The modernization is in songs that have a three-act structure but a radio-friendly run time. Like “Paranoid Android”… or “Raining Blood.”

Or Operation Mindcrime by Queensrÿche, or King Diamomd’s Them, in which all songs are segments in one long story. Although, with how different the individual songs are in each of these, they may not count. There should be a melodic theme running through the album, right? Like Beethoven’s symphonies, where seemingly dissimilar pieces are often brought together at the end and you realize they all fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.

Even when they’re just Donna Summer tracks jamming out on exactly one idea, or The Flaming Lips padding deliberate repetition to a full 24 hours.

Now you’re just describing a Soundgarden album ;-)