{"id":94906,"date":"2022-10-12T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/best-concept-albums-rolling-stone\/"},"modified":"2022-10-12T14:50:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:50:08","slug":"best-concept-albums-rolling-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/best-concept-albums-rolling-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Concept Albums \u2013 Rolling Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>From prog epics to R&#038;B masterpieces, these are the records that define music at its most ambitious<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<span class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-012\">Thematic albums, tied<\/span>  together by very specific moods or interconnected songs, aren&#8217;t new to pop;  the kingpin of the form, Frank Sinatra, started making them 70 years ago.  And thanks to the Beatles&#8217; <em>Sgt.  Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band,<\/em>  the Who&#8217;s <em>Tommy<\/em>and so many more, rock took the concept of a concept album and ran with it\u2014with narrators, characters, and lots of lyrics and liner notes to explain it all to enrapt listeners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n<p>\tIn the streaming era, you&#8217;d think concept albums, which require listening to a record <em>all the way through<\/em>, would have about as much appeal as ripping the plastic packaging off a new CD.  But right along with vinyl, the theme record is having a new moment.  Taylor Swift&#8217;s upcoming <em>midnights<\/em> is, she says, \u201cthe stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.\u201d  That kind of thematic follow-through is impressive even for a detail-oriented genius like Taylor.  Other story-song albums released over the last year or so include Sturgill Simpson&#8217;s cowboy revenge saga <em>The Ballad of Dood and Juanita<\/em> and the Tedeschi-Trucks Band&#8217;s <em>I Am the Moon<\/em>a four-EP response to <em>Layla<\/em>.  Smashing Pumpkins&#8217; <em>ATUM: A Rock Opera in Three Acts<\/em> begins a three-part rollout next month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n<p>\tin honor of <em>midnights<\/em> and its concept siblings, we present the 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time.  These are the mindblowers that define music at its most ambitious.  They map out epic narratives (from raging coming-of-age dramas to dystopian sci-fi fantasies);  they strive to embody vast historical and political moments;  they&#8217;re \u201ccinematic,\u201d \u201coperatic,\u201d \u201cnovelistic.\u201d  Our list touches on everything from classic rock to R&#038;B to punk to hip hop.  Some of those longform listens have been rattling bongs since back when your hippie uncle bought them on 8-track;  some are more recent pop masterpieces that sneak deep meanings inside slick packages.  Many are long, several are very very long.  One is by Styx.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n<p>\tTo make it high on the list an album had to be both conceptually tight and musically awesome, which is why a few classic albums with relatively loose thematic conceits didn&#8217;t end up higher.  Sit back, press \u201cplay\u201d and envelope yourself in a whole bunch of music you&#8217;ve really got to pay attention to. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n\t! function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n\t\tif (f.fbq) return;\n\t\tn = f.fbq = function() {\n\t\t\tn.callMethod ?\n\t\t\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n\t\t};\n\t\tif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n\t\tn.push = n;\n\t\tn.loaded = !0;\n\t\tn.version = '2.0';\n\t\tn.queue = [];\n\t\tt = b.createElement(e);\n\t\tt.async = !0;\n\t\tt.src = v;\n\t\ts = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n\t}(window, document, 'script',\n\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('init', '204436500352178');\n\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From prog epics to R&#038;B masterpieces, these are the records that define music at its most ambitious Thematic albums, tied together by very specific moods or interconnected songs, aren&#8217;t new to pop; the kingpin of the form, Frank Sinatra, started making them 70 years ago. And thanks to the Beatles&#8217; Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/best-concept-albums-rolling-stone\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Best Concept Albums \u2013 Rolling Stone<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":101737,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/motorolas-rollable-phone-concept-changes-size-with-the-press-of-a-button\/","url_meta":{"origin":94906,"position":0},"title":"Motorola&#8217;s Rollable Phone Concept Changes Size With the Press of a Button","date":"October 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Motorola just announced a new concept for a rollable smartphone with a screen that expands and contracts with the press of a button. 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