Top 30 Concept Albums Of All Time, Part Two
The ever-stylish David Bowie poses, 1983 (Getty Images/Ralph Gatti/AFP)
What a concept. The album, that is. We continue our survey of The Top 30 Concept Albums Of All Time with numbers twenty through eleven.
#20. The Mars Volta – Deloused in the Comatorium (2003)
Concept: The visions of a man who falls into a weeklong coma after attempting suicide with a mixture of rat poison and morphine.
#19. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
Concept: Frontman Wayne Coyne says otherwise but fans say the concept is all about Yoshimi’s battle with artificial emotion, melancholia, mortality and other breezy subjects.
#18. The Moody Blues – Days of Future Passed (1967)
Concept: A day in the life of everyman, albeit set to the grandeur of a symphony orchestra.
#17. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (1964)
Concept: Enlightenment. And free jazz.
#16. Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Tarkus (1971)
Concept: The crushing of humanity by the military-industrial complex (in a short 38 minutes).
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