Thick as a Brick: Overrated on Progarchives

This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard, to say that Jethro Tull is inferior to Pink Floyd, for me both Floyd and Tull are my favorite bands, I have all the albums of both bands but I have to admit that Jethro Tull musically is superior to Pink Floyd, WYWH never reaches the level of TAAB, by God it lacks the floor and understanding of what is sophisticated and intelligent music. WYWH is not a masterpiece but TAAB is and perhaps the best in all the history of progressive rock, when you say these things you have to think well and not be so fanatic. I already said they are my two favorite bands but I recognize that Tull's music is superior to Floyd, I even have to admit that Yes is also superior to Pink Floyd although it is not one of my favorites

Psychedelic Paul wrote: dougmcauliffe wrote: mini rant here I will never understand why this album is so highly rated, its ranked at number 3. That means that its supposed to be better than Wish you were Here, Court of the Crimson King, Foxtrot, Animals, Red, Pawn Hearts, and several other legendary prog albums. Its not a bad album or anything but to me its not even in the same league as most the top 50. Every other album in we'll say the top 20, has awesome soaring highs. TAAB is filled with several forced transitions and I just cant fathom how it could be top 3. 4 Star album Please tell me i'm not alone in this. Yes, it's overrated. I'd rather listen to any Camel album instead, including A Nod and a Wink.

dougmcauliffe wrote: mini rant here I will never understand why this album is so highly rated, its ranked at number 3. That means that its supposed to be better than Wish you were Here, Court of the Crimson King, Foxtrot, Animals, Red, Pawn Hearts, and several other legendary prog albums. Its not a bad album or anything but to me its not even in the same league as most the top 50. Every other album in we'll say the top 20, has awesome soaring highs. TAAB is filled with several forced transitions and I just cant fathom how it could be top 3. 4 Star album Please tell me i'm not alone in this.

I’d take Taab over basically any album. It’s close to perfection. Tull are second to none. The amount of quality songs they have released on their remix series is unmatchable. Great balance of folk, prog and heavy rock. They don’t smother their albums with mellotron. They rely on great melody .

Ridgeback wrote: The idea the TAAB is rated higher than a extraordinary, almost flawless album like Wish You Were is nothing short of an utter travesty. The two shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same breath. It’s like a guy parking his Chevy Malibu (very decent car, btw) next to a Lamborghini and thinking them equals. Jethto Tull was a decent albeit pedestrian band IMO. Whereas PF were gods. There is again IMO no comparison. 30 years from now ppl will still be raving about PF. I doubt JT’s legacy will endure in the same manner.

Taab is way better than wywh. Pretty much blues based music with some sax on wywh. Taab is much more thoughtful in composition and musicianship. Tull blow Floyd away. They’re just a mellow blues band a lot of the time

Edited by dr prog - December 09 2020 at 01:13

I think the only album better than Thick as a Brick is another Jethro Tull album ,
Passion Play , In my opinion these two albums are at the top of Prog rock , to me only Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound , The Wall Of Pink Floyd , Close to the Edge and Relayer from Yes get the level of the two Jethro Tull albums . In the Court Of the Crimson King is a outstanding album but to me doesn’t get the level of the mentioned above . They are my likes and my technical perception on how the progressive rock music should be performed . Thick as a Brick and Passion Play are technically perfect made , for the persons that have not analyzed in details these albums , I would recommend to hear in details the changes in passages and rhythms , but should be analyzed with open mind and put aside your favoritisms . Then may be you can change your point of view about TAAB. I highly recommend to heard Passion Play.

It may be overrated if you compare to Tulls other remix sets. They’re all deservedly 4.5 stars. The bonus track Kings

Snicolette wrote: Sean Trane wrote:   I can't imagine TAAB without the "Do You Believe" passages. Those are sublime!

The Anders wrote: I personally find it rather boring, and it is not that I necessarily don't like long tracks (I'm a big admirer of f.e. "Tubular Bells", "Atom Heart Mother" and "Echoes"). But I usually lose interest when it comes to very long improvised passages, plus I miss a clear structure, but maybe that's just me. Whether it's overrated or not, I can't really judge, because it is clearly not my type of music. I guess it should be more interesting for people who grew up with jazz. I like earlier Jethro Tull stuff such as the Stand Up album.

dr wu23 wrote: richardh wrote: 76.53% of it is definitely not overrated  Well...50% is ok.....to me side one  is enough.....side 2 is basically a repeat in a way.

The Anders wrote: I personally find it rather boring, and it is not that I necessarily don't like long tracks (I'm a big admirer of f.e. "Tubular Bells", "Atom Heart Mother" and "Echoes"). But I usually lose interest when it comes to very long improvised passages, plus I miss a clear structure, but maybe that's just me. Whether it's overrated or not, I can't really judge, because it is clearly not my type of music. I guess it should be more interesting for people who grew up with jazz. I like earlier Jethro Tull stuff such as the Stand Up album.

Edited by jamesbaldwin - July 23 2019 at 20:02