...as opposed to just a collection of songs.

Right now, I'm listening to a prime example of this -- Bruce's "Born to Run", which sad to say, I just recently heard all the way through.

This doesn't necessarily mean "concept" albums, but they do have unifying themes, and make sense when heard as a whole, as opposed to picking out songs at random.

Lou Reed specifically wrote "New York" with this mind.

Brian Wilson's "Smile?" Most definitely.

"Sgt. Pepper"? "Dark Side of the Moon"?

Did the Stones write "Exile" with this in mind?

The full power of Exile is best appriciated when listened to in it's entirety. That's the zenit experience in popular music.

hasn't Mick actually said Exile wasn't meant to be listened to all at once?
the concept being to take it in one side at a time, not all four at one sitting -
ahh yeah, here it is:

>> Well I did like Exile very much. It was like four single-sided albums - hopefully something for everyone.
It wasn't really meant to be played all at once.
- Mick Jagger, 1978 (from [www.timeisonourside.com]) <<

on the other hand: what does he know :E

Sorry Mick I lived in Kaui' for Two year's. A very remote spot with no Radio reception, I listened to Exile for an entire summer once,and i loved to wake up in the mourning, turn on Exile and burn a fat one...

Every Led Zep album.

IORR, GYYYO, Let bleed

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Get Yer Ya Ya's Out

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

thumbprint Wrote:
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> Every Led Zep album.


I agree with that.

Beggars Banquet
Let it Bleed
Sticky Fingers
Ya Yas
Exile--hate to disagree with Mick but this record just flows too well
Some Girls

Jeff Beck--Blow by Blow
Who--Quadrophenia
Miles Davis--Kind of Blue


There are obviously many others, but those jump out to me.

Quadrophenia

All Pink Floyd Albums (not just Dark Side)

Blues For Allah......Grateful Dead

Moondance........Van Morrison

Beggars Banquet

Let It Bleed


all live albums by any artist, especially Cheap Trick Live at the Budokan and Ya Ya's

All Zeppelin albums

King Crimson in the Court of The Crimson King

Counting Crows.....August And Everything After


Blood On The Tracks

thumbprint Wrote:
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> Every Led Zep album.


Lol thumbprint. I don't know about EVERY Zep album. But I think Presence is best heard in it's entirety. Just to get that thundering guitar work by Jimmy to rattle your brains.

Unlike the Beatles & Stones & everyone else before them, Zeppelin's currency was albums & not singles. I always thought that a Led Zep greatest hits was an oxymoron.

Every Led Zep album? Disagree. III, maybe. Their entire body of work was resequenced on the box sets by Jimmy Page. He didn't follow a strict chronological sequence on those.

Well, ok, but first consider the following......

Zeppelin hardly ever released singles.
They refuse to go to iTunes because they will not allow for single song sales.
Page is one the greatest producers in RnR history.

I think an argument can be made for every Zep album.

Glass Slide Wrote:
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> thumbprint Wrote:
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> -----
> > Every Led Zep album.
>
>
> I agree with that.
>
> Beggars Banquet
> Let it Bleed
> Sticky Fingers
> Ya Yas
> Exile--hate to disagree with Mick but this record
> just flows too well
> Some Girls
>
> Jeff Beck--Blow by Blow
> Who--Quadrophenia
> Miles Davis--Kind of Blue
>
>
> There are obviously many others, but those jump
> out to me.

I agree with that list,But would throw in Aftermath,Tattoo You,Undercover,and BB.

Glass Slide Wrote:
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> Well, ok, but first consider the following......
>
> Zeppelin hardly ever released singles.
> They refuse to go to iTunes because they will not
> allow for single song sales.
> Page is one the greatest producers in RnR
> history.
>
> I think an argument can be made for every Zep
> album.


I'm sold.

"It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door"

bassplayer617 Wrote:
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> Every Led Zep album? Disagree. III, maybe. Their
> entire body of work was resequenced on the box
> sets by Jimmy Page. He didn't follow a strict
> chronological sequence on those.


That's true, but what you are leaving out is that he went back nd spent a year remastering the entire catalogue--that, aside fromobvious commercial considerations, was a big reason why he did it. And they needed it, I had the original release of Physical Graffiti and it was possibly the worst (up their with the original cd of Sticky Fingers) sounding cd I ever heard--shockingly bad--they cut off the end of In My Time of Dying..just an absolute abomination.

Bob Dylan : Another Side Of Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind and Live 1966
Tom Waits : Rain Dogs
The Rolling Stones : Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, Let It Bleed and Exile On Main Street
U2 : Achtung Baby
Pink Floyd : Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska, The Ghost Of Tom Joad and Live 1975

Pink Floyd: The Wall
Tom Petty: Full Moon Fever
The Cult: Electric
Black Crowes: Shake Your Money Maker
Yes: 90125
...to name a few.

Metal Machine Music.....Lou Reed....



ROCKMAN

I have to agree with the original poster re: Born To Run. This was definitely meant to be heard from the harmonica on Thunder Road to wall of sound end of Jungleland. Besides, at 46 minutes or so, it's not really that much of an investment of time.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Any live album really.

Also Blone on Blonde

Any live album really.

Also Blonde on Blonde

Crash Box Lust...

Ok, folks, I guess I should've specified studio albums. Live albums are a given, aren't they?

You're right--lives albums should be a given.


I would like to add:

U2 Unforgettable Fire
Derek and the Dominos Layla
John Coltrane Blue Train
David Bowie Low

Ziggy Stardust - Bowie
Berlin - Lou Reed

Think Pink Floyd - The Wall and Tommy by the Who are pretty obvious too

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> Think Pink Floyd - The Wall and Tommy by the Who
> are pretty obvious too

Yeah, they should be givens.

Alice Cooper - School's Out

Clash--London Calling