A PASSION PLAY

After almost thirty five years of my prog explorations I find myself baffled how so many people passionately hate this album."Passion play" is everything prog record should be :complex,passionate,well produced,professionaly executed and ,yes,over the top!Once you're past early prog era to start educating yourselves about genre,you just have to sink your teeth into this one with an open mind,and I promise you'll find prog heaven,one of best prog records ever is gonna take over your mind.The fact is Anderson is way over the top on this one,but I always thought that ultimate definition of progressive rock music is about being outside the mainstream on all fronts.this is a modern fairy tale,with some almost ridicoulosly outrageous moments,but extremely entertaining and never boring,not for a moment.Never before or after this record Tull band sounded so tight and inspired in executing this masterpiece.Jethro Tull's crowning achievment and one of the best prog records ever comes highly recommended to all open minded prog lovers.