Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick (1972) {2001, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}

11 Apr, 04:00
change text size:

Artist: Jethro Tull
Title: Thick As A Brick
Year Of Release: 1972 / 2001
Label: Chrysalis / Toshiba-EMI Ltd. #TOCP-65883
Genre: Progressive Rock, Interview
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 01:12:08
Total Size: 466 / 183 Mb (Covers)
WebSite: Album Preview

Thick as a Brick is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in 1972. The album is notable for only including one song, which spans the entire album. Thick as a Brick was deliberately crafted in the style of a concept album, as well as a "bombastic" and "over the top" parody of the then-prevalent vogue for concept albums. The original packaging, designed like a newspaper, claims the album to be a musical adaptation of an epic poem by the fictional 8-year-old genius Gerald Bostock, though the lyrics were actually written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson. Thick as a Brick is considered by critics the first release by Jethro Tull entirely consisting of progressive rock music and received mixed reviews upon its release. Nonetheless, it was a commercial success and topped various charts in 1972. Today it is regarded as a classic of progressive rock and has received several accolades.

Jethro Tull's first LP-length epic is a masterpiece in the annals of progressive rock, and one of the few works of its kind that still holds up decades later. Mixing hard rock and English folk music with classical influences, set to stream-of-consciousness lyrics so dense with imagery that one might spend weeks pondering their meaning – assuming one feels the need to do so – the group created a dazzling tour de force, at once playful, profound, and challenging, without overwhelming the listener. The original LP was the best-sounding, best-engineered record Tull had ever released, easily capturing the shifting dynamics between the soft all-acoustic passages and the electric rock crescendos surrounding them.

~ Bruce Eder, All Music

| |

***************

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick (1972) {2001, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}

Track List:

01. Thick As A Brick, Part 1 [0:22:39.65]
02. Thick As A Brick, Part 2 [0:21:10.20]
03. Thick As A Brick (Live At Madison Square Garden 1978) [0:11:50.02]
04. Interview With Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, And Jeffrey Hammond [0:16:28.53]

Personnel:
Ian Anderson - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, violin, trumpet, saxophone
Martin Barre - electric guitar, lute
John Evan - organ, piano, harpsichord
Jeffrey Hammond (as "Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond") - bass guitar
Barriemore Barlow - drums, percussion, timpani

DOWNLOAD:

LOSSLESS

MP3