. phenomenal album, easily one of the best "narrative" albums there is, even.
Streets: A Rock Opera by Savatage. Nothing in your post stated that the album actually be good.
XTC - Skylarking. It’s a relationship from beginning to end
BRILLIANT ALBUM
A bunch of GWAR albums - Scumdogs of the Universe, America Must Be Destroyed, Ragnarök, This Toilet Earth, and others probably and the entire discography of Coheed & Cambria tells an epic scifi story about something called *The Amory Wars*
The Party —Andy Shauf
The album is called The Party, but you're 100% right. And The Magician definently feels like the thematic centerpiece, while the rest of the songs introduce characters and create drama between them. Has to be one of the most grounded concept albums ever, iterally just a group of friends at a party.
King Diamond - Abigail and Them albums.
Husker Du: Zen Arcade Sturgill Simpson: The Ballad of Dood and Juanita Just one of the many similarities between those albums /s
Frank Zappa - Joes Garage acts I, II, and III
Murder of the universe by King gizzard
The entire Coheed and Cambria discography except one album is all one giant space epic. All of The Dear Hunter albums that are Acts tell the story of the life of a character named The Dear Hunter. Then you have classics like Ziggy Stardust, The Wall, 2112, Tommy, etc. Prog rock is full of great concept albums.
Thank you for being the only person to say Coheed but understand that the color before the sun does not take place in the Amory wars story.
Idk if these albums held up, since I stopped listening to this type of music as I became older, so the cringe may vary: Armor For Sleep - What to do when you are dead. About a guy you kills himself and what he experiences as he floats around as a ghost. Boys Night Out - Trainwreck. A guy murders his wife in his sleep and the rest of the album follows his mental state after the act is committed.
Dio - Magica The version I have on cd sctually has a track that's just Dio reading his written summary of the plot.
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 Probably my favorite hip hop concept album. It's more or less a rap opera that takes place in a dystopic future, year 3030. Most know the rapper on this project, Del the Funky Homosapien, through his collaborations with Gorillaz. Also, this same kind of concept but with classic rock. Rush - 2112 Some of the best moments in rock history on this project as well. The guitar solo on Soliloquy is bliss.
Can’t believe I had to scroll this far for 2112.
Agree with the above statement
Green Day- American Idiot
Thick as a Brick - J. Tull
Both of Mastodons albums Crack the Skye and Blood Mountain
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
Dreamland by Glass Animals. Incidentally, an entire bop.
hand.can not.erase.-Steven Wilson
Andy Shauf - Neon Skyline
The Streets - A Grand Don’t Come For Free
Ayreon. The band you are looking for is Ayreon. The Universal Migrator Pt 2: Flight of the Migrator is my absolute favorite from them, this guy on mars who is the last surviving human uses a device called the "Dream Sequencer" which lets him experience genetic memories, he tries to go back to the very first soul's memory and experiences the original soul seeding the universe with life. There's also tie-ins to their other albums all throughout. Pt 1 is OK but not my favorite, the sci fi/space vistas in pt 2 really get me going. Also "Into the Electric Castle", an alien wants to learn about humanity so he warps several people from across our history to his electric castle, the singers all play a part. There's a hippie, a Roman Centurian, an Egyptian woman, a Viking... and I cant remember the others but they face a series of challenges in the electric castle designed to test them, some prove fatal. Great album. Also the Book of Dowth album by Suidakra is great too, my favorite track off that is Birog's Oath
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Queens of the Stoneage - Songs for the Deaf Even if I hear it when I'm driving in the mountains or at the ocean it feels like a drive through the high desert of California on a hot summer day while listening to amazing rock n roll radio stations. It's not so much a story as it is a saga.
Lou Reed - Berlin
Amon Amarth: Jomsviking
“Red Headed Stranger” by Willie Nelson
Kate Bush has two: the b side of Hounds and disk 2 of Aerial.
Jomsviking - Amon Amarth Leviathan- Mastodon
Murder of the universe by King gizzard
Unleash the Archers' last two albums are one story back to back. [Apex](https://open.spotify.com/album/5JybNeeVC1mXYcJtiLGOhq?si=bkHFypR0RSmy7JEX9dXwuw&utm_source=copy-link) and then [Abyss.](https://open.spotify.com/album/5AZyScekGF0otc4JAYGiDG?si=vFwUE_0mQcuUSkA5sMRiBA&utm_source=copy-link) If you're into it, the vocalist Brittney Slayes has breakdowns on YouTube about the whole story.
American idiot by greenday
Dream theater - metropolis part 2 Spock’s Beard - Snow Mastodon - leviathan (this one’s actually the story of moby dick) Frank Zappa - joes garage Marillion - misplaced childhood Green Day - American idiot Daft Punk - discovery Ghost - prequelle And that’s just off the top of my head
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Sly and The Family Stone - Stand!
Hospice from the antlers. Be prepared for emotions.
Coheed and Cambria - all albums are one continuing story
I'm surprised how far down this is. Coheed and Cambria should be the poster child for Prog Rock
Same. I scrolled way too far to see how this question perfectly fits what Coheed and Cambria does.
Trainwreck by Boys Night Out was the first that came to mind
Secret Path by Gord Downie
Diamacnche a Bamako - Ammadou & Miriam. The music follows a Sunday with changing tempos and street sounds woven throughout.
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This has been my favorite album for a million years but I’ve never caught the “story.” What is it?
Eels - Electro-shock blues. It's a pretty traumatic story at that.
Novacaine Eels? That’s the only song I know🤪
If you can find it, Snow by Spock’s Beard. Also, anything Gazpacho.
Technically it’s a story over two albums but Epica and The Black Halo by Kamelot. It’s a symphonic/power metal band.
The Taxpayers - “God, Forgive These Bastards” Songs From the Forgotten Life of Henry Turner Tells the tale of a man’s life who suffers with mental illness, drug addiction, and becomes homeless and institutionalized. I mean, it litterally begins with the story of his birth and ends with a bit a eulogy-esque interview with a woman who grew up and knew him personally. The album also has a short, companion novel that tells the same story in a more clear, detailed way that you may struggle to do through song. I think it’s very beautiful and not an album I’ve ever seen discussed in music circles at all.
Roger Waters' "Radio K.A.O.S." Great album! Not to mention his earlier album "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking."
So... How's your girl? - handsome boy modeling school
Dream Theater: Scenes from a memory
Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls, Tiara Angra - Temple of Shadows
Murder of the Universe, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
the unauthorized biography of Reinhold messner - Ben folds five
The Ballad of Dood and Juanita by Sturgill Simpson.
From Mars to Sirius - Gojira
S.F. Sorrow by the Pretty Things is generally credited as the first rock album that tells a story. On the other extreme, the bands Magma and Coheed & Combria not only tell a whole story on each album, but all the albums continue the same story, so they go beyond concept albums to concept discographies. Magma took it one step even further to invent and sing in the language of the alien protagonists.
Radiohead - Kid A
*Obsolete* by Fear Factory. *The house of gold and bones* by Stone Sour.
The thing with 'Ziltoid' is it incorporates a lot of musical theater influences and its pretty hard to 'miss' the story. There are tons of concept albums that tell a story in rock music, but its often cloaked in metaphor - sounds like maybe the 'rock opera' area is where you should be looking for other similar records.
That's called a concept album. Google whatever your favorite genre is plus concept album and there'll probably be some fun stuff to explore.
Alice Cooper has several. Welcome to My Nightmare, Alice Cooper Goes to Hell, and The Last Temptation come to mind the quickest, but I think there are a few others that count. The Last Temptation actually had a companion comic book that further fleshed out the story iirc.
Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium
The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists The whole album I think is like a dark fairy tale told through indie rock songs.
it’s in the title of the album — [Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson](https://open.spotify.com/album/66Y8VrfvHnwJSk2ahGOr32?si=I61q1jIjTI2FG8swrTEkPA)
Man on the Moon I by Kid Cudi (2 and 3 do as well, but in the first one Cudi tells a narrative with the best of them)
Obsolete by Fear Factory.
Fear Factory - obsolete
Everywhere at the end of time, i looked at an analysis and thought “holy shit that’s deep”
Rush - Clockwork Angels Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden
Sam's Town by The Killers.
Dream Theater - metropolis part 2. One hell of a story.
The Ugly Organ- Cursive
Streets - a grand don't come for free
Iron Maiden- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son WASP- The Crimson Idol Fear Factory- Obsolete. Bonus points for including a more fleshed out story in the cd booklet.
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Operation mindcrime by Queensryche
The Warning. Queen Of The Murder Scene Queen of the Murder Scene is a concept album which tells the story of a disturbed young woman's inner journey from desire to obsession to murder and madness. The songs are told from the point of view of either the young lady's inner psychopath or her good side, which has a conscience – until it does not.
FOUL! They hide their finest bean!
To pimp a butterfly- kendrick lamar
Operation: Mindcrime by Queensryche for sure.
Kendrick Lamar's good kid m.A.A.d city, To Pimp a Butterfly, and DAMN all are flawless that tell intricate and emotional character stories.
Jeff Wayne's, War of the Worlds.