3 Concept Albums
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Topic: 3 Concept Albums
Posted By: Xonty
Subject: 3 Concept Albums
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 13:07
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Genesis for me, but I love all of them so much! https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/dream_theater/metropolis_pt__2__scenes_from_a_memory/" rel="nofollow">
 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/genesis/the_lamb_lies_down_on_broadway/" rel="nofollow"> https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_who/quadrophenia/" rel="nofollow"> |
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 13:21
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The lamb, followed by The Who then DT.
All good. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Neo-Romantic
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 14:18
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I haven't heard Quadrophenia, but The Lamb is perfect in my book. Not that Metropolis is bad, of course! But the Lamb is, well, The Lamb.
------------- May God bless you all in Jesus' name. No matter who you are, you're special, you're loved, and you matter. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 14:21
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First vote for DT. Quadrophenia and the Lamb are both OK but I've never really gotten into their concepts, where as with DT I enjoy the concept.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 14:25
| Disc One of Lamb blows just about everything out of the water but Disc Two goes AWOL imo. Quadrophenia is consistent all the way through so I voted for that. Don't care for that DT album (although I do like some of their stuff such as Awake,Octavarium and Change Of Seasons) |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 14:32
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Love, Reign o'er me.... ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 14:39
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Quadrophenia by far for now, gonna try and sit through the just-about 95 minutes of Genesis again (oh lord help me!) one of these days as it is the one album from them im scared of the most (not totally though) ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 15:07
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The Lamb. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 15:23
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Baaa haha hahaaaaaaaahhh!!! ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 15:38
| I don't like Quadraphenia at all, can tolerate DT and like The Lamb without considering a masterpiece - it could have been a magnificent single album if they'd cut the garbage out and kept the gems. |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 16:11
Disc 2 is still brilliant, there's just a bit some filler in stuff like "The Waiting Room", "Ravine", and "Silent Sorrow". Some great songs though, especially "Anyway", "Colony Of Slippermen", "Riding The Scree", etc. but there's no way it could keep up with the standard of disc 1
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richardh wrote:Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 16:27
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I think Lamb is about the whole voyage. Not a minute less. It's perfect like that. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Prog 74
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 16:58
The Lamb. 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 17:07
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The Lamb fo sho. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 20:44
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Quadrophenia is brilliant. The others, less so. And unlike Lamb, which descends into mythological pablum by the second half, The Who's stunning "Love Reign O'er Me" is one of the greatest finales of any rock album, be it concept or not. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: ebil0505
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 22:40
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I'm gonna have to go with The Lamb because the other two, while I do like them, kinda have a similar sound throughout. Plus the lyrics on The Lamb are just fun. ------------- "I like to think oysters transcend national barriers." - Roger Waters |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: May 15 2014 at 22:48
The Lamia is as brilliant as anything on Disc 1 IMHO. Anyway, I voted for The Lamb because I think it simply blows the other two albums away. The other two albums are one-dimensional and offer nothing remotely moving to these ears.
------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 01:02
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I like all three, but I'll vote for Dream Theater Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory. ------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 04:01
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I like all three. Quadrophenia gets my vote. ------------- 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 04:59
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I cast a stone towards Dream Theater to be different but really Genesis wins this hands down ------------- 
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 12:34
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The Lamb, easily, but Quadrophenia is also a masterpiece - the best thing The Who ever did. Not that big on DT. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 13:36
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DT for me
Btw, why can't I vote? 
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 14:41
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^ You need a post count of 40 to vote.
The Lamb gets mine. -------------  
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Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 14:43
| Never into The Who, and Metropolis is just fine but no more than this for me, so The Lamb by miles. |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 14:45
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Dream Theater
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 15:42
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Lamb, easily.
SFaM happens to be the album that marked a downturn in my interest in DT. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 16:03
Thank You
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 00:03
| The Lamb is my all time favorite album. |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 00:06
I would say it's really close for me, too, but I have a difficult time just choosing one favorite album, because I simply can't ignore Pink Floyd, Yes, or King Crimson. ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: Kirillov
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 01:09
| The Lamb is great but Quadrophenia just beats it in my book |
Posted By: CharlesPL
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 01:16
| Easily for me,vote on SFAM. |
Posted By: King Manuel
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 02:11
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The Who I must confess are not a band I am familiar with (of course I heard a song here and there but don't own any albums). I love DT, but somehow Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory does not really excite me much. I like all Genesis outputs till Hackett left and consider the Lamb to be the weakest one. But compared to DT's Metropolis it still is a winner. So my vote goes there. ------------- Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 08:54
I don't think it's a weak effort at all. In fact, it took me several years to realize it's brilliance, but I never thought 'This is Genesis' weakest effort.' That belongs to all of those f****** pop albums they made. If you would pick one of those pathetic slaps of commercial waste over The Lamb than you need to have your prog credentials wiped clean.
------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: frankbostick
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 12:15
| Without hesitation... Quadrophenia |
Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 13:32
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The Who ------------- "Nobody's Gonna Change My World That's Something To Unreal" Lyrics that i live my life by-from Black Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy's track You Won't Change Me |
Posted By: King Manuel
Date Posted: May 18 2014 at 03:46
Not to confuse things here: I consider the lamb to be the weakest from the Hackett era. It is far superior to all post Hackett outputs. Hope I can keep my prog credentials!  ------------- Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus |
Posted By: JediJoker7169
Date Posted: May 18 2014 at 06:51
| As a consistent concept piece, and an enjoyable listen, Quadrophenia is nigh on impossible to beat, in my book. I'd rate it as one of the best if not the best concept album of all time, and certainly one of the greatest albums. As much as I love The Lamb, it just can't compete. My limited experience with Dream Theater has not yet lighted upon Scenes From A Memory, so perhaps my vote isn't quite fair, but given my superlative esteem for Quadrophenia, and my lukewarm take on Dream Theater, I can't imagine I'd place it higher. |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: May 20 2014 at 03:34
| No contest - TLLDOB is THE quintessential concept album... |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: May 20 2014 at 10:51
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All 3 have great moments and not so great moments for me could vote for any of them DT I guess, just because it has the least votes ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: June 25 2014 at 18:57
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Genesis Dream Theater The Who ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: June 25 2014 at 19:00
The Lamia is one of my 5 fave Genesis songs
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