Some records are ALBUMS, what are your favourites?

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Hi All,
There are lots of great songs, but some albums need to be experienced as a whole. These take time to appreciate, but are my favourite. Any that you recommend?
My examples:
[Rock/Alt/Metal]
Slint, Spiderland

Velvet Underground, White Light/White Heat

Soft Boys, Underwater Moonlight

Royal Trux, Twin Infinitives

Strapping Young Lad, Twin Infinitives

Jazz/Folk
John Coltrane, A Love Supreme

Charles Mingus, Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

Nick Drake, Pink Moon

Iā€™m sure I am forgetting quite a few - letā€™s face it, the heat has fried my brain - but Iā€™d love to hear your favourites!
Best,
Pugs

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Off the top, daft punks random access metallica and justiceā€¦

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A few for starters

Catherine Wheel - Ferment
Neds Atomic Dustbin - Godfodder
The Pixies - Bosanova
Level 42ā€™- World Machine
Electric Light Orchestra - our of the blue, Discovery, Time
Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Loom - Loom
Genesis - Invisible Touch
Perer Gabriel - So
Ride - Leave them all behind
Curve - Doppleganger

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Wasnt the term ā€œconceptā€ album in ancient times ?

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When I hear the term ā€˜concept albumā€™ I always think of something like Pink Floyd, The Wall, and rock-opera type stuff, whereas I wanted to suggest something looser - the kind of album that constitutes a unified vision and where you need to listen to the whole thing and how it fits together as a unified work of art. I had heard that listening to music this way, rather than downloading singles, has become more and more rare in the iPod/iPhone era, which is unfortunate.

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I guess my picks stand. I need examples of concept album and ā€œhit recordā€.

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How has no one mentioned Dark Side of the Moon? This album really only makes sense listened to as a whole.

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Its so obvious its not cool anymore ? No stairway to heaven sign.

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One would have to be: Dire Straits: On Every Streetā€¦
For me there is no bad song on the entire album. None better than the title cutā€¦