Bands that had a "masterpiece", w/ common theme

The 6 Wives of Henry VIII

Desperado

Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Nebraska

In Search Of The Lost Chord

Close To The Edge

Radio KAOS

Sgt Pepper is not a concept album. McCartney is very clear on this and stated such in numerous interviews.

There is no common theme among the songs.

The Beatles playing themselves is the gimmick.

Ghosthouse,
From the Playboy December 1984 interview (McCartney):

"Sgt Pepper was an idea I had, I think, when I was flying from LA to somewhereville. I thought it would be nice to lose our identities, to submerge ourselves in the persona of a fake group, us. We would make up all the culture around it and collect all our heroes in one place. So I thought, a typical stupid sounding name for a Dr. Hook's Medicine Show and Traveling Circus kind of thing would be Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Just a word game really."

There is plenty written on the album. The best, IMO, are "The Beatles: 10 Years That Shook The World" and "The Beatles Anthology". They are my personal favs and I have a fairly extensive collection of Beatles resource material.

>>08-01-10: Cyclonicman
Despite what Mccartney says, people still consider it a concept album<<

Right.

And lots of "people" consider Britney, Madonna, Kenny G, and Michael Bolton artists.

>>How can it be disputed?<<

Who you going to believe?
McCartney, Lennon, or the "people"

LOL

Thanks but nobody forces you to read my opinions as well.

Maybe you should give a listen to Kenny G's latest release; it's called "Chronic Cyclonic".

Puts me to sleep.