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List ‘Em Carefully: The Top Concept Albums

January 6th, 2009 | Features, List 'Em Carefully | 31 Comments

List ‘Em Carefully: The Top Concept Albums

The concept album is an unusual beast. Sometimes the plot of the album is blatant and clear. Sometimes you know there’s a concept there, but couldn’t articulate it if you tried. Either way, interweaving and consistent lyrical themes, instrumental motifs and the like produce some of the best albums out there. This list includes all [...]

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