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Best concept albums (all time)

A ranking of concept albums; music albums in which all musical or lyrical ideas are related to a single overall theme or unified story.

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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

(1972)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (often shortened to Ziggy Stardust) is the fifth studio album by English musician David Bowie, which is loosely based on a story of a fictional rock star named Ziggy St...
9.7
9.7
from 3 votes
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Mylo Xyloto
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Mylo Xyloto

(2011)
Mylo Xyloto is the fifth studio album by British alternative rock band Coldplay. It was first released on 19 October 2011 by EMI, and later worldwide on 24 October. The band collaborated closely with acclaimed producer Brian Eno f...
8.5
8.5
from 4 votes
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Diamond Dogs
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Diamond Dogs

(1974)
Diamond Dogs is a concept album, and the eighth studio album by David Bowie, originally released in 1974 on RCA Records. Thematically, it was a marriage of the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Bowie's own glam-tinge...
8
8
from 1 vote
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