concept album

noun

: a collection of songs about a specific theme or story

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Crafted as a concept album, Midnights draws inspiration from various sleepless nights, exploring themes from self-reflection to revenge fantasies to falling in love. Nicole Sands, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025 Jesus Christ Superstar Throughout the Decades The original Jesus Christ Superstar concept album became a shocking breakout success in the early ‘70s. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025 The band — currently consisting of members Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Ray Toro and Frank Iero — played their 2006 hit emo-rock concept album, The Black Parade, in full, set against a backdrop best exampled in the tour’s teaser. Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2025 The show originated in 1970 when up-and-coming composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice teamed up to record a concept album that retold the last week of Jesus’s life through rock music, an audacious conceit that pushed the LP to the top of the Billboard charts. David Hochman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for concept album

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