the Decemberists - Prelude (1 of 17)

Definately their Best album!!! they went beyond their own expectations and limits... So glad!!! this band is so good!

This isn't so much a concept album as one massive, fantastic and beatiful story. It's like a kids bedtime tale but for adults. I think it's amazing. The album is the most complete and cohesive piece of music I've heard in ages. Hazards of Love is fantastic. What a great story.

Progressive Folk Rock Opera

uhh....what is this?

It's a lyrical and musical masterpiece that cannot be broken down into tracks. I'd call that a concept album. Either way it is inspirational brilliance.

It's a concept album. All the songs tell a clear story. There's motifs from one song found in others throughout the album. The whole album is cohesive and the songs go together, it's about as close to a concept album as you can get.

Please be more specific. Colors by BTBAM is a concept album, or Hazards of Love? Because if you mean the latter, then I agree wholeheartedly.

A concept album is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical."

All of the above, if you read the lyrics, know when the tracks end, and actually go to their live show, indicate that The Hazards of Love, without doubt, is a concept album.

My comment was concerning "Colors" by Between The Buried and Me...which cannot be considered a legitimate concept album. Definitely not in the same way that "Hazards of Love" is.