I've just listened to Princess Superstar's My Machine, which is a rap/electronica story about a megalomaniacal rapper who has her brain downloaded into the future so that she can clone herself 10,000 times and replace all of the other celebrities... and hilarity ensues! Actually, it does. Superstar is very funny, and there are far fewer "dull bits" than you might expect from an album clocking in at 1 hour 17 minutes. It's certainly more fun than Marilyn Manson's Mechanical Animals. What struck me while I was listening to it was how much invention and humour had gone into the future world she created for her story, and how it was far better than a lot of "science fiction" you'd find on the book shelves or the cinema screen.
So, I thought I'd start a thread where everyone can hail their favourite "concept albums", and try to scrape back some dignity for this much maligned medium! :)
[I only have a vague understanding of what a "concept album" should be, so let's keep the definition loose, please and thank you]
So, I thought I'd start a thread where everyone can hail their favourite "concept albums", and try to scrape back some dignity for this much maligned medium! :)
[I only have a vague understanding of what a "concept album" should be, so let's keep the definition loose, please and thank you]
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