Category
page 11980s concept albums

The Final Cut
1983 studio album by Pink Floyd

Like a Prayer
1989 studio album by Madonna

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
album by Iron Maiden

The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
1984 Roger Waters album

Music from "The Elder"
album by Kiss

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
1989 music album by Janet Jackson

Hounds of Love
1985 studio album by Kate Bush
Chess
musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of the pop group ABBA, lyrics by Ulvaeus and Tim Rice, and book by Rice

Misplaced Childhood
1985 studio album by Marillion

Radio K.A.O.S.
1987 studio album by Roger Waters

Computerwelt
1981 studio album by Kraftwerk

Eye in the Sky
album by The Alan Parsons Project
Fables of the Reconstruction
1985 studio album by R.E.M.
Clutching at Straws
1987 album by Marillion

Operation: Mindcrime
1988 studio album by Queensrÿche

"Them"
album by King Diamond

At War with Satan
1984 studio album by Venom

Abigail
1987 studio album by King Diamond

An Innocent Man
1983 studio album by Billy Joel

Nude
1981 album by Camel

Ammonia Avenue
1984 studio album by The Alan Parsons Project

Conspiracy
1989 studio album by King Diamond

DaDa
DaDa is the eighth solo and overall fifteenth studio album by American rock singer Alice Cooper, released in September 1983, by Warner Bros. Records. DaDa would be Cooper's final studio album until his sober re-emergence in 1986 with the hard rock album Constrictor.

Zen Arcade
album by Hüsker Dü

The Hurting
1983 debut studio album by Tears for Fears

Vulture Culture
1985 studio album by The Alan Parsons Project

The Nightfly
album by Donald Fagen

The Hunter
1982 studio album by Blondie

Gaudi
1987 studio album by The Alan Parsons Project

Aura
1989 studio album by Miles Davis

Stationary Traveller
1984 album by Camel

Diesel and Dust
1987 studio album by Midnight Oil

Thing-Fish
Thing-Fish is an album by American musician Frank Zappa, originally released as a triple album box set on Barking Pumpkin Records in 1984. It was billed as a cast recording for a proposed musical of the same name, which was ultimately not produced by Zappa, but later performed partially in 2003, ten years after his death.

The Rise & Fall
1982 studio album by Madness
Stereotomy
Stereotomy is the ninth studio album by the Alan Parsons Project, released in December 1985 by Arista Records.

Southern Accents
album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Skylarking
Skylarking is the eighth studio album by the English rock band XTC, released 27 October 1986 on Virgin Records. Produced by American musician Todd Rundgren, it is a loose concept album about a nonspecific cycle, such as a day, a year, the seasons, or a life. The title refers to a type of bird (skylark), as well as the Royal Navy term "skylarking", which means "fooling around". It became one of XTC's best-known albums and is often regarded as one of their finest albums.

Think Visual
album by The Kinks

The Age of Plastic
1979 debut studio album by The Buggles

Imaginos
Imaginos is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult. It was released in 1988, and was their last recording with their original record label, CBS/Columbia Records.

Slave to the Rhythm
1985 studio album by Grace Jones

True Stories
1986 studio album by Talking Heads

Dimension Hatröss
album by Voivod

Third Stage
studio album by Boston

Till I Loved You
1988 studio album by Barbra Streisand

Ein kleines bisschen Horrorschau
1988 studio album by Die Toten Hosen

Paradise Theater
album by Styx

In the Spirit of Things
1988 studio album by Kansas

Dazzle Ships
1983 studio album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
1980 studio album by Dolly Parton

1100 Bel Air Place
1984 studio album by Julio Iglesias
The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend
album by Pete Townshend

The Big Express
1984 studio album by XTC

Incognito
1981 studio album by Amanda Lear

Tam-Tam
1983 studio album by Amanda Lear

The Commercial Album
studio album by The Residents

1984
1981 studio album by Rick Wakeman

Trilogy: Past Present Future
1980 studio album by Frank Sinatra

Maggots: The Record
album by Plasmatics

Street Songs
album by Rick James