ANFSCD: Earth’s Coolest Concept Albums

Yes, it's not user experience design, unless you consider that Pink Floyd's most popular album has provided a unique musical (and often mind-altering) experience for over 35 years. This Wired article asks readers what albums they think could compete with Pink Floyd's trippy masterpiece.

As someone who owns every album Pink Floyd released, I'm also partial to Animals and Wish You Were Here, but Dark Side of the Moon is a masterwork.

But why argue? Can't we all just get along? Don't think of this list as 24 contenders, but rather as a great list of classic concept albums. Some will argue that albums like Pet Sounds were at least as if not more musically influential, but for sheer popularity it's hard to argue with DSoTM's over 700 weeks on the charts and almost instant universal recognition.

Earth’s Coolest Concept Albums, Decided By You | Underwire | Wired.com

Grammy Awards Music

Yeah, ok, so a lot of the top awards finalists were kinda, eh. But, if you use iTunes, check out this link to all of the finalists in all categories and music genres. There is a ton of great music to be discovered, even if you're not so Gaga over the Lady:


Grammy Finalists and Winners

Visualizing Music Discovery

This site was listed as a 2009 top 50 website by Time Magazine, although it's been around since 2006; I stumbled onto it at VisualComplexity.com. It has a fun interface that encourages interaction and play.

Musicovery : interactive webRadio

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Can a computer compose music?

Can a computer program really generate musical compositions that are good enough to have been written by humans? Professor David Cope thinks so, and has dedicated decades of research to the topic of artificial intelligence in music, which has resulted in not one, but two controversial composing engines.

Virtual composer makes beautiful music and stirs controversy - Ars Technica

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