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BarryGlibb 
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 Posted: April 17 2012 at 18:50 |
I have now listened to TAAB2 6 times but am not going to comment or write a review on it until I have heard it at least a dozen times.
But obviously the hype from IA worked. The album has debuted this week on the Billboard album charts at #55. Fairly impressive stuff. See here:
http://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200#/charts/billboard-200?begin=41&order=position
Now for: Another Passion Play Peace adult Way too old to techno; in fact I just died Songs from a barren desert Climate change watch Z etc........
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 06:10 |
NEWS FLASH New sequels on their way out soon
Tarkus 2: Tarkthem
Love Beach 2: The Grinning Bra Boys
others?
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 00:48 |
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And 2113.
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Textbook
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Posted: April 12 2012 at 00:08 |
Light Side Of The Moon Selling England By The Euro Over The Edge In The Bedchambers Of The Crimson King
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catfood03
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Posted: April 08 2012 at 11:05 |
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MattGuitat
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Posted: April 07 2012 at 20:08 |
 catfood03 wrote:
This news of TAAB makes me hope for sequels to CTTE, ITCOTKC, DSOTM, and SEBTP.
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You forgot The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 2: The Lamb Gets Up 
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Started off horrible, but ended up being pretty decent. Still not even close to being at the level of the original though.
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dr prog
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Posted: April 07 2012 at 18:50 |
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Sounds pretty good to me considering the age of Ian and the era we are in. The bass playing is a bit standard though, He doesn't show much creativety. I think Dotcom has the better tracks of the 2 albums though mainly due to Noyce being a more interesting bass player
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catfood03
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Posted: April 07 2012 at 18:42 |
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This news of TAAB makes me hope for sequels to CTTE, ITCOTKC, DSOTM, and SEBTP.
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Green Shield Stamp
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Posted: April 07 2012 at 15:16 |
Heard the album several times now. I really like it. It is difficult to compare it to TAAB1, because this album has only just been released and has therefore not had 40 years to build its reputation. The weight of expectation will always leave the album wanting, regardless of how good it is.
Having said that, I think Anderson has made a good fist of it. There is some great playing on the album and plenty of clever musical references to the original album for Tull fans to get their teeth into. However, there is also a freshness to the album that make accusations of this being a nostalgia exercise a little unfair.
Listening to the album with an open mind/ear (which is difficult when it is entitled Thick as a Brick 2), I think it is one of the best albums released this year that I have heard. It is certainly better than most of the Tull albums released since their 70s heyday. For me, it is on a par with Songs from the Wood and Stormwatch (but not Aqualung and TAAB)
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Haiku
Writing a poem
With seventeen syllables
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Snow Dog
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Posted: April 06 2012 at 11:56 |
Warthur wrote:
Ludjak wrote:
Warthur wrote:
Not heard it yet, but... are they seriously going with that album artwork? I get the concept, that it's meant to look like a website, but they could at least go with a website that doesn't look like a shoddily designed Geocities page from over 10 years ago... |
I think that it's part of the joke - this is supposed to look like a Dreamweaver 4 template, this time making fun of rural community websites. Like newspaper, like website. |
Yes, but the original cover made a really careful compromise between accurately reflecting what a community newspaper looks like whilst at the same time being aesthetically appealing. The new one is literally the worst cover art I have ever seen; there are a million ways it could have stayed authentic whilst not looking like total ass. |
I disagree. It looks totally like a local village website.
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Slaughternalia
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Posted: April 06 2012 at 11:53 |
I like that he didn't try to take it too seriously.
And your wise men don't know how it feels... to be thick... as a brick...
Two!
I thought it was probably the best tull album since their prime in the 70s. But that really isn't saying much
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I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't
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infandous
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Posted: April 06 2012 at 11:22 |
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Nostalgia trips are for some reason extremely profitable these days. 
The prog movement isn't something I particularly enjoy repetition of. So I have no intention of hearing this album. |
It's not really that nostalgic. It's the best thing he's done in years, though certainly not up to the standards of 70's Tull. To my ears anyway. If it had been called something else only die hard Ian A fans would be talking about it, but it would still be a good album.
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Posted: April 06 2012 at 11:19 |
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My very first impression: Not a masterpiece like its illustrious prequel, but an enjoyable album in its own right. I like the way the themes of "Thick as a Brick" are incorporated in the opening tracks. |
This was is pretty much my feeling. I think it's saving grace is that it's NOT an attempt to capture the glory of the original. It's a new album, which he just happened to link to the original with a few melodies and the lyrical theme. Oh, and probably because he know more people would buy something named after one of his (and Tull's) most revered and classic albums.
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topographicbroadways
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Posted: April 06 2012 at 09:57 |
Nostalgia trips are for some reason extremely profitable these days.
The prog movement isn't something I particularly enjoy repetition of. So I have no intention of hearing this album.
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BMSfan
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Posted: April 06 2012 at 09:01 |
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Just listening at it. First feeling of nostalgia after TAAB initial tune repreasal. Had no real expectations and the work can't be compared with the one of 40 years ago. Was curious about the concept album approach, which is something that I like ver much in principle, but I was a bit disappointed at the end. I do not know if there is anything wrong with my CD but I find the frequency and amplitude rather compressed. All in all a respectful project by Ian IMO, but something definitely uncomparable.
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Gully Foyle
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Posted: April 06 2012 at 08:22 |
i've been a huge tull fan since i was a kid, though the last thing i really listened to was crest of a knave. frankly, when i saw this happening, i cringed and revisited my internal wish that ian had decided to be a full-time salmon famer in 88. but, people seemed to not be trashing this effort, so i thought i'd go for a little suspension of disbelief and give the thing a spin. musically its a bit sterile sometimes, too clean, but overall musically its much better than i would have thought. actually wish ian was singing through the fuzz effect he is using for the whole thing, somehow that seems more like his old voice than his current one.
however, one giant ugly problem is making me rue the day i bought this. the ridiculous spoken word intros to so many of the songs. they make me feel embarrassed for ian and good old JT.
maybe i'll give a couple more listens, but those word bits are tough, tough, tough to swallow
or, maybe i'll just go throw minstrel or benefit on
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Wobbles
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Posted: April 06 2012 at 02:28 |
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I've been a dedicated Tull fan since "Stand Up" was new and have ritually bought everything since - although they have long since lost a certain "something" along the way.
Ian's flute playing has never been technically better but maybe with less passion. I bought TAAB2 yesterday, listened to the first 2 tracks then watched the DVD.
I'll listen to it properly tonight but am prepared for some degree of disappointment - which will probably be unjustified.
Perhaps there should be less comparison with those long-past years and more evaluation of the music on it's own merits. If not, then any disappointment will probably be my own fault.
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Textbook
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Posted: April 05 2012 at 18:46 |
It's growing on me. Not the career ending triumph we all secretly desired but not a creaking embarassment either. It's certainly better than Dot Com and probably Anderson's best solo effort. The way he says "2" at the end is genuinely hilarious and I almost wet my pants the first time I heard that. He hasn't lost his sense of humour.
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Posted: April 05 2012 at 08:57 |
I got the album in my mailbox today. Listening to it now with a big smile on my face, it sounds very good!
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