Concept album
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A concept album is a musical 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 c
Roger Waters (saluting on top) leading a live performance of Pink Floyd's The Wall, one of the best-known concept albums of all time
Frank Sinatra in Capitol Records Studio A, 1956, during the recording of his album Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
Cover art of the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Genesis recreating their concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) for a live performance. Band member Peter Gabriel is wearing a costume for one of the album's characters.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released in the UK on 26 May 1967, Sgt. Pepper is regarded by musicologists as an early concept a
Concept album
…of the Seventies (1981), because "overall impression" of an album matters, "concept intensifies the impact" of certain albums "in more or less the way Sgt. Pepper intended", as well as "a species of concept that pushes a rhythmically unrelenting album like The Wild Magnolias or a vocally irresistible one like…
The group, with disc jockey Jim Stagg, while on their final tour in August 1966
Abbey Road Studio Two, where nearly every track on Sgt. Pepper was recorded
Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Studios) in 2005