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List Of Concept Albums
Concept albums have been produced by bands and solo artists across all musical genres. In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." The following is a list with specific verification by reliable sources of being notable concept albums. 0–9 * 2nd Chapter of Acts – ''The Roar of Love'' * The 1975 - '' A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships'' A * A Tribe Called Red – ''We Are the Halluci Nation'' * Aesop Rock – ''Labor Days'' * After Forever – '' Invisible Circles'' * Against Me! – ''Searching for a Former Clarity'' * Against Me! – ''Transgender Dysphoria Blues'' * Ahab – ''The Call of the Wretched Sea'' * Ahab – ''The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"'' * Al Stewart – '' Past, Present, and Future'' * Alan Parsons – ''The Time Machine'' * The Alan Parsons Project – '' Ammonia Avenue'' * The Alan Parsons Project – ''Eve'' * The Alan Parsons Project – '' Ey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concept Album
A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. Sometimes the term is applied to albums considered to be of "uniform excellence" rather than an LP with an explicit musical or lyrical motif. There is no consensus among music critics as to the specific criteria for what a "concept album" is. The format originates with folk singer Woody Guthrie's ''Dust Bowl Ballads'' (1940) and was subsequently popularized by traditional pop/jazz singer Frank Sinatra's 1940s–50s string of albums, although the term is more often associated with rock music. In the 1960s several well-regarded concept albums were released by various rock bands, which eventually led to the invention of progressive rock and rock opera. Since then, many concept albums have been released across numerous musical genres. Definiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Call Of The Wretched Sea
''The Call of the Wretched Sea'' is the debut album by the German funeral doom band Ahab. It was released in October 2006. History ''The Call of the Wretched Sea'' is Ahab's first studio album. It was the band's first recording since their first two demos. To record the album, they recruited Corny Althammer as session drummer. Production, engineering, mastering and mixing tasks were carried out by Stephan Adolph. It was released on 10 October 2006 through Napalm Records. Double-LP versions of this album were released through Deviant Records; there were 100 copies in green vinyl, 100 copies in red vinyl, and 300 copies in black vinyl. Music The album has been treated as an example of what funeral doom metal represents. It features slow synthesizer melodies, downtuned guitars, echoing percussion, and deep and guttural vocals. Chants and choral vocal parts are also arranged at various points during the album. The track "Old Thunder" features an orchestrated central portion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stereotomy
''Stereotomy'' is the ninth studio album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1985. Not as commercially successful as its predecessor ''Vulture Culture'', the album is structured differently from earlier Project albums: containing three lengthy tracks ("Stereotomy" at over seven minutes, "Light of the World" at over six minutes, and the instrumental "Where's the Walrus?" running over seven and a half minutes) and two minute-long songs at the end. It is a full digital production and both the LP and CD releases were encoded using the two-channel Ambisonic UHJ format. The original vinyl packaging was different from all the reissues: it featured more elaborate artwork of the paper sleeve supplied with a special color-filter oversleeve. When inserted, the over-sleeve filtered some of the colors of the artwork, allowing four different variations (two per side). That was supposed to symbolize visual stereotomy. In the reissues, only one variant remained. The artwork was nominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid (The Alan Parsons Project Album)
''Pyramid'' (stylized as ''Pyr△mid'') is the third album by progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1978. It is a concept album centred on the pyramids of Giza. At the time the album was conceived, interest in pyramid power and Tutankhamun was widespread in the US and the UK. ''Pyramid'' was nominated for the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The book visible in the cover design is G. Patrick Flanagan - Pyramid Power: The Millennium Science (1973). Track listing All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. Bonus tracks ''Pyramid'' was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks: "Voyager/What Goes Up/The Eagle Will Rise Again" (instrumental) - 8:55 "What Goes Up/Little Voice" (early version demo) - 4:07 "Can't Take It with You" (early version demo) - 1:45 "Hyper-Gamma-Spaces" (demo) - 2:21 "The Eagle Will Rise Again" (alternate version – backing track) - 3:20 "In the Lap of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Robot (album)
''I Robot'' is the second studio album by British rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released on 8 July 1977 by Arista Records. The album draws conceptually on author Isaac Asimov's science fiction ''Robot'' stories, exploring philosophical themes regarding artificial intelligence. It was re-released on vinyl and cassette tape in 1984 and on CD in 2007. Background and concept The album was intended to be based on the ''I, Robot'' stories written by Asimov, and Eric Woolfson spoke with Asimov himself, who was enthusiastic about the idea. As the rights already had been granted to a TV/movie company, the album's title was altered slightly by removing the comma in "I,", and the theme and lyrics were made to be more generically about robots rather than to be specific to the Asimov universe. The cover inlay reads: "I Robot... The story of the rise of the machine and the decline of man, which paradoxically coincided with his discovery of the wheel... and a warning that his brief d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaudi (The Alan Parsons Project Album)
''Gaudi'' is the tenth album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1987. ''Gaudi'' refers to Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan Spanish architect, and the opening track references what is probably Gaudí's best known building, the ''Sagrada Família''. Project regular David Paton was unable to undertake bass duties on this recording due to a prior touring commitment with Elton John. Saxophonist-keyboardist Richard Cottle's brother, Laurie, was recruited to play bass. The album was recorded at the Grange in Norfolk and Mayfair Studios in London using a pair of Sony 3324 DASH digital tape recorders and mixed to a digital master. This was the final canonical Alan Parsons Project studio album, as well as vocalist Lenny Zakatek's final contribution to any Parsons album. Although the album '' The Sicilian Defence'' was released in 2014, it was originally recorded in 1979 and was never intended to be heard by the public. During the writing of what would have been the follow-up, Eric Woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye In The Sky (album)
''Eye in the Sky'' is the sixth studio album by British rock band the Alan Parsons Project, released in May 1982 by Arista Records. At the 25th Annual Grammy Awards in 1983, ''Eye in the Sky'' was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album. In 2019, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. Production ''Eye in the Sky'' is the first of three albums the Project recorded on analogue equipment and mixed directly to the digital master tape. Release ''Eye in the Sky'' was the last platinum record in the United States from the band. ''Eye in the Sky'' contains the title track, the Project's biggest hit, with lead vocals by Eric Woolfson. The album itself was a major success, reaching the top 10 (and sometimes the number one slot) in numerous countries. The album features the instrumental piece "Sirius", which has become a staple of many college and professional sporting arenas throughout North America. It is best k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve (The Alan Parsons Project Album)
''Eve'' is the fourth studio album by British rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released on 27 August 1979 by Arista Records. The album's focus is on the strength and characteristics of women, and the problems they face in the world of men. It had originally been intended to focus on "great women in history", but evolved into a wider concept. The album name was the same as Eric Woolfson's mother in law. ''Eve'' is The Alan Parsons Project's first album with singer Chris Rainbow. The album's opening instrumental "Lucifer" was a major hit in Europe, and "Damned If I Do" reached the US Top 40, peaking at No. 27, and reaching No. 16 in Canada. "Lucifer" also is used as title track for the German political TV show ''Monitor''. Track listing All songs written and composed by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. ''Eve'' was remastered and reissued in 2008 with the following bonus tracks: "Elsie's Theme from ' The Sicilian Defence' (the Project that never was)" "Lucifer" (demo) "Secr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ammonia Avenue
''Ammonia Avenue'' is the seventh studio album by the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released on 7 February 1984 by Arista Records. The Phil Spector-influenced "Don't Answer Me" was the album's lead single, and reached the Top 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, as well as the fourth position on the Adult Contemporary chart. The single also reached the Top 20 in several countries and represents the last big hit for the Alan Parsons Project. "Prime Time" was a follow-up release that fared well in the Top 40, reaching No. 34. "You Don't Believe" was the first single in November 1983, reaching #54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Since the Last Goodbye" was a minor hit. ''Ammonia Avenue'' is one of the band's biggest-selling albums, carrying an Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA certification of gold and reaching the Top 10 in a number of countries. Background and release The title of the albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project was a British rock band active between 1975 and 1990, whose core membership consisted of producer, audio engineer, musician and composer Alan Parsons and singer, songwriter and pianist Eric Woolfson. They were accompanied by varying session musicians and some relatively consistent session players such as guitarist Ian Bairnson, arranger Andrew Powell, bassist and vocalist David Paton, drummer Stuart Elliott, and vocalists Lenny Zakatek and Chris Rainbow. Parsons and Woolfson shared writing credits on almost all of the Project's songs, with Parsons producing or co-producing all of the band's recordings. The Alan Parsons Project released eleven studio albums in its 15-year career, the most successful being '' I Robot'' (1977) and '' Eye in the Sky'' (1982). Many of their albums are conceptual in nature and focus on science fiction, supernatural, literary and sociological themes. Among the group's most popular songs are "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You", " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Time Machine (Alan Parsons Album)
''The Time Machine'' is the third solo album by English rock musician Alan Parsons. While the sound of this album is similar to some of the soft, ethereal tracks by the Alan Parsons Project, none of the writing or performance credits in the sleeve notes go to Alan Parsons, except for one short and simple instrumental part on "Temporalia" (the other instrumentals were written by drummer Stuart Elliott and guitarist Ian Bairnson), the Japanese bonus track "Beginnings" which also features his voice, and organ on "No Future in the Past"; his relation to the album is almost exclusively as producer. The album lacks much of the rock edge of the previous albums up to and including '' On Air''. Concept The themes of time, time travel, and memory of the past had been suggested by Parsons as subject matter for the second Alan Parsons Project album, but writing partner Eric Woolfson favoured a purely futuristic theme of robotic beings eventually displacing the human race, which eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons (born 20 December 1948) is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Parsons was involved with the production of several notable albums, including the Beatles' ''Abbey Road'' (1969) and ''Let It Be'' (1970), Pink Floyd's ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1973), and the eponymous debut album by Ambrosia in 1975. Parsons's own group, The Alan Parsons Project, as well as his subsequent solo recordings, have also been commercially successful. He has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, with his first win occurring in 2019 for Best Immersive Audio Album for '' Eye in the Sky'' (35th Anniversary Edition). Music career In October 1967, at the age of 18, Parsons went to work as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road Studios. He was a tape operator during the Beatles' Get Back sessions, and he earned his first credit on the LP ''Abbey Road''. He became a regular there, engineering such projects as Wings' '' Wild Life'' and ''Red Rose Speedway'', f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
