[dorio]

Submission courtesy of grandrebelmaster

Band: Jethro Tull
Album: Thick As A Brick




Released: 1972

Ian Anderson - vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, saxophone, violin
Martin Barre - guitar, lute
Jeffery Hammond - bass
John Evan - keyboards
Barrimore Barlow - drums

Thick As A Brick (43:43)

A legendary album in legendary packing. The album contains a single song, with the cover being a newspaper article claiming that the lyrics were written by an 8-year-old boy, but that he had a poor attitude for his God and country and lost his prize.

The song contains various movements, starting with a mellow, semi happy-feeling acoustical section, the happy feeling of the music contrasting with the more cynical lyrics. It becomes heavier shortly, with excellent work on organ and electric guitar. The second half is rung in with a brilliant drum solo, and there are lyrics throughout that discuss problems with society in a poetic and highly literate way, making the notion that an 8-year-old boy could have written them completely preposterous. Amazing lyrics and music, I find myself listening to this song/album every other day at the very least.

[dorio]

What contributed to the quality of those legendary albums was their short lenght I think (space on vinyl was very limited) so the artists and producers didn't have to include poor tracks and fillers like they do on CD. That being said i've always preferred their previous one Aqualung to Thick as a Brick although the idea to have only one song in there was a brillant concept. It's a pity no one writes such lyrics and records such music nowadays.

[galad]

definitly jethro tull at it's finest

one of the best prog "albums" ... really just a long ass song

i would say this can be very influential to anyone who listens to it