Talk:Nirvana (British band)
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Does anyone want to back up the "first concept album ever" assertion? It seems odd that this disagrees with most music historians as well as wikipedia's own "concept album" page. unixslug 19:14, 4 July, 2005 (UTC)
Well, "The Story of Simon Simopath" is a concept album. It was released before any other album that is also widely recognized as being a concept album.....John Miller
...but 'The Story of Simon Simopah' isn't a widely recognized concept album, so why is it important to mention that it was 'probably the first' Seems a bit unnecessary to me....[[User:Volcanictelephone
The fact that it is not as widely noted as it should be does not invalidate the fact. Sources that do know of it - recognize it as a valid claim. The album came in a gatefold sleeve (double album jacket) - very unusual at that time. The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper" with probably the first-ever gatefold sleeve by a pop act had only been released 4 months earlier. The sleeve featured an extended narrative text giving the storyline that linked all the songs on the album. Reviews at the time (and reviews of the 2003 CD reissue) alluded to the storyline and the album's concept. And that was October 1967. Can anyone assert an earlier pop concept album? "Sgt. Pepper" was a "song cycle" not a concept album per se - and Lennon and McCartney both made clear that they did not regard "Pepper" as a "concept album" The Who's "Tommy" was certainly the first commercially-successful concept album. Davidpatrick 06:51, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
