21st Century Concept Albums

After falling out of favour for the last two decades of the 20th century, why has the concept album made a significant comeback with a new generation of music fans in the digitised 21st century? With contemporary artists from the alternative to the mainstream: Neon Neon, Sufjan Stevens, Mastodon, Green Day and The Decemberists to Janelle Monae, Arcade Fire, Jay Z, Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé. Why are we now witnessing a revival of the concept album?

Colleen Murphy asks why the concept album has made a comeback.