CONCEPT

                                    (inspired by a similar topic)

      Yes. We like a lot the concept albums made by our favourite bands, right?

Sometimes, writing a "Concept" is one of the main feature or aim of our beloved Prog Musician (from "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" to "The Human Equation", from "Days Of Future Passed" to "Brave").So, let's create a personal concept album, about everything you want, following these simple rules:

• you should give a title to your concept
• you should write, as a minimum (if you want ), three song titles (related to the concept name)
• you should not  copy (here and there) from other (already existing) concept
• you should hope that one day someone really do an album about the same concept you wrote, so you can tell him that you have the copyright on it !  
• at some point in the topic, you should vote for the best one, in your opinion, so we can see the winner!

So, this is an example, my personal concept, it is called MISPLACED CHILDHOOD and it tells my personal story about...

Ok, there goes mine: it is called "CHANGING THE WORLD": it's the story of the most important events happened on planet earth since it was created. Songs list:

1. Introduction : Chaos - The four elements  (I said important, so what's more important than the Creation itself?)
2. Prometeus - The stolen fire (discovery of fire)
3. Painting signs on the wall (discovery of writing)
4. The art of thinking (birth of Philosophy)
5. The art of being a conqueror (about the colonisations and the wars during the Roman empire)
6. The Year 0 (the Birth of Christ )
7. The end of the world? pt. 1 (the year 1000 and the Medieval age)
8. 1492 (The title says it all)
9. Innovations pt. 1 (great discoveries before the war)
10. Why are you killing our brothers, God? (About World War I and II)
11. Innovations pt. 2 (post war life and discoveries)
12. The Stars are not so far away (about the first man on the Moon and the beginning of the Space era)
13. Millennium Bug? (Internet and... you know what I mean)
14. The end of the world? (aka second Middle Age) pt. 2 (from year 2000)
15. The Eternal Wheel Of Seasons (ending and closing track)

Bonus Track:

1. Great Men on a Small Earth (reunion track about the most important men and their inventions: a long, speedy, "progressive" track through the ages of man's life on planet Earth  )

Sure it is a two discs set!!!

Come on now, I want see lots of your ideas and how you can use your imagination! I'm very curious about your way of writing a concept album! Good Luck!

Great idea.  All I can come up with re song titles are the first and last tracks:

First track:  Overture

Last track:  Finale, or Epilogue, something like that

Mine would be called "Trout Mask Replica is a cruel prank and so is this."

1. Captain Beefheart is Born (Beefheart and Zappa abort some movie probably because they couldn't stop laughing long enough to make it, the track would be various snippets of Beefheart and Zappa just laughing, 10 minutes long at least)

2. What's a Trout Mask Replica? (the track would be Beefheart and Zappa talking nonsense for 15 minutes and no mention of a Trout Mask Replica)

3. The World is a Friendly Place (various grunts made by people having sex, this goes on for about 5 minutes)

4. They're Just Laughing at You (another 10 minutes at least of Zappa and Beefheart laughing)

Frankly I think my concept album is brilliant.

I'm too lazy, but heres a good list I should make:

Triple Cd concept album: (Called Overture )

1. Overture I. The Beginning

    I. Overture I. 5.57
    II. The Masses Unite 10.20
    III. Harming Me 2.56
    IIII. Fiddler's Tune 3.45
    V. No Reflections 5.59
    VII. Twilight Waves 19.06
    VIII. Grand Tribute 9.45
Running Time: 57:18

2. Night Escape Theory
 I. Foreword 6.53
 II. Traveler of Time 4.54 
 III. Rip Waves of Melody 7.45
 IV. Time Continuum I. 0.40
 V. Time Continuum II. 1.23
 VI. Time Continuum III. 36.20
Running Time: 57:55

3. Overture II. The Fall of Mankind
 I. Backword in Time 10.03
 II. Death Balanced 6.15
 III. Page Turns Again 1.35
 IV. The Pillager and the God 5.10
 V. The Prophecy 0.35
 VI. The Rage of Mankind 3.35
 VII. Might of the Templar 2.45
 VIII. Last Breath of Fresh Air 29.50
 IX. The Fall Of Mankind I. 0.45
 X. The Fall of Mankind II. 0.35
 XI. The Fall of Mankind III. 0.32
 XII. The Fall of Mandkind IV. 0.01
 XIII. Gate of Hades 10.00
 XIV. The Grand Silence 6.53
Running Time: 76:53

How about that?

Title: The Advent of the Mystic

1: The Forest Road (9:34)
    I. Entrance
    II. Sunlight Through the Trees
    III. Multiple Paths
2. A Shadow in the Mist (1:55)
3. The Mystic (7:29)
4. Prelude to Green Stones (1:22)
5. Green Stones (13:05)
6. The Forest Road (Remergance) (4:11)
7. Light and the End of the Road (2: 37)

It will have a overtly Celtic/Jethro Tull vibe with the eeriness of Radiohead's recent works.

It will also be VERY pertentious.

Album Title: Rebirth

(disc 1)

1. Birth of the Honocrotalus (8:31)
2. Strike the Creator/Take the Child (9:11)
3. First Day of Grievance (15:00)
4. Second Day of Grievance (15:00)
5. Third Day of Grievance (15:01)

(disc 2)

1. Pierce the Breast/Shedding of Blood (33:54)
2. Bird of Egypt/Rebirth (34:26)

I don't know. Pretentious nonsense for sure.  I feel like making some music for this now. Maybe a Prog Folk/Metal mix?

stonebeard wrote: Title: The Advent of the Mystic 1: The Forest Road (9:34)     I. Entrance     II. Sunlight Through the Trees     III. Multiple Paths 2. A Shadow in the Mist (1:55) 3. The Mystic (7:29) 4. Prelude to Green Stones (1:22) 5. Green Stones (13:05) 6. The Forest Road (Remergance) (4:11) 7. Light and the End of the Road (2: 37) It will have a overtly Celtic/Jethro Tull vibe with the eeriness of Radiohead's recent works. It will also be VERY pertentious.

I have a feeling this is something you're working on.

Ok how about this…

TO DREAM A LIFETIME – this is about (influenced by a book btw) a prison at a death camp in WWII in some frigid place like Poland, and he is struggling to survive. He is forced to march with a group of prisoners for miles and miles to await his final death. Throughout the story he watches bombs explode in the air and all around, he sees other prisoners get shot on sight for not keeping up or something small like that, he watches other prisoners get taken away in while they are sleeping to be executed, he awaits a demon/guard to kill him at any moment, and he suffers pain for the "never ending night". To Dream A Lifetime refers to his escape into dreams and dazes while he marches to rid himself of the horror and the pain - but these dreams feel like a lifetime, for the miles and miles of marching seems to never ending, it seems to be an eternity.  

The first track would open the album mysteriously but calm almost like “Pigs On The Wing”. It’d go something like:

Among the moonlit night

I stared into the darkness

An endless void

We were hypnotized and

under a moonlit trance

Awaiting our final demise

While the last track would close the album with something like:

Among the moonlit night

I stared into the darkness

An endless void

We were hypnotized but

overcame the moonlit trance

Escaping in night’s disguise

1. Moonlit Trance Pt. I (1.39)

2. Sparks of Twilight (8.28)

3. The Icy March (6.39)

4. Frost & Snow (instrumental) (4.48)

5. Silent Slumber (7.22)

6. The Invisible Assassin (11.46)

7. Dissolution (6.53)

8. Never Ending Night (9.12)

9. Moonlit Trance Pt. II (1.23)

stonebeard wrote: Title: The Advent of the Mystic 1: The Forest Road (9:34)     I. Entrance     II. Sunlight Through the Trees     III. Multiple Paths 2. A Shadow in the Mist (1:55) 3. The Mystic (7:29) 4. Prelude to Green Stones (1:22) 5. Green Stones (13:05) 6. The Forest Road (Remergance) (4:11) 7. Light and the End of the Road (2: 37) It will have a overtly Celtic/Jethro Tull vibe with the eeriness of Radiohead's recent works. It will also be VERY pertentious.

sounds interasting;

if you are really planning to this one ,

i'll do the cd cover design,

o.k.  This is from a science fiction novella that I wrote about 10 years ago and a few years ago decided I'd love to turn it into a concept album.  Still working on it.  The story is as follows:

A man sits all alone on the beach.  Tears are streaming down his cheeks from the guilt that he feels about what he has wrought on mankind.  Our "hero" is an old man, alone and dying, waiting until he takes his last breath, knowing that when he does, it will be the last breath any man (or woman if we're going to be pc about the whole thing) will ever take.  He thinks back on his life.

70 years ago, when he was still a young man, full of life and an underlying belief in the human spirit, it happened.  Aliens appeared from out of nowhere.  They offered us unlimited resources.  They offered us cures for cancer.  They offered us a way of life beyond war, beyond petty greed and beyond the cultural barriers that define human existence.  They asked only one thing in return.  That we accept their leadership and allow them to lead us into a new age.  Most were swayed by this and fell in line to not only follow our new friends, but to worship them as gods.  But a few were not swayed.  A few thought this would crush the human spirit and were paranoid that these aliens wanted to turn us into slaves.  They fought back.  Our "hero" was foremost among them.  He rallied those who believed as he did.  He even converted some of those who had been swayed by the alien presence, and turned them into humanists. 

And the ones who were turned back to the light, convinced their friends to turn back to the light, and the movement grew.  Once the movement grew big enough, the freedom fighters turned on their alien "masters" and began killing them in numbers.  The aliens had nothing to fight back with.  They had expected a peaceful surrender.  But that was not to be, so the alien presence called on the leaders of the resistance to discuss a truce.  The aliens agreed to leave the planet for good, but wanted one thing in return.  They wanted our "hero" to come with them.  They assured him and his followers that he would not be harmed.  He agreed and was taken aboard their ship, where they all left the planet earth and humanity returned to the existence it had previously known.  Meanwhile our "hero" was well-treated and for the next 10 years he was shown around the galaxy courtesy of his hosts.  Then he was returned to earth and dropped off rather unceremoniously.

The earth was a barren wasteland.  The aliens must have destroyed earth and abrogated their agreement.  But over the next 30 years that he was marooned on this dead planet, he discovered that it was not the aliens who destroyed the earth, but man himself.  A war had broken out a few years after the aliens left.  The war to end all wars.  Literally.  And when he found that out, it struck him that had he not fought back.  Had he not had such faith in the human spirit.  Had he allowed us to be led into a new golden age, man would still be alive.  He had destroyed humanity.  And he would die knowing it was all his fault.

The songs:

On the Beach (7:35) (yes this is named after the old sci-fi movie)

We Come in Peace (6:18)

All Our Sorrows (8:00)

Resistance (28:44): i. An Uneasy Feeling; ii. The Human Spirit; iii.  The Resistance Grows; iv. End of Your Reign; v. War; vi.  A Piano Interlude in the Midst of the Chaos; vii.  Strong Words for Such a Weak Being; viii.  Bye Bye Birdie

The Deal (3:19)

10 Years (9:47)

What the Hell Have I Done (10:04)

And for bonus tracks.  In case anyone was thinking I was being too serious here:

1.  The Doc Goes in Search of Some Tail (4 years, 9 months, 3 days, 13 hours and 4:14)

2.  The Doc Gets Some Tail (0:35) (Cause that's all it takes)

3.  The Doc Gets B-Slapped (2:38)

Wow.  Two concepts all in one.    I'm the bomb.

All  I need is a guitarist, bass player, vocalist (cause I can't sing worth ****) and a drummer, and I also wrote some flute parts to it, so a flautist would be cool too.

Oops.  Forgot to give the title for my concept album.  The title of my novella was "Humanity's Hero".  And I see no reason to change that now.

Concepts up for grabs:

The big giant hole in the middle of the desert:

1: Travel to the Hole (1:20)

2: Sandal Itch (3:00)

3: Observing the Hole (44:21)

4: Lunch (5:00)

5: Japaneses Tourists (1:58)

6: Yikes! Desert Storm (0:04)

7: Falling Into the Hole Screaming (0:42)

Politician's monday:

Disc 1:

1: Babble (25:41)

2: Babble Part 2 (9:42)

3: Lies (8:32)

4: The Scandal (5:39)

5: Babble Part 3 (7:20)

6: Extended Babble (4:16)

Disc 2:

1: Babble In A Large Room (44:37)

2: Headshot (0:05)

3: The Conspiracy (2:50)

4: Babble Part 4 (13:47)

Bonus Track: No Comment! (0:14)

My band, Ligyrophobia, is currently working with the writing and arranging for their forthcoming demo-release. The workingtitle will be "End of our timeline", and will be a consept-album where the story takes place sometime in the future. "End of our timeline" will be a political album, and is a critic against the war in Iraq, and the way the American government have mistreated the people in Iraq.

The story takes place in the future, and the world is devided in only two countries; The easter union and The united states of the west. It forbidden for the two countries to have contact with each other. Any way, the story is that west will bomb the east and make the whole world one country. The people in the west belive this is only to protect them from the east, and don't see that the war is for personal winnings for the president.

The persons we follow is:

The president: Slick man, using propaganda to fool the people. A power-head, and quite evil.

General Gears: The presidents right hand, and head of the millitary opperation

Samuel Hjung: And imigrant from the eastern world. Sent to war as a soldier, and is ordered to bomb his old hometown. ends up killing the president.

Annalyn Dean: Lives in the east. In love with Sergj, which lives in the eastern world. Smugles a letter to sergj, where she tells about the forthcomming war.

Sergj Ibrahim: In love with annalyn. Decides to swim across the ocean to be with annalyn when the war breaks out. Ends up drowning, just minnutes before it is anounced that the war is canceled.

Songs:
http://www.freewebs.com/ligyrophobia/sounds/timeline.mid - End of our timeline
This is suposed to be the first track on the "End of our timeline" album. It is a straigt foreward rock song, where the president and the general holds a press conference, telling that they will go to war, and bomb the Eastern world

http://www.freewebs.com/ligyrophobia/sounds/feelings.mid - The feelings we share
The dramatic power ballad on the album. The first half is the letter annalyn sends to sergj, and the second, sung by sergj is when he decides to swim.

http://www.freewebs.com/ligyrophobia/sounds/reactions.mid - Reactions  (The End)
The grand finale! This is the track ment to end the album, and is a quite progressive track. This is where samuel refuse to obey his orders, and instead end up killing the president and the general, resulting in canceling of the war, before it is started.

This is our consept oiece. Somewhat cheesy, but it works.... Comments and sugestions is welcome.

In an English lesson I had today, we learnt the different stages of a play, to which I thought 'this would make for a great prog concept album!

TRACK 1: EXPOSITION (introduction of the main themes of the music- think 'Overture' from 'Tommy')

TRACK 2: DRAMATIC INCITEMENT (as the title suggests, a more atmospheric and dramatic piece)

TRACK 3: COMPLICATION (again, the title says it all- more complex music to convey this complication)

TRACK 4: CRISIS POINT (a highly dramatic and complex piece with much musical excitement)

TRACK 5: RESOLUTION (a calmer piece with a more simplistic flavour)

I would call it 'Playtime' or something like that!

ive alkready made a concept album seriously its called ahmads adventures pt 2

1.Ahmad Was Born
2.Ahmad Watches Porn 24/7
3.Ahmad Gets Taken Away By The Neo Nazi Cult
4.Ahmad Says Its Never Enough Until He Can Cram All The Stuff Up His Vagina
5.Ahmad Dance(Instrumental)
6.Ahmads Sailing Away
7.Ahmads Journey To The Bronx
8.Ahmad Dance Pt2(Instrumental)
9.Ahmad Undercover
10.Ahmad Trains And Gets Buffed Up
11.Ahmads War
12.Ahmad Is A God
13.Ahmads Aftermath
14.Ahmad Is Dead
15.Ahmads Funeral     34:50

Dick Heath wrote: Just reading a really good biography of Frank Zappa. Zappa appears to have been able to dash off a 3 page outline of a concept most days!. My favourite so far: a mountain is awarded a prize for the huge numbers of postcards sold of its image, but it has to go to NYC to collect the prize. On the way the mountain flattens an military airbase or two......................

Great concept. We have a winner. Frank Z. can collect his prize.

Come on down, Frank,

Cygnus X-2 wrote: stonebeard wrote: Title: The Advent of the Mystic 1: The Forest Road (9:34)     I. Entrance     II. Sunlight Through the Trees     III. Multiple Paths 2. A Shadow in the Mist (1:55) 3. The Mystic (7:29) 4. Prelude to Green Stones (1:22) 5. Green Stones (13:05) 6. The Forest Road (Remergance) (4:11) 7. Light and the End of the Road (2: 37) It will have a overtly Celtic/Jethro Tull vibe with the eeriness of Radiohead's recent works. It will also be VERY pertentious. I have a feeling this is something you're working on.

eventually

Ok, the ultimate nerd concept album, anyone know the game "Zero Wing"? If you don't this will make Zero sense to you...(geddit?)

1. Intro (Somebody Set Up Us The Bomb) - 0:54
2. All Your Base Are Belong To Us (Enter CATS) - 3:59
3. Take Off Every Zig - 6:44
4. Battle Of Natols - 11:51
5. I Won't Die On Level Three! - 3:33
6. Barricade This, sh*tstain! - 5:34
7. Skirmish at Bellon - 7:18
8. Final Showdown at Gonbarra - 25:09
9. All Your Base (Reprise, Zig-01)  - 8:22
10. CATS Lives! - 1:49
11. Zig 01 Must Fight Again For Great Justice... - 6:00

TOTAL Time - 78:19

1. Alarm (0:04)
2. The Joy of the Snooze Button (3:20)
3. Alarm (Reprise) (0:06)
4. What a Strange Dream That Was... (6:08)
5. I Really Should Get Up In A Minute (18:32)
6. Fag 1 (1:00)
   
7. Hygene Matters (7:12)
8. Fag 2 (1:00)
   
9. The Breakfast (30:54):

1. Sorry I'm Late! Let Me Explain... (10:41)
2. Work Is Even More Boring Than News Is (3:24)
3. How May I Help You (To Die)? (22:36)
4. Stock Check (6:09)
5. Lunchbreak (Including "Chocolate's Better Than Real Food" and "Fags 5-10") (36:01)
   
6. I Really Really Really Want To Go Home Now (5:18)
7. End Of Shift (2:12)
8. Hallelujah! Let Us Praise Him! [Trad.] (4:04)

OST - Green Sculpturing

    THE SEEDS ARE SOWN

1. Humidity

2. ....And Then The First Rays Of Sunlight

3. Theme 2

4. April

5. ....And So The Seeds Are Sown

    THE FADING SUN

6. I

7. II

8. III

9. IV

10. Days Of August

11. Theme 3

12. .

I started recording in april and finished it just a few days ago...I used the cover art as my avatar.

From a true ordinary story

The Climbers

Ist moviment Approach

1.Hsin Nien the year of the tiger

2. L J Shan Middle of nowhere

3.Presence of the  Mountain

IInd Moviment Rise

4.Cold and hungry

5.The wheel

6.Presence of the Snow

IIIrd Moviment Walk

7. The Middle Temple

8. Dialog with no words

9. Presence of the Sun

IVth Moviment Reach

10. The Sleep

11. The narrow Path

12. Presence of the World

The story is  this: on the Chinese New year day(1.) we travel to the middle of an ancient Chinese Province(2). The evening we reached a place, a chain of mountains not too high but isoleted(3)

We spent the night on cold rooms(4). The morning job was to change one wheel  punched on the previous day(5). We reached the limit of the snow, we begin the trekk(6)

At the middle we meet an old Taoist temple(7), and an unexpected woodchopper meet us. He speaks a different dialect(8) The sun lights, we enter the forest (9). A short sleep and recovery (10) before the hardest part (11) and the final completion at the top of the mountain, and the contemplation (12)

It can be read under to perspectives: biographic and methaforic. The second is more prog.

Other interpretations (according to critics):the ascent the mistic approach to the  Revelation : Approach Rise Walk Reach

The Tao references (the middle Temple, the unexpected visit, the path)

Twelve experiences:

Time Place Aim Weakness Trouble Suffer Wisdom Friendship Hope Peace Strength Revelation

And more...

Bonus track the story of the little pocket bottle of wiskey we carried along with us to resist the cold winter, but this might be another concept, less spiritual, more spirit

First I must say my vote goes to Sirpsycho338 . A realy nice idea IMO.

I had no idea but while reading the posts I thought of something based on Anthony Queen's books. To those who are not familiar with him I will add that he is talking of how we (human beings) moved from hunting to agriculture and how that turned us to the only kind of animal who kills theirself and how we are destroying the world in our exponential growth.

It would be called "Kain & Able - from hunters to killeres"

1. The good life of a hunter

2. The discovery of seeding

3. The settling : a. staying in the same place

                          b. the invention of houses

                          c. the establishment of religion

4. The unavoidable fight : a. Kain's familly growth

                                         b. The killing of Able

5. Rulling & slavery

6. Wariors - killing as a profession

7. Classes - the poor gets poorer

8. The industrial revolution : a. working harder than ever

                                            b. the rebelion of the workers

                                             c. invention of nationality - the poors kill each other

                                                d. mass genocide

9. The end - the world is saved at last.

                                                      Blimey

Trouserpress wrote: A Day In The Life of Peter Limp. An epic 3-disc concept album telling the extraordinary story of... a bloke. Disc 1 - Morning Alarm (0:04) The Joy of the Snooze Button (3:20) Alarm (Reprise) (0:06) What a Strange Dream That Was... (6:08) I Really Should Get Up In A Minute (18:32) Fag 1 (1:00) Hygene Matters (7:12) Fag 2 (1:00) The Breakfast (30:54):                   I - A Cup of Tea                 II - Shreddies or Cornflakes?                 III - Cornflakes It Is                 IV - Time for an Egg?                 V - Egg                 VI - Toast                 VII - Another Cup of Tea     8.   Fag 3 (1:00)       9.   News Is Boring (3:22)     10. Fag 4 (1:00)     11. Sh*t! When's My Shift Again? (0:39)     12. How To Miss A Train (2:32) Disc 2 - Afternoon Sorry I'm Late! Let Me Explain... (10:41) Work Is Even More Boring Than News Is (3:24) How May I Help You (To Die)? (22:36) Stock Check (6:09) Lunchbreak (Including "Chocolate's Better Than Real Food" and "Fags 5-10") (36:01) I Really Really Really Want To Go Home Now (5:18) End Of Shift (2:12) Hallelujah! Let Us Praise Him! [Trad.] (4:04) Disc 3 - Evening     1. "Me Time" (64:42):                 I - Fag 11                 II - Telly                 III - Fag 12                 IV - More Telly                 V - Fag 13                 VI - The Pizza's Here                 VII - Beer Makes Telly Better                 VIII - I Really Need a Girlfriend                 IX - Just a Friend Would Do                 XI - Fag 14                 XII - I'm Literally Such a w**ker                 XIII - Fag 15     2. Sleep (3:00)

  Reading that made me laugh for some time, and that's no mean feat on a college day! Particularly "Me Time" Part VIII, "I Really Should Get Up In A Minute" and "Alarm (Reprise)". I approve the idea of making it for real!

Logos wrote: "Of Shrouded Sorrow" DISC 1 - BLOOD 1. Prologue - Through the Eyes of... (2:21) 2. Ancient Palace (7:48) 3. The Great Escape (4:03) 4. Interlude 1: A Bloodred Carpet (1:22) 5. Desperation and Preparation: I. Hope II. Sadness III. The Blood of Mortals IV. The God of War V. Doomsday VI. Occulta (24:17) 6. The Ritual (4:11) 7. Interlude 2: Decadence (2:00) 8. Death and the Rebirth of the Lamb (16:00) Disc Blood Time - 62:02 DISC 2 - PAST AND PRESENT 1. In Search of What Was: I. Childhood II. Flashback III. Guilt IV. Regret V. Down the Fountain of Decades (18:51) 2. I Find Myself At the Path... (9:14) 3. ...Yet Cannot Execute the Mandatory (2:30) 4. Interlude 3: The Declaration (1:07) 5. In Search of What Is: I. Emotions II. The Kindness of Strangers III. The Only One IV. A Pulse V. The Beauty of Creation (31:45) 6. Epilogue - Back From the... (3:11) Disc Past and Present Time - 66:38 Here's a review of the album.. you can find it the latest Rolling Stone if you just look closely enough.. keep looking you'll find it eventually. " Molvanian prog monsters Nietzcko Zcxercaz continue where Genesis' " The Lamb Lies on Broadway " left. They explore farther than Yes did with " Tales from Topographic Oceans " . As the band's vocalist and lyricist Zlad Bartel reveals, the band wanted to explore and expand their compositional skills as well as their musical talents. "Of Shrouded Sorrow" is the band's fourth album. Their three first albums have all been electro-pop, but this album to me seems like a natural progression, since their electronic albums have always been highly intelligent and filled to the brim with strange song structures and weird psychedelic sonic attacks. The regular synthesizers are replaced with waves of washing mellotrons and pulsating VCS-3 synthesizers. The band introduces a new guitarist on this album, Roberto Fricz, who is a highly talented young guitarist. The album also features a visiting flautist and Zlad Bartel himself plays some quite unconventional instruments, such as an accordium and a xylophone. From track one we are treated with full-blown prog rock with free spirited signature changes and higly complex song structures flavoured with extended soloing and interesting vocal arrangements. The songs flow from gentle acoustic interludes to aggressive riffing and angry drumming yet again interrupted with mellotron, VCS-3 and Moog solos. The whole album culminates in the monstrous multi-part half-hour epic "In Search of What Is" , which combinates all these aforementioned attributes and also revisits some of the album's main themes in a way only these Molvanian proggers are capable of. The basic story of the album is about a man called Darkster Souldog who one morning wakes up from a palace in ancient Peru. In an epic quest to find his lost happiness and the meaning of life he has to fight his way through angry natives and come to terms with his gloomy past to find his way back home. What a splendid rock opera indeed! "

Is he the Son of THAT ZLAD!?

I can't wait 2 hear it!!!!

Trouserpress wrote: A Day In The Life of Peter Limp. An epic 3-disc concept album telling the extraordinary story of... a bloke. Disc 1 - Morning Alarm (0:04) The Joy of the Snooze Button (3:20) Alarm (Reprise) (0:06) What a Strange Dream That Was... (6:08) I Really Should Get Up In A Minute (18:32) Fag 1 (1:00) Hygene Matters (7:12) Fag 2 (1:00) The Breakfast (30:54):                 I - A Cup of Tea                 II - Shreddies or Cornflakes?                 III - Cornflakes It Is                 IV - Time for an Egg?                 V - Egg                 VI - Toast                 VII - Another Cup of Tea     8.   Fag 3 (1:00)       9.   News Is Boring (3:22)     10. Fag 4 (1:00)     11. Sh*t! When's My Shift Again? (0:39)     12. How To Miss A Train (2:32) Disc 2 - Afternoon Sorry I'm Late! Let Me Explain... (10:41) Work Is Even More Boring Than News Is (3:24) How May I Help You (To Die)? (22:36) Stock Check (6:09) Lunchbreak (Including "Chocolate's Better Than Real Food" and "Fags 5-10") (36:01) I Really Really Really Want To Go Home Now (5:18) End Of Shift (2:12) Hallelujah! Let Us Praise Him! [Trad.] (4:04) Disc 3 - Evening     1. "Me Time" (64:42):                 I - Fag 11                 II - Telly                 III - Fag 12                 IV - More Telly                 V - Fag 13                 VI - The Pizza's Here                 VII - Beer Makes Telly Better                 VIII - I Really Need a Girlfriend                 IX - Just a Friend Would Do                 XI - Fag 14                 XII - I'm Literally Such a w**ker                 XIII - Fag 15     2. Sleep (3:00)

Very funny, TP

How about: A DAY IN THE LIFE

 1- 6am

 2- 7am

 3- 8am

and so on and so on....

I wrote a concept work entitled "A Butterfly's Story" based on the dreams of a friend, i have it all recorded here on my PC. The concept is about the similarities between the dream and real life... The Butterfly is really the woman he loves, she took a strange shape in his dream to tell him the things she can't tell him in the real world.

Tracklist:

1.- Overture (4:12)

2.- Butterfly Dream (6:18)

3.- The Failing God (5:42)

4.- How Much More? (11:17)

5.- Estridency (Instrumental) (7:18)

6.- The Fantasy Returns (8:33)

Amazing thread, Trouserpress is my clear winner. Can't think of a concept myself, but I definitely post something.

Back to Trouserpress, I could imagine reviews of "A Day in a Life Of Peter Lump" - "Progrock finally descended to cover everyday and common problems, instead of overlonged pompous suites concerning fairy tailes or hypnotherapies. The newest masterpiece of new progact called Peter Lump follows the thread of "Alan Psychedelic Breakfast" from obscure Pink Floyd album "Atom Heart Mother", and did a marvellous symphonic 3CD pieces concerning everyday routines such as waking up (ingenious 18 minutes long "I Really Should Wake Up In A Minute"), smoking, eating, leisure etc This album is a must. Prog rock is coming back, finally there is something interesting for people, not just prog nerds".

Trouserpress, I should quote what Brian Lane (Yes manager) told Trevor Horn "Why don't you become a f***ing producer?" No offense meant, but to the contrary. New Eddie Offord is born!!!

Mnemosyne, have you put this music on net and could you provide us with a link? I'm curious to hear this music!!

...Great Thread....very enjoyable read....the most fun I had on this forum in quite some time. A thumbs up for everyone who participated.

Doc....I love your bonus songs.

Trouserpress...extremely funny and creative. Bravo to you. PS....you smoke too much.

My concept is more of a theme based on break-up and the angst and despair one feels afterwards. All these songs exist in lyrical form and when I was actually in a band...two of them came to fruition.

Love Overture(long tune...20-30 minutes)

The Pit of Despair(a little shorter)...10-15 minutes

Sea of Sorrow(this one came to fruition) a little over 6 minutes

Internal Damnation...10-15  minutes

Festering Doom( Another one that came to fruition)...don't recall the time...my guess would be about 5 minutes.

Rabbit's Hunger...a shorty...pehaps about 4 minutes

not very original admittedly, but I was always a sucker for emotional lps like Misplaced Childhood and Clutching At Straws

Nevertheless it was brilliant!! Think of many Peters Limps in the street who would like to buy that album. I think Flower Kings or Transatlantic should record it, they like short tracks!!

The Long Journey Home

(a double CD)

Tracklist:

CD1

Scene I. Waiting for the Bus 31:46

Scene II. Too Close for Comfort 9:23

Act 1. The Stranger's Hand 4:01

Act 2. The Stare 5:22

Scene III. The Breakdown 5:29

Scene IV. Busy Streets to Transcend 00:37

Scene V. Waiting for the Bus Pt. 2 29:14

CD 2

Scene VI. The Great Many 15:25

Act 1. Giving up Seats 3:10

Act 2. The Smell 9:13

Act 3. The Sudden Stop/Won't Somebody Reach Out a Hand 3:03

Scene VII. Transition 6:29

Scene VIII. Waiting for the Bus Pt. 3 37:35

Act 1. Resolve 3:27

Act 2. Despair 33:18

Act 3. Absolution 0:50

Scene IX. The Key to the Front Gate 4:42

Scene X. Finally Free 8:17

Oh your concept are great, from the ranking you gave, currently the winner seems to be Trouserpress.. let's see if this goes on a little bit with some other ideas..

Oh, the concept about the politicians is funny!

This is a great thread.  I'm not that creative; I'm simply a rock songwriter.  Wonder if I could do a concept album about the evolution of rcok and roll?

stonebeard wrote: Go for it!

My God!  Help me then!  I'm a drummer/singer/writer in the MD area.  Any guitarists/bassists/keyboardists out there?  E-mail me.

http://www.deviantart.com/view/4100602/ - http://www.deviantart.com/view/4100602/

This was a collaboration between me and my friend koonak. I made the album cover, he made up the song titles. It was made for a hoax band called Sparrow, an imaginary prog rock band, you may see their story and albums at http://sparrowdreams.deviantart.com - http://sparrowdreams.deviantart.com . A splendid time is guaranteed for all! lol

here's the songs:

The Edge of Yesterday - ¨One I always wanted to hear with a full orchestra¨
Deeper Within ¨Always shown a lot of promise¨
The Eyes of Far Away Worlds ¨Has a middle piece that always captivates me¨
Jortrair, The Lament of Distance ¨Has so many mood changes that you can`t help but to laugh and cry at the same time¨
We the Whole ¨Well, that song just says it all!¨
¨And that beautiful guitar piece:¨ Requiem for their souls ¨is an incredible piece of music history¨
Of course I added the last song: Harmony !