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    Posted: March 16 2010 at 20:10
If you were to go into my collaborator profile, you would notice I have my top 25 al-time favorite prog albums posted. If you look closer, you would notice that FOURTEEN of them are concept albums! And a few of the ones that I don't consider concept albums (like SEBTP and Bridge Across Forever) are arguable. I've always known that I tend to love concept albums, but I've also noticed that I'm not aware of many neo-prog concept albums.

If you know any good (preferably great) concept albums in the vein of Marillion and IQ, all suggestions are welcome! Smile If you know any other great concept albums that are unrelated to neo-prog, and are something I should be aware of, they are much appreciated as well.

My Top 25 Prog Albums (All Concept Albums Bolded and Red Font)

1. The Perfect Element, Pt. 1- Pain of Salvation
2. Scenes From a Memory- Dream Theater
3. Foxtrot- Genesis
4. Snow- Spock's Beard
5. Crimson- Edge of Sanity
6. ?- Neal Morse
7. Still Life- Opeth
8. BE- Pain of Salvation
9. Bridge Across Forever- Transatlantic
10. Selling England By The Pound- Genesis
11. Sola Scriptura- Neal Morse
12. The Shaming of the True- Kevin Gilbert
13. Symbolic- Death
14. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway- Genesis
15. The Sum of No Evil- The Flower Kings
16. Abbey Road- The Beatles
17. Close To The Edge- Yes
18. Images & Words- Dream Theater
19. Misplaced Childhood- Marillion
20. V- Spock's Beard
21. The Closing Chronicles- Nightingale
22. The Kindness of Strangers- Spock's Beard
23. Operation: Mindcrime- Queensryche
24. Streets: A Rock Opera- Savatage
25. Trespass- Genesis

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Points: 15745 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 16 2010 at 20:34
The Dreams of Men by Pallas is one popular Neo-Prog concept highly regarded in PA.
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Originally posted by The Quiet One The Quiet One wrote:

The Dreams of Men by Pallas is one popular Neo-Prog concept highly regarded in PA.


Thanks Pablo. I'm reading some reviews right now and it sounds promising. I have $40 of iTunes gift cards, so I might buy it (even though I hate iTunes LOL).

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Also Arena's The Visitor is another highly acclaimed Neo-Prog concept you might want to check out.
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k2  Book of the Dead

not necessarily in the vein of Marillion or IQ but in the Neo genre
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IQ - Subterranea

Very good concept album
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I believe 'Behaviour' by Saga is a concept-album but I am not sure. Otherwise you have 'generation 13'.
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Originally posted by Soul Dreamer Soul Dreamer wrote:

IQ - Subterranea

Very good concept album
Yep that was the obvious one when I saw the thread title. I was lucky enough to see IQ perform the whole album at The Astoria in the late nineties followed by an impromptu encore of The Last Human Gateway (all 20 minutes of it!) Happy daysBig smile
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Just had to mention, from the classic seventies period, 1975's Spartacus, by the german group Triumvirat. As for something more current, i do not have any idea
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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Just had to mention, from the classic seventies period, 1975's Spartacus, by the german group Triumvirat. As for something more current, i do not have any idea


Good one....

the best concept album ever recorded: TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS!!!!

the most decent neo-prog album (and concept album) I've listened to date: Marillion's Script for A Jester's Tear (not a big neo fan )

outside of prog (prog-related really): The Who - Quadrophenia
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Points: 66472 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 17 2010 at 08:50
My discussion of the month album fits the bill.  Roswell Six's Terra Incognita: Beyond The Horizon. 
 
 
 
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Sylvan's Posthumous Silence deserves a mention methinks.
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Points: 7910 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 17 2010 at 09:17
Originally posted by Windhawk Windhawk wrote:

Sylvan's Posthumous Silence deserves a mention methinks.


Agreed, Olav.

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Points: 8543 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 17 2010 at 10:29

Also agreed Olav. 

I would recommend Marillion's Clutching At Straws and Arena's Contagion.  Pallas' The Sentinel was pretty cool too.  And of the newer stuff, Magenta's Seven is pretty freaking awesome.
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Points: 21795 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 17 2010 at 11:34
Not neo (proto actually) but if you are a fan of Snow you should like The Who's Quadrophenia, my favorite rock opera of all time and out of all rock operas it likely holds the storyline the best Smile
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Points: 3843 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 17 2010 at 12:14
Jeff,

My first thought was Contagion by Arena, fantastic CD and a great example of Neo Prog.  I have that as one of my top five albums all time.  I know "The Doctor" mentioned it as well, but I thought I'd give it a second shout.

As a follow up to The Doctor's post I'm going to have to check out "The Sentinel" as well, I love the two of his recommendations that I am familiar with.
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Eric beat me to Brave which is quite essential, and I also agree with the IQ & Who suggestions. In addition to Quadrophenia, I would also recommend Tommy, but try it on the remastered Live at LeedsLP which is fabulous.

Trying to avoid the obvious Floyd/Genesis & etc. candidates, I would also try Jon Anderson's Toltec (easily in the top 2 of his solo output with a marvellous narrative), Josh & Co Through These Eyes, which really is a mix of all types of prog, but mainly heavy & folk, and Phideaux Number Seven (folky/symphonic/neo/just about everything).
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Saens- Prophet in a Statistical World
Sensetive to Light- Almost Human
Pendragon- The Masquerade Overture
IQ- The Wake
Kamelot- The Black Halo (I know, metal, but you'll love it all the same)
Strangefish- Fortune Telling
Threshold- Clone
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