The Album Concept Hour
by The Album Concept Hour
Are you a fan of concept albums? Do you prefer to listen to records start to finish? We have broken down everything from Pink Floyd to Janelle Monae to the Digimon: the Movie Soundtrack and we are just getting started. Join us as we break down some of music's most interesting albums every Monday and try to discover the intended meaning behind them (or lack thereof)...Go to our discord at https://discord.gg/2stA2P7pTC to recommend new albums and join the conversation! For everything else, check out https://linktr.ee/flyoverstatepark
Episodes
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Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge - Twelve Reasons to Die
sPoOkY sEaSoN is upon us! And this year, we decided to dive into one of hip hop's most well known Killahs... Ghostface. Killah. Ghostface Killah. Anyway, in this album, you find out how he became the otherworldly killing machine, as well as his humble beginnings as none other than Ton-e Stark......
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Johnny Cash - Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian
All roads lead here. We've covered 3 Johnny Cash albums so far, 2 of which were in this trilogy of episodes (as well as some not so tame references in other episodes). We have one more Johnny Cash deep dive to get to, but before we get to his American Series, we have to get to his original...
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Johnny Cash - Ride That Train
On the second in our Johnny Cash trilogy of episodes, we're talking about an age old artform: the travelogue! Johnny Cash saw all these hippies and weirdos trying out concept albums and he decided he wanted in! But his concept album was going to be different. One that really represented him as…
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Johnny Cash - Songs of Our Soil
Our summer of guests may be over, but we still have work that needs to be done! This week we dove into the list and pulled out another trilogy of albums that we're going to cover, just like we did for The Kinks! For the first of our Johnny Cash trilogy, we go with the oldest one he made that…
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Digable Planets - Reachin' (A Refutation of Time and Space) (w/ Moses Wolfenstein!)
"The ticky-ticky buzz, the sun wakes the sky I fumble through my fuzz and buzz Mister I Tell him scoop the beats in the flying saucer kit Meet me at the port with the nickel bags and shit Told my pops I'm out, earthbound with the crew He said, "Butterfly, may the boogie be with you" Left my moms…
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The Kinks - Arthur (or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
For our second episode of our The Kinks trilogy, we're diving in to the album that bought them the good will to propel them into their Lola-induced superstardom! Where The Village Green Preservation Society lamented the loss of the old English country life and celebrated it, Arthur (or The…
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Utada Hikaru - ULTRA BLUE (with Max DuMontelle returning!)
I've... been having these weird thoughts lately... like, is any of this for real... or not...? *CUE THE BADDEST J POP SONG YOU"VE EVER HEARD CHANGING YOU FOR LIFE FOREVER* Join us as we discuss Utada Hikaru at the height of their power with the stellar album ULTRA BLUE. Today it's mono-a-mono…
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Pink Floyd - The Final Cut (w/ Adeyemi AKA Santine!!!)
We are taking a break from our trip backwards through Pink Floyd's discography to put one last nail into The Wall... The Final Cut is one of the most divisive albums in rock history; and one of the most intriguing... It's an anti-war concept album using the leftover bricks from The Wall to bring...
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Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
We've all seen the memes. Ice Cube and various other zoom actors were in a recent take on The War of the Worlds. It's worse than you think, etc... But what about a War of the Worlds that's BETTER than you think?? We decided to crack open one of the greatest telling of this classic tale, complete...
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Donna Summers - Once Upon A Time
Today, we follow a tale as old as time... A woman from the city that just wanted to get by and be appreciated... A woman that made her own way, despite the trials and tribulations it took to get there... A woman that knew how to flaunt it and find her own Prince Charming... A woman that became…
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Ani Difranco - Not a Pretty Girl (w/ Moses Wolfenstein and Danielle MacQuarrie returning!)
30 years ago, Ani Difranco released one of her most critically acclaimed albums ever. Although she stayed in the indie world, her talent broke through and she was able to create a lasting legacy that is still ongoing to this day. Well, the shows already a bit late, so that's going to be it! We…
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Edgar Winter - Brother Johnny (w/ Brad's friend Max!!!)
At long last, it's finally here: WINTER IN JULY!!!! Today we're talking about a very touching tribute by Edgar Winter to his dearly departed brother Johnny Winter. They were both music legends in their own right, but Johnny was more of a blues man. Listen as Edgar channels his brother along with...
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King Diamond - Abigail II: The Revenge
It the Return of the KING... King Diamond that is!!!! After 28 years... wait, no I think it was 18 years... *checks notes* Oh... After 14 YEARS, King Diamond finally delivered to us one of the greatest concept album sequels of all time... and DEFINITELY the spookiest. .. This is one for the…
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King Diamond - Abigail (w/ Nate Maney!)
We've covered King Gizzard and King Crimson as well as Freddie King and Carole King... We've discussed Operation Mindcrime (1 and 2!!!)... We followed the life of the Seventh Son of the Seventh Son... We've even discussed throwbacks to 80s speed metal with Lords of the Trident... But nothing…
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[ARTIST SPOTLIGHT] Jordan Duffy - Nights Like These (with Danielle MacQuarrie and Jordan Duffy!!!)
We're doing another Artist Spotlight, where we interview an artist about THEIR album, including all our musing, breakdowns, and judgement! Today we have none other than two time guest and all time Engineer--it's Jordan Duffy!!!! She has a brand new album out all about her experiences of love and...
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Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Data Doom (w/ LUNAR MOTH returning!!)
What's with all this Dominator culture? Are we going to succumb to Electricide or are we going to Feminize? Humanic and technologic revolution is possible. But only if we take the reigns of... DATA DOOM. Very special guests in the studio today, all three member of Lunar Moth: Mac, Gage, and...
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Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
It's 1962. Ray Charles is several albums into his deal with ABC-Paramount. It's one of the greatest deals a musician has ever received from a label, but Ray is not satisfied. You see, he doesn't like the notion that his songs should be segregated into R&B charts and put in a separate category…
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Judgement Night (soundtrack)
A night out on the town... A heavy traffic jam... And one. wrong. turn. Don't Move. Don't Whisper. Don't Even Breathe... because its... Judgement Night... ...and it's got the most killer soundtrack. Links: Judgement Night trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5p7wq2PcJM Judgement Night full...
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Blink 182 (untitled)
There comes a time in every boys life... That they must put away childish things... They must set aside their dick and fart jokes and have real observations about the world... They must stop their constant talk of jissom and dog's anus's... And when the boys put away childish things... they are...
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Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (w/ Adam Elk from Mommyheads!)
Today on the podcast, class is back in session with our professor of new wave, Adam Elk! But today he's lecturing on a different genre with the same attitude: Punk (with a specialty in Costello). Join us as we learn why Elvis Costello is still so highly regarded all these years later and learn...
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Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson (with George Heftler!!!)
On today's episode of "Musicians that should be a household name" we're talking about Harry Nilsson!!! Sure, he was talked about plenty in his day, but what if I were to tell you that "One is the loneliest number", "Put the lime in the coconut", and the "Gotta get up" song from the show Russian...
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K-OS - EXIT (w/ Kelly from Canuck is a Slur!!!)
When you think of the city Toronto, there are a few names come to mind. Drake... snowd4y................... the rest. But there's one Torontonian that both Drake and snowd4y look up to and respect. One Torontonian that walked, so that Drake could run. One Torontonian that's actually...weirdly...
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Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter
MISSING Stranger Abduction Name: Ethel Cain ... Age: 20 ... Sex: Female ... Height: 5'8" ... Weight: 132 lbs ... Hair Color: Brown ... Eyes: Green Circumstances: Ethel was last seen Saturday, January 13 (1991) at 3:15 A.M being forced into a black, short-bed pickup truck in the old Winn Dixie...
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John Denver & The Muppets - A Christmas Together (w/ Nate Maney)
HO HO HO....MEEEERRRRRY CHRISTMASSS..... It's that time of year again where we are good to each other for about a week! Let's make this one count cause it's going to be a bumpy one next year! Let's enjoy this calm before the proverbial storm by loving our neighbors as ourselves, especially the…
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Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
The year is 1967. A lot of popular musicians are moving towards psychedelia. It's kind of a buttoned up movement still--on the surface people still look business casual, even if their hair is getting long. The San Francisco hippie scene hasn't yet merged with the British invasion. But all that...
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Between the Buried and Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence
Join us this week as a mentally unwell man (Brad) attempts to explain the story of The Parallax II to a friend just trying to have a good time (Dave) in this paranoia filled, unaliving obsessed (TW), cosmic horror/power fantasy. Also, it's about isolation and entanglement... and the beginning of...
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Made in Timeland & Laminated Denim
It's the 5th anniversary show... kind of. We're a little late but there were some time travel shenanigans that we had to attend to. Anyway, we love you all and we appreciate listening to our ramblings all these years. Be good to each other out there. Links: The Gizzverse Explained playlist:...
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Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Soooo... Last week we were glazing pretty hard about our boys in The Pink Floyd... but this week... the glazing has come to a hard stop. Maybe it's the weird production choices, maybe it's the awesome album cover for a below average Floyd album, maybe it's the fact that we JUST listened to…
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Pink Floyd - Meddle
We're officially in the throes of SEASON 5!!! And you know that means that it's time to talk about another Pink Floyd album in our series going backwards through their discography. Last time we left our heroes, they were throwing together an album that was for a movie, but also wasn't? (i don't...
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[ARTIST SPOTLIGHT] Inspector 34 - Squint Your Ears (w/ Jimm, Alex, and Pat from Inspector 34!)
Everyone that listens to this podcast knows that I ride for Inspector 34. Their debut album, Love My Life was my album of the year when it came out and this is proving to be one of my favorites this year. Seriously, these guys are critically underrated and they deserve to be in your earholes.…
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The 200th Episode! - Ranking Concept Albums (feat. TierMaker)
We've been doing the podcast for almost 5 years and in that time we've discussed all variety of concept albums. We've discussed brilliantly crafted social commentaries, deeply personal tragedies, space oddities, and brat reinventions. We've followed the rise of King Crimson and the fall of Pink...
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The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (with Gus, Dan, and Stephen from The Bitter Ends!!!)
We have Rockford, IL's own The Bitter Ends and we're wrapping up 199 episodes of the podcast (before starting fresh on 200) with truly one of the greatest concepts to grace this podcast, Frances the Mute! From the beautiful, but tragic story, to the inspiration that created it, to the scorching...
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Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
I had a really awesome description for this episode but Spotify's new uploader deleted everything. I don't know exactly what I said but it was moving and concise. You have to believe me... Links: The Suburbs short film by Spike Jonze: https://vimeo.com/58296738?share=copy
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Usher - Confessions
In his most personal album yet, Usher took his rocket blasting into the stars and poured some nas in the tank. This album put him on the map for good and solidified him as our generation's R Kelly (without all the weird pdfile/pee stuff). This is the kind of thing that Millenials were bumping and...
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Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (with Trevor "The Altered Beast" Kolden returning)
We've raved over DAMN. We dick-rided To Pimp a Butterfly. Now it's time to really glaze, because it is the summer of "Not Like Us" and we're going back to long before the beef began. It's time for the origin story for Drake v Kendrick with the album that put them together in a track, Good Kid,...
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Charli XCX - brat
Move over Swifties, it's time for brat girl summer. OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/2stA2P7pTC https://www.youtube.com/flyoverstatepark EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/FlyoverStatePark
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Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads
We're 194 episodes into this show and as we draw closer to the 200th, we thought we'd get to the ACTUAL first concept album (by most accounts): Woody Guthrie's 1940 song collection called Dust Bowl Ballads. This collection came out in 2-three disc 78 rpm records with one song per side. With...
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King Crimson - Discipline (w/ Adam Elk!)
In 1974, in the wake of the release of their magnum opus, Red, Robert Fripp made the decree "King Crimson is completely over. For ever and ever." And he meant it... for a time. For the next few years, he left the music industry completely to focus on himself and his spirituality, but he wouldn't…
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Daft Punk - Discovery (w/ Derick McDuff!!!)
On September 9th, 1999 (or 9-9-99), Thomas Bangalter and and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo became robots. After a night of working on a track, their sampler crashed and exploded. After some quick surgery to treat their injuries, they came out as robots. After realizing their track had been erased...
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Alice In Chains - Dirt (w/ Lunar Moth!!!)
Alrighty y'all, this episode is going to get DARK. We've talked about heroin as a subject matter in many songs for many bands, but today we get INTO it. Coming from an era glorifying the sex, drugs, and rock and roll style, Alice in Chains and their grunge cohorts recontextualized the lifestyle…
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Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Pt. 2 (Return of the Ankh)
Last time on the pod we discussed Erykah's left brain album and today we have it's counterpart in her right brain album, New Amerykah Pt. 2, that arrived two years after New Amerykah Pt. 1. While it continues to have mixes from some of the best underground producers in the game, this one gets a...
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Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Pt. 1 (4th World War)
Today we're talking about none other than the First Lady of Neo Soul. If you've ever wondered how hip hop of the 2010s got so groovy, look no further than New Amerykah. With her eclectic style and taste in music, she brings us everything from 70s funk to 90s R&B and everything in-between. After a...
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Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Soundtrack (w/ The Stinkeyes!!!)
What if Scott Pilgrim's garage rock band Sex Bob-Omb was real...? Well, it might sound like our guests for this episode, The Stinkeyes!!! What if we had that band on our podcast??? Fortunately for you we do! Today we're joined by Emily, Jordan, and Haley from The Stinkeyes to discuss an…
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Megadeth - Killing is my Business... and Business is Good - The Final Kill (w/ Nate Maney)
Today, the concept... is revenge. Not just any revenge. A revenge that would go on to define the entire Thrash Metal genre. It's Dave Mustaine versus Metallica... Part ONE: Megadeth. With friend and Megadeth superfan, Nate Maney Megadeth "Behind the Music":...
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Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (w/ Moses Wolfenstein!)
100 - 300 samples. That's how many songs, give or take, that went into the production of Beastie Boys' sophomore opus, "Paul's Boutique". After getting run through the music industry, sold as frat rap, and having a less than fly time in New York after their brush with success. After a few years,...
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Hole - Live Through This (w/ Emily Mills and Meghan Rose of Damsel Trash!!!)
Courtney Love. A woman plagued by tragedy and misogyny, tabloid and conspiracy. She has been called a lot things over the years, some by friends, many by the media. She has had beefs with the likes of Trent Reznor, Billy Corgan, Gwen Stefani, and Tori Amos, to name a few. However, one thing is...
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Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 Soundtrack (w/ Robert Persinger AKA The Drop King)
Today we talk about the GOAT of sports video games. In 1999, a man by the name of Hawk cashed in all of his clout for one game that would change the landscape of games forever... and its music. We're talking about the soundtrack that introduced a generation to bands like Dead Kennedys, Primus…
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Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Acts II & III
From music becoming illegal to sexual expression becoming illegal, Joe has quite the dystopian adventure. After plooking Sy Borg too hard, he ends up in jail and is forced to create music in his own mind to save himself from becoming a drone for this new "orderly" society. "The White Zone is for...
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Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Act I (w/ Jon's coworker Nick!!!)
"Our criminal institutions are full of little creeps like you Who do wrong things And many of them were driven to these crimes By a horrible force called MUSIC! Our studies have shown that this horrible force Is so dangerous to society at large That laws are being drawn up at this very moment To...
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[ARTIST SPOTLIGHT] Lords of the Trident - The Offering (w/ Fang VonWrathenstein from Lords of the Trident!!!)
From deep in the depths of Madison, comes a frontman. A frontman of untold power and an unrelenting voice. He has slain wolves and man alike and now he's here to... well now he's here to have a very chill and normal conversation about their newest album "The Offering"!!! Join us and Fang...
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Are you a fan of concept albums? Do you prefer to listen to records start to finish? We have broken down everything from Pink Floyd to Janelle Monae to the Digimon: the Movie Soundtrack and we are just getting started. Join us as we break down some of music's most interesting albums every Monday and try to discover the intended meaning behind them (or lack thereof)...Go to our discord at https://discord.gg/2stA2P7pTC to recommend new albums and join the conversation! For everything else, check out https://linktr.ee/flyoverstatepark
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