A concept album is broadly a collection of musical and/or narrative material which is unified by some theme. There is debate over whether the genre subdivides into ‘theme’ and concept’, but that may be merely semantics.

In commercial and artistic justification, the concept becomes a major part of the culture of the band or artiste. Many albums have defined an era, for commentators, music buyers and performers themselves, living on in music collections, frequently adopted by children of the original fans.

Early Claimants to the Title

In Feb 2011 radio station WNYC raised one of its weekly music debates, started with two people from prog-rock band Porcupine Tree, asking: ‘are concept albums ingenious or just indulgent?’ It was claimed that Frank Sinatra’s early records of The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946), four 78 rpm records (8 songs) in a single package, and In The Wee Small Hours (1955) was a collection of themed torch songs, late-night introspection: “when I’m gloomy, you gotta listen to me’.

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