Top 10 Concept Albums

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Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses

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LedZeppelin990 8 years ago

Back in black is the 2nd bestselling albums ever behind thriller

Top 10 Concept Albums

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Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

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sisyphushappy 12 years ago

The second best-selling album of all time, DSOTM covers life, death, war, and greed and paints an all round picture of life.

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Back in Black - AC/DC

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The Wall - Pink Floyd

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sisyphushappy 12 years ago

The Wall tells an excellent story, but doesn't have the perfect balance of lyrics and music like Dark Side of the Moon.

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

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nimapedoeim 11 years ago

Even without covering an overarching theme, or even without having any sonic consistency, this album was a forerunner to art rock, progressive rock, and concept albums in general. The personae the Beatles created basically pioneered the Golden Age of rock. And this album would probably reach #1 if Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane ended up o

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Master of Puppets - Metallica

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Tommy - The Who

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Jeremy Zupke 10 years ago

Coining the term "Rock Opera", Tommy tells the story of a "Deaf, Dumb, Blind kid" who "Sure plays a mean pinball".

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The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

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Emery D. Eiber 8 years ago

Iron Maiden never got the air play they deserved because their songs were too long. Yes AC/DC and Guns and Roses has more Commercial Success. Iron Maiden was a much better band musically however undermarketed.