concept album

noun

: a collection of songs about a specific theme or story

Examples of concept album in a Sentence

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Warriors is a concept album, inspired by the 1979 action film The Warriors. — Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025

The lyric serves as a thesis statement of sorts for a concept album that is as much an immersive literary experience as an exercise in listening. — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026

And while Every Single Muscle may not be a concept album, its focus on the human body is intense and consistent to support a hyperactive number of songs and styles packed together. — Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 8 June 2026

Jackson witnessed one of the fires that ravaged the pier in 1974, during the filming of Tommy, Ken Russell’s adaptation of the Who concept album. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 7 Apr. 2026