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Topic: Jethro Tull to release "Thick as a brick 2" Posted: January 31 2012 at 18:03
Thick As A Brick sequel
to be released April 2nd
TAAB2 - Whatever HappenedTo Gerald Bostock? - is a full length
Progressive Rock "concept" album worthy of its predecessor.
Boy to man and beyond, it looks at what might have befallen the child
poet Gerald Bostock in later life. Or, perhaps, any of us. To be released
in two formats: the simple jewel case CD with 8-page booklet and the
Special Edition with CD, audio-visual DVD and 16-page booklet. The DVD
contains 5.1 surround mixes, 24-bit stereo mix, videos covering the
making of the album, interviews with the musicians and the lyric reading
where ian Anderson reads the lyrics in various settings. Also on the
DVD are the pages of StCleve.com, the online update of the St Cleve
Chronicle, fabled newspaper of the original album, and the multilingual
lyric translations in Italian, German, Spanish, Czech, Polish and Russian.
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 19:02
Or Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson... sadly all seems to indicate Martin Barre is not part of the project. But there will be a tour of both original and new albums, both played from beginning to end if I understood correctly.
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Posted: January 31 2012 at 20:47
Damn. Idk...part of me want sto say this is a hoax...it just seems very un-Ian.
But if it is true, I do hope it's a good 'un.
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Posted: February 01 2012 at 03:32
This is bizarre, very bizarre. it may explain the hopefullly temporary parting of ways with Martin.
Where have they had the time to record such a project when they constantly tour?
Could be that IA has been doing this project in the studio over the past 10 years and has just compiled it all together and called it TAAB2? With Martin Barre permanantly living in Canada for a few years now has definitely made it nearly impossible for him to get in the studio with Anderson. So it appears obviuos that Martin knew about this project and may have been a trifle peeved that he wasn't in the mix so to speak. I am assuming a lot of things here aren't I?
For God's sake I hope there aren't any vocals but IA of late has to spoli things by singing.
Can't say I am that excited about it if Martin is missing from the recording. I suppose however that it is new material unless it is all an elaborate hoax!
We'll just have to wait and see and more importantly, listen.
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Posted: February 01 2012 at 04:17
It's definitely not a Tull album - Martin's not involved.
‘TAAB2’ tracklist:
1 From A Pebble Thrown 2 Pebbles Instrumental 3 Might-have-beens 4 Upper Sixth Loan Shark 5 Banker Bets, Banker Wins 6 Swing It Far 7 Adrift And Dumfounded 8 Old School Song 9 Wootton Bassett Town 10 Power And Spirit 11 Give Till It Hurts 12 Cosy Corner 13 Shunt And Shuffle 14 A Change Of Horses 15 Confessional 16 Kismet In Suburbia 17 What-ifs, Maybes And Might-have-beens
Seems to me what we might have here is an Ian Anderson solo album being dubbed "Thick as a Brick 2" for primarily marketing reasons. Even if Ian's used aspects of the first one (i.e. the Gerald Bostock character) as a jumping-off point lyrically, I don't see how this can be a true successor to TAAB if it's not even a Jethro Tull album.
I've gotten used to feeling underwhelmed by post-80s Tull/Anderson releases, so I'm really not expecting big things. By dubbing this a sequel to TAAB, Anderson's set the bar ludicrously high for this one.
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Posted: February 01 2012 at 04:36
So far, the 'press & marketing' part of this reboot has been reasonably entertaining, but I'm extremely eager to hear what Ian Anderson has up his sleeve this time (I do hope it is something, making a concept album after such a long time AND naming it "One of our Most Famous Works 2" raises frighteningly high expectations). A nice cover would be great too, it's been years since a Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson album has had a fun cover.
EDIT: Just heard the trailer thing, this really IS a reboot! Interesting variations on already familiar motifs from the original. Well, at least the new album will be listenable. And what did he do to his voice? It doesn't sound bad at all
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And what did he do to his voice? It doesn't sound bad at all
