What'll it be Jethro?
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Topic: What'll it be Jethro?
Posted By: The Truth
Subject: What'll it be Jethro?
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:08
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Both of these are great albums and both seem kind of misunderstood to me. Passion Play was the "self-indulgent" follow-up to TAAB and Minstrel is the low rated masterpiece to me. Which one do you like better? I prefer MITG. ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:19
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I prefer MInstrel too, but this is not to say I do not like A Passion Play. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:33
| A Passion Play by far, though Minstrel is excellent. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:34
| both with a plus on A passion play |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:55
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Progosopher wrote:Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 17:01
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APP.
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Posted By: ergaster
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 17:06
At least I'm not alone in preferring Minstrel. But it's sort of like asking a chocoholic if they prefer chocolate cake, chocolate cookies, or chocolate ice cream. ------------- We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty. Captain Malcolm Reynolds Reality rules, Honor the truth Chemist99a R.I.P. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 17:54
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Oh! You've nailed my favorite two Jethro Tull albums. I could really vote either way these days. In any event, A Passion Play is far superior to Thick as a Brick. I've been fonder longer with Minstrel in the Gallery though... ...what to do, what to do... ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 17:55
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Minstrel is my favorite JT album ever. So, it was really an easy choice. |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 18:00
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 18:02
Yes we will, he just went to pick up a beer and he'll decide easily then.
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 18:04
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I love Minstrel, haven't listened to APP. Therefore no vote. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 18:04
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 18:08
Maybe I'll listen to them again over the weekend and vote.  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 18:38
DO IT It's a better album than TaaB, even though my favorite Tull "song" is the first half of TaaB. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 18:47
SAME HERE! My fave Tull song, and one of my all-time fave songs is Thick as a Brick Part 1, but A Passion Play has both parts which are brilliant thus making it a better album.
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 18:51
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I probably will check it out eventually, but there are a lot of albums by a lot of bands which I'm going to check out first, so it may take a long time to get here.
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Posted By: progman2010
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 19:02
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Minstrel is tulls weakest vital realease of the 15 spanning 1969-1982 imo. A passion play is fairly good but wouldn't be among my top 5 of these 13. That shows how strong Tull were. Here's how i rank them:
Thick as a brick-excellent album
Living in the past-stunning bunch of classic singles and other super extras
Heavy horses-very very good album. Some brilliant prog folk
Bursting out-super live album and one of the best you'll ever find
Warchild-was an average soundtrack album but 7 very good bonus tracks make it tulls #1 remaster. You'll wonder what the band was thinking. Genius band trying to be commecrial
Stormwatch-pretty cool album and 4 very enjoyable bonus tracks.
Songs from the wood-pretty good album but not as genius as heavy horses
Benefit-fairly good album but 3 super bonus tracks
Aqualung-strong side 1, average side 2, 2 cool bonus tracks
A-pretty cool album
Broadsword and the beast-fairly good album and at least 2 strong bonus tracks
A passion play-pretty good album
Stand up-fairly good album with 3 cool bonus tracks
Too old to rock n roll too young to die-pretty average soundtrack but last 2 tracks and 2 bonus tracks are strong
Minstrel in the gallery-Decent album but tull becomes guitar orientated, more repetitive and glamour like and the acoustics become simpler and longer. Cool bonus tracks though
The bold releases are probably the only 2 which rank 4 star at best. Probably 7.5/10 which is still quite good but the other 13 releases are better imo. All of the others would get 8.5/10 or more
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 19:04
A Passion Play would seem up your alley. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 19:42
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A Passion Play ------------- http://mlyk.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 21:17
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A Passion Play, but only just. Minstrel is my second favorite Tull album by a narrow margin.
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 22:20
| Minstrel for me. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 03:16
Yeap. |
Posted By: Takeshi Kovacs
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 04:04
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Minstrel (vote number 14 from me).
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 31 2010 at 07:39
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Minstrel in the Gallery. A Passion Play has some excellent moments, but nevertheless it is a 4-star album matched against a rounded-up 3-star album. ------------- 
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Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 15:24
I do, too. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |