Thick as a brick vs Passion play
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Topic: Thick as a brick vs Passion play
Posted By: dougiezerts
Subject: Thick as a brick vs Passion play
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 19:16
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Both these albums were released by Ian Anderson and company. Both were released back-to-back. Both are concept albums. And both have just one long piece--a radio programmer's nightmare! And yes, both of them are prog! Which do you prefer?
I love both equally. But I give THICK AS A BRICK a slight nod due to its brillient Monty Python-esque newspaper parody cover.
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Posted By: Telinstryata
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 19:37
| I'm a fan of Thick as a Brick, but I am afraid to say that I have not heard Passion Play. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 19:39
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While I adore Thick as a Brick, I now much prefer A Passion Play. The latter is more coherent musically (though I would not have said so a year ago).
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Posted By: dougiezerts
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 19:39
| It's quite similar, except that synthesizers were employed for the first time. Also, it's a bit more "prog" than THICK. |
Posted By: rpe9p
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 20:41
| Didnt we have this poll like a week ago? |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 21:39
 Anyway, I took the cowards way out this time and voted for BOTH of them since I had the opportunity. Both are great - yet - different. I agree with Epignosis that A Passion Play is actually more coherent overall. It is its unusual sound that makes it seem otherwise.------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
rpe9p wrote:Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: September 22 2009 at 22:31
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TAAB is one of the finest albums ever made. APP one of the worst. So you know where my vote went. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 00:32
| I like both, equally for sure |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 02:26
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The last TaaB-APP poll was launched on August 27, 2009 by Phideaux.
My opinion has not changed dureing the last 27 days. I vote for Thick as a Brick. I find A Passion Play harder to get into and to me it seems less coherent, although it has some very fine moments. ------------- 
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Posted By: apps79
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 03:18
right...
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60822&PN=1 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=60822&PN=1
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Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 03:50
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APP for me
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Posted By: proggy
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 07:28
| The Night Cap |
Posted By: dougiezerts
Date Posted: September 23 2009 at 08:57
| Sorry, I didn't know about the other poll! I haven't been on this site in a while. |
Posted By: Cinderella Man
Date Posted: September 24 2009 at 09:09
| think has a brik |
Posted By: Ronnie Pilgrim
Date Posted: February 28 2010 at 21:59
| My vote goes to APP by a "hare." TAAB makes me want to march off to war, for some reason. APP makes me want to ponder the beauty of not knowing. |
Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: February 28 2010 at 22:04
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Option No. 3. I'm not exactly the world's biggest Tull fan, but I won't deny that TAAB and APP are great albums and their best (maybe because they are also their proggiest.)
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Posted By: progressive
Date Posted: March 01 2010 at 19:21
I voted for A Passion Play, because I love it. Actually I don't like Thick as a Brick so much, though it's a masterpiece. But I like the version in The 25th Anniversary Boxed Set (Disc 3, The Beacons Bottom Tapes) (1993). The length is 9.01, and the music is very thick, coherent. It is a true masterpiece! But I assume we were not voting about that version. Maybe I should put up a poll. I'll do that. Here, TaaB vs TaaB: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65448 Everyone should get that version. Edit: oops, the poll was about albums. I don't know about that, haha ;D ------------- 
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