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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2006 at 06:33

TAAB is musically stronger than the whole careers of any rock band that has formed after 1980 :). It's also better than most rock bands careers formed before 1980 ;)



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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2006 at 06:38
the shortening of Thick as a Brick to TAAB is so ugly,BTW 
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Probably overrated when it comes to Progressive Rock. However, It is still very underrated in the whole rock n'roll spectrum.
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Points: 967 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2006 at 08:32
Not if people like it, it isn't. It's where it is because people have rated it so.

Personally, I slightly prefer Aqualung. I'd rate TAAB (yes, it looks ugly) as a very good 4* album. It doesn't captivate me in the way (say) Snow Goose, Argus or Selling England do. But the cover is brilliant.


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How is it overated in the world of progressicve rock?
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Points: 657 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2006 at 09:47

Whatever people's opinions are - and they vary greatly - if you are a progressive rock fan you owe it to yourself to give this album at least one good listen and judge for yourself.

There is a reason it is so highly reverved by so many prog fans.
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^ Oh, and to answer your question, IMO not over-rated at all.
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No overrated. This album is to me the perfection of progressive rock.

Overrated is dull most of the times.  Even if you don't like the top ten albuns, you can't deny that the inspiration and musicianship of the members of the band are superb.

Overrated should be used to describe artists who make (or made) success because of other things rather than their musical talent (as appearance, "rebel without a cause" behaviour, sexual appeal, great media exposure or things like that)
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Definately not! It's the greatest album Tull ever did, and one of the greatest rock albums ever!
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It's over-rated.

Aqualung and a Minstrel in the Gallery were much better.
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Originally posted by gentletull gentletull wrote:

TAAB is musically stronger than the whole careers of any rock band that has formed after 1980 :). It's also better than most rock bands careers formed before 1980 ;)



What a typical fanboy response.

That statement is so preposterous it is laughable.
 


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Originally posted by soundspectrum soundspectrum wrote:

How is it overated in the world of progressicve rock?

I scratch my head and wonder

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Originally posted by chamberry chamberry wrote:

Thick as a brick is not overrated, but A passion play sure is underrated


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 17 2006 at 21:46
give me tools best 10 songs and it would only make an album 1/2 as good as TAAB. Thanks ;)
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Originally posted by gentletull gentletull wrote:

give me tools best 10 songs and it would only make an album 1/2 as good as TAAB. Thanks ;)



 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 18 2006 at 04:36

but i dont think tool would have 10 songs I would rate as good

good=8/10



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In my opinion YES IT IS!

It's a great album, of course, but here in prog archives is surely overrated, I don't think it could be considered one of the best 10 prog albums of all the times, probably one of the best 25!
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Points: 3491 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 18 2006 at 14:03
No it's not, its a progressiv masterpiece.
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Points: 27802 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 18 2006 at 14:04
Originally posted by gentletull gentletull wrote:

but i dont think tool would have 10 songs I would rate as good

good=8/10



But more people would listen to them.
 


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Points: 452 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 18 2006 at 14:12
Definitely yes, overrated.
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