I know one so far, Legend of Arthur and the Roundtable, but I want to learn about more and listen to more for inspiration and the story telling potential it holds.
Any suggestions would be great
I know one so far, Legend of Arthur and the Roundtable, but I want to learn about more and listen to more for inspiration and the story telling potential it holds.
Any suggestions would be great
The peak was Close To The Edge having three of Yes’s top ten songs, and nothing else.
The middle ground was “Blue Monday” popularizing the 12" single. That’s oodles of space for one song. It’s like how streaming let TV episodes be as long as they need.
The modernization is in songs that have a three-act structure but a radio-friendly run time. Like “Paranoid Android”… or “Raining Blood.”
Given how digital audio has no constraints, though… we really should see more comically-long music. Remixes, at least. 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.
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.
Now you’re just describing a Soundgarden album ;-)