Why is Tull's "A Passion Play" rated so low?

The sad part of it all is the post about someone not interested in "intelectual" this and that ... and in the end, it's like saying that no one in their time appreciated Shakespeare for its intelect ... and some were drunk and some of those folks weren't ... but the plays and the words survived and are remembered fondly.

I have this weird idea that someone posts that thinking that there is an intelligent bunch of listeners and an ignorant bunch of listeners, and that different ideas and "concepts" are not wanted or cared about, specially now that everyone (even here!!!) is so dang converted to "commercial" everything ... meaning that a Passion Play, or a Siddartha, or some esoteric Summerian Literature is not a fit subject for smoking dope and enjoying the fluff and snuff and puff that ... some lower class uses, instead of the supposedly better educated higher class ... that is so wrong ... people are people, and it doesn't matter the color the race and anything else ... and someone just posting that all they are interested in is their beer and their this and that ... just about takes the sails out of Progressive Music ... and makes me wonder ... why is that person even here? They likely belong with the Kiss crown, not, in this case, on a Jethro Tull discussion ... 

And this is something that hurts a lot of musicians out there, all of whom grow in many ways, and want to try different things ... only to be told by some folks that they can't ... you belong to me, and I don't like these smart stuff you are doing ... there is no artist out there that is not going to tell you where to stuff it! Or, as one guy here in Portland perfectly put it, right in front of the audience ... you are obviously in the wrong place ... if you want your money back, simply talk to James over there and kindly leave!

I can identify with the thread starter here. I mean, it's clear that it's a matter of taste and I can get why somebody may not like the album, but I don't really get why many who think of TAAB as a masterpiece find Passion Play disappointing. I think it's actually a great follower of TAAB in being similar in some respects and following up on some of TAAB's strengths, but also having many new ideas and twists, so one can certainly not say that it's just cheap rehash. Also its cohesion isn't worse in my view than TAAB. For me it all makes sense (I'm speaking music here, lyrics I don't mind much), great album! And the Hare is fun, if silly.

On allmusic Passion Play has a weak looking 3 stars, but the review actually reads like 4 or more. No idea what's wrong with people when it comes to the Passion Play.

I re-listened to both TAAB and APP yesterday and I agree....TAAB is more melodic with better song structures....both are lyrically interesting  but TAAB is simply a better album musically.

And I agree...I also prefer Aqualung to both of those.

I like to know people opinions about music and I love to discuss about musicians and albums and songs and ... but "Rates" never show value or quality... IMO and I don't carious about people votes!!!

I specifically said that I was not talking about the site rating ( I did not even know what the number rating was tbh), rather the fact that the album has so many detractors, even among prog fans.