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martinprog77 
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 Posted: April 18 2006 at 04:04 |
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A PASSION PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
Never give a day away.
Always live for today.
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salmacis
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 08:13 |
I thought TAAB would be well out in front. Deservedly so imo, as alongside 'Aqualung' and 'Songs From The Wood', it's their best with TAAB being my favourite by far. I always considered APP to be a rather weak attempt to better TAAB, and has some of the most cringeworthy moments I've ever heard on a prog album... 
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 08:19 |
I always thought APP is better than TAAB, more exciting and complex.
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Raff
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 13:47 |
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TAAB for me - one of my favourite albums EVER.
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BePinkTheater
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 14:09 |
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Passioin play by far
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I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
-Stone Beard
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lunaticviolist
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 14:19 |
 Ironing Mike wrote:
Side 2 of TAAB loses focus after a fantastic first side. A Passion Play would
be my desert island choice. It stands on the shoulders of a giant! |
I actually prefer side 2.
My favorite is definitely
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ken4musiq
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 16:41 |
Ironing Mike wrote:
Side 2 of TAAB loses focus after a fantastic first side. A Passion Play would
be my desert island choice. It stands on the shoulders of a giant! |
Love 'em both but Thick as A Brick is such a classic. I think that APP is more 'interesting' musically.
I'm not sure that Thickas a Brick loses focus from c. 5-15 on the second side as much as it is just more developmental and interesting. It may be harder to get into because of that.
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progadicto
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 14:06 |
Both... Really I love both... I can't decide!! Both are great!!
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO!!
DAMN QUESTION!!
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... E N E L B U N K E R...
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TOD KREMER
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 03:27 |
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Passion Play is over-wrought IMO. Too many notes and not enough ideas. Thick as a Brick for me.
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Syzygy
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 06:17 |
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TAAB for me. A Passion Play was where Tull massively over played their hand, though like TFTO it's not the unmitigated disaster it's sometimes made out to be either.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Kord
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 07:17 |
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Thick as a brick
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Paul K.
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 08:39 |
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Great albums. Like both, but I think should listen to them more times in order to fully appreciate there greatness. By now, I incline to Thick As A Brick.
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Weasels ripped my flesh
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Sean Trane
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 08:45 |
Syzygy wrote:
TAAB for me.
A Passion Play was where Tull massively over played their hand, though like TFTO it's not the unmitigated disaster it's sometimes made out to be either. |
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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bsurmano
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 08:52 |
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Although being an old Tull fan, I've bravely chosen last offered option.
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'Sundown,yellow moon, I replay the past
I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast.....
Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.'
Bob Dylan
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The Hemulen
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 08:54 |
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A Passion Play. Patchier it may be, but it's also wilder, funnier and downright rockier than its sister album.
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 09:01 |
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I chose TAAB, but of course they both rule.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 09:05 |
THICK AS A BRICK, the masterpiece 
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White Duck
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Posted: June 08 2006 at 04:02 |
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Both are great but i prefer TAAB
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bsurmano
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Posted: June 08 2006 at 04:24 |
moodyxadi wrote:
Neither. Aqualung is better than both together. TAAB sounds very repetitive at some times. APP is too unfocused, se kind of TOTO (yes) bad developed. |
That's it ! 
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'Sundown,yellow moon, I replay the past
I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast.....
Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft.'
Bob Dylan
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Mandrakeroot
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Posted: June 08 2006 at 05:29 |
MANDRAKEROOT wrote:
A PASSION PLAY is MORE Prog!!!
For always yours, Mandrakeroot.
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BUT THICK AS A BRICK is MORE ACCESSIBLE!!!
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