Many are long, several are very very long.
Some of those longform listens have been rattling bongs since back when your hippie uncle bought them on 8-track some are more recent pop masterpieces that sneak deep meanings inside slick packages. They map out epic narratives (from raging coming-of-age dramas to dystopian sci-fi fantasies) they strive to embody vast historical and political moments they’re “cinematic,” “operatic,” “novelistic.” Our list touches on everything from classic rock to R&B to punk to hip hop. These are the mindblowers that define music at its most ambitious. In honor of Midnights and its concept siblings, we present the 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time. Smashing Pumpkins’ ATUM: A Rock Opera in Three Acts begins a three-part rollout next month. Other story-song albums released over the last year or so include Sturgill Simpson’s cowboy revenge saga The Ballad of Dood and Juanita and the Tedeschi-Trucks Band’s I Am the Moon, a four-EP response to Layla.
Taylor Swift’s upcoming Midnights is, she says, “the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.” That kind of thematic follow-through is impressive even for a detail-oriented genius like Taylor. But right along with vinyl, the theme record is having a new moment. In the streaming era, you’d think concept albums, which require listening to a record all the way through, would have about as much appeal as ripping the plastic packaging off a new CD. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Who’s Tommy, and so many more, rock took the concept of a concept album and ran with it-with narrators, characters, and lots of lyrics and liner notes to explain it all to enrapt listeners. She added that "gone are the days when house music meant stone-cold rhythms and hardly any melody." James Hamilton from Record Mirror stated that "this multi-tracked soulful girl wailed and rapped terrific chunkily pounding attractive breezy bounder should hook you on first hearing".Thematic albums, tied together by very specific moods or interconnected songs, aren’t new to pop the kingpin of the form, Frank Sinatra, started making them 70 years ago. Will keep you up spinning all night long." Marisa Fox from Entertainment Weekly described it as an "energetic, fast-paced" track with "light, catchy" chorus. Diva vocals from Christopher and disco-styled strings provide a Black Box-like appeal. Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Legendary Chicago house music DJ tries his hand at pumping his own beats, and succeeds greatly with this body-invading jam. The feedback from the song resulted in Arista releasing the single with Christopher receiving major billing after it caught the attention of Arista founder Clive Davis, who immediately signed Christopher to a record deal. When it was first released in 1990, the single was credited to Wilson, with Christopher being the featured singer, as the song was recorded for a dance music compilation for Arista Records. In the UK, the song was released in 1991, and again in 1999, peaking at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart and number eight on the UK Dance Singles Chart. It also charted at number 67 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The single, the lead off track from the album of the same name (1992), was the first of two number ones on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart for the Chicago-born artist, reaching the top spot in February 1991. " Another Sleepless Night" is a 1990 song written and produced by Mike "Hitman" Wilson, and recorded by American dance music singer Shawn Christopher. US retail cassette edition the US CD edition was released for only promotional use
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