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MeIon Bread
10/05/18 3:24:54 PM
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I assume this is just another way of saying "postmodern", but since that word is usually reserved for books and films, the music industry found another term for themselves.
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au_gold
10/05/18 3:25:39 PM
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Every Tool album.
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TheDarkCircle
10/05/18 3:25:46 PM
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literally been around for decades you neckbeard
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antfair
10/05/18 3:25:53 PM
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It is an album that carries a musical or thematic concept all the way through. Postmodernism has nothing to do with it
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SSJCAT
10/05/18 3:27:08 PM
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antfair posted...
It is an album that carries a musical or thematic concept all the way through. Postmodernism has nothing to do with it

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alt_no_1_loves
10/05/18 3:27:46 PM
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It generally means it's an album that has a narrative to it or otherwise revolves closely around a theme or themes.

Pink Floyd made good examples of the former.
Thrice's "Alchemy" albums are a good example of the latter.
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SSJCAT
10/05/18 3:27:52 PM
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dark side of the moon or the wall is probably one of the more well known concept albums
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Kombucha
10/05/18 3:28:19 PM
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MeIon Bread
10/05/18 3:28:53 PM
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Alright, thanks. Seems like quite an interesting idea. And yeah, TDSotM does seem to be a very good concept album.
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jukester
10/05/18 3:29:09 PM
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TheDarkCircle posted...
literally been around for decades you neckbeard

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hollow_shrine
10/05/18 3:30:58 PM
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Beyonce's Lemonade is a concept album.

I don't think the Pink Floyd's the Wall is actually a concept album, I just have a hard time separating it from the movie.
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thronedfire2
10/05/18 3:31:33 PM
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most porcupine tree albums are
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Questionmarktarius
10/05/18 3:34:44 PM
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hollow_shrine posted...
I don't think the Pink Floyd's the Wall is actually a concept album, I just have a hard time separating it from the movie.

The concept is "insanity", which comes up quite a bit in the Floyd library.
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SSJCAT
10/05/18 3:35:58 PM
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hollow_shrine posted...
Beyonce's Lemonade is a concept album.

I don't think the Pink Floyd's the Wall is actually a concept album, I just have a hard time separating it from the movie.

the wall is definitely a concept album >_>
it literally tells a story
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Shotgunnova
10/05/18 3:38:06 PM
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hyperpsycho
10/05/18 3:38:11 PM
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hollow_shrine posted...
I don't think the Pink Floyd's the Wall is actually a concept album, I just have a hard time separating it from the movie.

Rock opera fits The Wall more.
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Space_Man
10/05/18 3:41:30 PM
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It's pretty much where the album as a whole is supposed to be the main focus rather than the individual tracks.

Like they'll flow into each other, have repeating motifs throughout, has an idea/narrative to the album, etc. It's a pretty broad definition for the most part.
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hollow_shrine
10/05/18 3:46:34 PM
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hyperpsycho posted...
hollow_shrine posted...
I don't think the Pink Floyd's the Wall is actually a concept album, I just have a hard time separating it from the movie.

Rock opera fits The Wall more.

I think I like that too. But I wasn't completely certain, because I'm having a hard time separating the images of the movie from the music of the album. I've never experienced one in a context where I couldn't experience the other, so they've always been linked to one another in my thoughts.
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Makeveli_lives
10/05/18 3:47:55 PM
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MeIon Bread posted...
Alright, thanks. Seems like quite an interesting idea. And yeah, TDSotM does seem to be a very good concept album.

Listen to good kid mad city for the best concept album of the last five years
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