Members rasputin1963 Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 Hey guys & gals, I'm curious... What recent albums (is that word pass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 I don't know that it's conceptual in the way that you describe, but in my opinion, Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Arcadium" plays quite well all the way through, all the more impressive as it's a 2-CD release!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amplayer Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 I don't know that it's conceptual in the way that you describe, but in my opinion, Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Arcadium" plays quite well all the way through, all the more impressive as it's a 2-CD release!! I think you're just rooting for the home town LA folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheLuxLife Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 John Mayer's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members doug osborne Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 Ray Lamontagne Till the Sun Turns Black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheLuxLife Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 Ray Lamontagne Till the Sun Turns Black. Ray Lamontagne is excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 I think you're just rooting for the home town LA folks! Am I that transparent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slapjaw Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore East Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 I don't think I listen to anything all the way through with intention except for Beethoven Piano Sonatas or Brahms Symphonies. Even then I sometimes zone out, actually. Nah....not even Sgt Pepper. I skip through "She's Leaving Home" and "Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite". And I always wished that the White Album had been edited down to one LP. I can't be cured. nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Botch Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 I know nobody here likes them, but Dream Theater's Octavarium has a great overarching build/release that keeps me listening all the way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ed A. Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 It seems rarer today that popular musical artistes conceive an album to be a "concept" or a "song cycle" or a "Gesamtkunstwerk" designed to be listened to IN ORDER, from beginning to end... Maybe that very concept is a relic of the 60's and 70's... I think you're right, there aren't any I can think of other than American Idiot by Green Day or Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots from the Flaming Lips, and that's kind of pushing it. They just don't make 'em like Tommy, DSOTM or Thick As A Brick anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bunny Knutson Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 We need to define "recent" within this context. Let's say it means "since 2000." Two albums come immediately to mind, although I'm sure I'll think of more upon further reflection: 1. Porcupine Tree - "In Absentia" (2003) 2. Umphrey's McGee - "Anchor Drops" (2004) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bunny Knutson Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 2 absolutely amazing albums from 2002: 1. Queens of the Stone Age - "Songs for the Deaf" 2. Foo Fighters - "One By One" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bunny Knutson Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 How could I possibly forget: Nine Inch Nails - "With Teeth" (2005) :thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bunny Knutson Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 2 delectable albums from 2003: 1. Radiohead - "Hail to the Thief" 2. Outkast - "Speakerboxxx / The Love Below" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lakesidedave Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier.Love it. All of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ed A. Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 2 delectable albums from 2003:1. Radiohead - "Hail to the Thief"2. Outkast - "Speakerboxxx / The Love Below" I wouldn't call these "concept albums", at least not by the original definition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted January 13, 2007 Moderators Share Posted January 13, 2007 John Mayer's latest Rod Stewart doing cover versions of 70's and 80's songs. It's cool from the point of view of interpretation. He does a suprisingly good job. There is zero creativity in the arrangements but that still works because it's like the world's greatest cover band led by Kenny Aranof. It absolutely doesn't suck like you think it might. I heard it in Borders and made an impulse buy. It's cool. Ray Lamontagne's Trouble Miles' Kind of Blue again and again Peter Gabriel's drippy face. "I am.... the intruder" Lot's a Bach piano (Gould still rules) Maria Callas Puccinni Arias And for my daughter, All American Rejects, which is not that different from taking a hammer and tapping your forehead for 45 minutes. All of these front to back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PintoMusic Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 For recently released albums: Duncan Sheik - "White Limousine"The Dears - "Gang Of Losers"The Mars Volta - "Amputechture" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ara Ajizian Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium ArcadiumPearl Jam - Pearl JamIncubus - A Crow Left of the MurderIncubus - Light GrenadesQueens of the Stone Age - Songs for the DeafSystem of a Down - Mezmerize/HypnotizeMark Lanegan - Field SongsJack Johnson - In Between DreamsCalexico - Feast of WireBeck - Sea Change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZenFly Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 Sufjan Stevens "Illinoise"and the last 2 System of a Down albumsa few others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cooterbrown Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 +1 on SOAD's Hypnotize/Mesmerize One of the most creative hard rock bands, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate ManagersMatthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs - Under The Covers Vol 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 BTW, neither is really a "concept album", but I have recently listened to each of them all the way through, with no skipping of songs or interuptions. I'm afraid that the "album format as art form" is, if not dead at the moment, pretty close to it in this day and age of user compiled / burned CD's, iPods, iTunes, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted January 13, 2007 Members Share Posted January 13, 2007 The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier.Love it. All of it. That's a really good bunch of music, ain't it? That and the System of a Down "Mesmerize/Hypnotize" release that Cooter Brown mentions above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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