allright i will be honest there were some things that kept me from getting any where
near Jethro Tull albums. one was well of course most of their songs is drivin' by flute
and for some reason that turned me off. I don't know why it did cause some of my
other favorite bands like Genesis, King Crimson, The Tangent and even frickin Ayreon
uses some flute in their music so i ditched that excuse. But however the genre from
this website kinda miffed me which was Prog Folk. And well i have heard some Folk
music but i was this kind of music would really miff me off as well most of the time i don't
like Folk Music that much. That all changed when i saw a wikiencyclopedia article on
Jethro Tull and looked on other sites saying the only folkish albums were Heavy Horses
and Songs from Tull Wood. And about all of them said their most progressive years
were from 1970-1976. And i realized that maybe i should give them a chance. So i
download some Aqualung songs and little pieces of Thick as a Brick. I'll be honest i was
shocked to hear how proggy these guys and once i got conviced i finally got Thick as a
Brick and i must say THIS ALBUM IS A MASTERPIECE. OH my gosh i wish i've gotten
this album eariler its amazing i couldn't my hears of what i was hearing. 1972 has been
a great years for albums like Fragile, Close to the Edge, Metalhead, Foxtrot, Triology,
Birds of Fire, and now Thick as a Brick. The music is awesome i love the melodies, the
rocking sections, the great hard rock soloing, little pieces of folk (mainly some from
flute), some neat classical stuff, and also a little bit of experimentation of music in Pt. 2.
But anyway this album is basically a concept album that has these sort of Monty Python
lyrics that is all done in one amazing 43 minute song. It never gets boring and i never
realized how much talent is in the band. Of course the main leader of the band is Ian
Anderson which i've heard about even before i started liking Jethro Tull. I guess i
never really knew how much i loved his vocals he has a great voice i just like the way he
uses his voice to i dunno make more syllables in words lol that's the best i can describe
it. Plus he has great flute playing and just a very great job here. then you have
Martin Barre who really pleased me in this album with great hard rock guitar playing
which at times reminded me of Jimmy Page which was a plus. Barriemore Barlow dang
this guy rocks i can't understand why he hasn't been mention to guys like Bill Bruford,
Phil Collins, or even to Neal Peart as he is a great drummer he does incredible fills in this
album very nice. Then you have Jeffery Hammond-Hammond i'll never understand how
someone with that name doesn't play the keys oh well he does do great with the bass.
Then with John Evans kinda dissappointed me there would be no synths but however
the organ and piano stuff i really really liked some of the best i've ever heard. This guy
could probably go the distance with someone like Tony Banks. so if you want really
good old prog get this album it will blow you mind.
Progdrummer05 |5/5 |
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