Usually, in
popular music, an album of an artist or group simply consists of a number of songs that the members of the group or the artist have written or have chosen to cover. In a concept album, on the other hand, all songs are considered a single unity, and have purposefully been composed to belong together. The album
Sght. Pepper's of the
Beatles is considered to have been the first concept album, quickly followed by
Pet sounds of the
Beach Boys.
Other famous concept albums include:
- Another brick in the wall by Pink Floyd
- Misplaced childhood by Marillion?
- Bat out of hell by [Meat Loaf]?