THICK AS A BRICK

Thick As a Brick is 43 mins and 44 secs. of non-stop Tull at the peak of perfection. This is by far Tull's best album and defiantly one of the top 3 most progressive albums of all time. Both sides of this album are great but I would have to say as a personal prefrence Side 1 is a little bit better. The only weak point is at the very end of this side where there are gaps of silence followed by just some random playing and very muted words spoken. The guitar works of Martin Barre are fantastic in this album while he plays he multiple different times. Ian Anderson has his best singing performance on any of Tull's album, his flute playing is also at it's peak here. Seeing how he got this album written and made in such little time is still mind-boggling at the very least. Side 2 comes around after a very lively Part 1, this part seems to take a more darker side after the first 5-8 mins. After the middle chunk of this side though the album really does end with a bang with a good 5 mins of constant guitar playing and some great and humorous lyrics. All in all this is probably my favorite album of all time because it is just so catchy and well done. A absolute must by for Tull fans and prog lover alike.