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THICK AS A BRICK

Jethro Tull

 

Prog Folk

4.64 | 3711 ratings

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lizard king
3 stars Good, I agree with other reviewers that this album has been overrated. I fail to see why it is so popular. In my opinion, a whole load of classic Tull albums deserve four or five stars (e.g. STAND UP, BENEFIT, A PASSION PLAY, MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY and even WAR CHILD), but THICK AS A BRICK sounds far too repetitious.

All the best bits of this album are included in the 'condensed' version on the excellent live-album BURSTING OUT. When I listen to the original THICK AS A BRICK itself, I invariably get bored. One special reason for this may be that I discovered BRICK three or four years after A PASSION PLAY, which is similar in structure. Although A PASSION PLAY lacks the kind of hymn-like main melody which is BRICK's main strength, the later album sounds more colourful, thanks to its varied instrumentation. Apart from guitar-organ-flute- bass-drums, A PASSION PLAY has saxophone on it, glockenspiel and a whole arsenal of quirky synthesizers. No wonder that The Tangent have expressed (on their website) great affection for A PASSION PLAY - but not for THICK AS A BRICK!

lizard king | 3/5 |

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