Thick as a Brick: Overrated on Progarchives

Edited by Howard the Duck - July 23 2019 at 08:15

dr wu23 wrote: richardh wrote: 76.53% of it is definitely not overrated  Well...50% is ok.....to me side one  is enough.....side 2 is basically a repeat in a way.

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The Anders wrote: I personally find it rather boring, and it is not that I necessarily don't like long tracks (I'm a big admirer of f.e. "Tubular Bells", "Atom Heart Mother" and "Echoes"). But I usually lose interest when it comes to very long improvised passages, plus I miss a clear structure, but maybe that's just me. Whether it's overrated or not, I can't really judge, because it is clearly not my type of music. I guess it should be more interesting for people who grew up with jazz. I like earlier Jethro Tull stuff such as the Stand Up album.

Edited by jamesbaldwin - July 23 2019 at 20:02

The Anders wrote: I personally find it rather boring, and it is not that I necessarily don't like long tracks (I'm a big admirer of f.e. "Tubular Bells", "Atom Heart Mother" and "Echoes"). But I usually lose interest when it comes to very long improvised passages, plus I miss a clear structure, but maybe that's just me. Whether it's overrated or not, I can't really judge, because it is clearly not my type of music. I guess it should be more interesting for people who grew up with jazz. I like earlier Jethro Tull stuff such as the Stand Up album.

dr wu23 wrote: richardh wrote: 76.53% of it is definitely not overrated  Well...50% is ok.....to me side one  is enough.....side 2 is basically a repeat in a way.

Snicolette wrote: Sean Trane wrote:   I can't imagine TAAB without the "Do You Believe" passages. Those are sublime!

It may be overrated if you compare to Tulls other remix sets. They’re all deservedly 4.5 stars. The bonus track Kings

I think the only album better than Thick as a Brick is another Jethro Tull album ,
Passion Play , In my opinion these two albums are at the top of Prog rock , to me only Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound , The Wall Of Pink Floyd , Close to the Edge and Relayer from Yes get the level of the two Jethro Tull albums . In the Court Of the Crimson King is a outstanding album but to me doesn’t get the level of the mentioned above . They are my likes and my technical perception on how the progressive rock music should be performed . Thick as a Brick and Passion Play are technically perfect made , for the persons that have not analyzed in details these albums , I would recommend to hear in details the changes in passages and rhythms , but should be analyzed with open mind and put aside your favoritisms . Then may be you can change your point of view about TAAB. I highly recommend to heard Passion Play.

Ridgeback wrote: The idea the TAAB is rated higher than a extraordinary, almost flawless album like Wish You Were is nothing short of an utter travesty. The two shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same breath. It’s like a guy parking his Chevy Malibu (very decent car, btw) next to a Lamborghini and thinking them equals. Jethto Tull was a decent albeit pedestrian band IMO. Whereas PF were gods. There is again IMO no comparison. 30 years from now ppl will still be raving about PF. I doubt JT’s legacy will endure in the same manner.

Taab is way better than wywh. Pretty much blues based music with some sax on wywh. Taab is much more thoughtful in composition and musicianship. Tull blow Floyd away. They’re just a mellow blues band a lot of the time

Edited by dr prog - December 09 2020 at 01:13

I’d take Taab over basically any album. It’s close to perfection. Tull are second to none. The amount of quality songs they have released on their remix series is unmatchable. Great balance of folk, prog and heavy rock. They don’t smother their albums with mellotron. They rely on great melody .