New,Fifty Years of the Concept Album in Popular Music: From The Beatles to Beyoncé

Contents

• Introduction Ramblin' on my Mind
• Part 1 : The Psychedelic Era (1967-1969)
• 1. We Hope You Will Enjoy the Show: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles (1967)
• 2. This Day Will Last a Thousand Years: Days of Future Passed by the Moody Blues (1967)
• 3. We Are the Other People: We're Only in it for the Money by The Mothers of Invention (1968)
• 4. The One That Rambles on for a Million Miles: Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix (1968)
• 5. Amazing Journey: Tommy by the Who (1969)
• Part 2 : The Progressive Era (1970-1974)
• 6. God Know Where We're Heading: What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye (1971)
• 7. I Am on a Lonely Road and I Am Traveling: Blue by Joni Mitchell (1971)
• 8. We'll Have Superman for President: Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull (1972)
• 9. Like a Regular Superstar: The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie (1972)
• 10. And if the Band You're in Starts Playing Different Tunes: The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd (1973)
• Part 3 : The Modern Era (1975-1989)
• 11. Tear the Roof Off the Sucker: Mothership Connection by Parliament (1975)
• 12. Fairy Tale High: Once Upon a Time by Simple Minds (1985)
• 13. There's No Returning on this Chartered Trip Away: Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü (1984)
• 14. As Soon as You're Born You're Dying: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by Iron Maiden (1988)
• 15. This Is a Recording: 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul (1989)
• Part 4 : The Postmodern Era (1990-1999)
• 16. I Wanna Be Mesmerizing Too: Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair (1993)
• 17. I Am the Silencing Machine: The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails (1994)
• 18. I Feel LIke Death is Fuckin' Callin' Me: Ready to Die by The Notorious B.I.G. (1994)
• 19. A Handshake of Carbon Monoxide: OK Computer by Radiohead (1997)
• 20. I Chose to Use My Heart: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
• Part 5 : The New Millennium (2000-2016)
• 21. Been Taken for Lost and Gone and Unknown for a Long, Long Time: Smile by Brian Wilson (2004)
• 22. All Across the Alien Nation: American Idiot by Green Day (2004)
• 23. If You Want to Be Free: The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monáe (2010)
• 24. The One in Front of the Gun Lives Forever: Good Kid, m.A.A.d City by Kendrick Lamar (2012)
• 25. Won't Let My Freedom Rot in Hell: Lemonade by Beyoncé (2016)
• Conclusion When Everybody Who Is Lonely Will Be Free Works Cited
• Index