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- Jethro Tull's frontman and songwriter Ian Anderson was infuriated when critics called the band's previous album, Aqualung (1971), a "concept album". He rejected this, thinking it was simply a collection of songs, so in response decided to "come up with something that really is the mother of all concept albums".
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Mar 2, 2024 · In 2016 Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson looked back with Prog on Thick As A Brick, revealing the truth behind his reaction to the band’s previous album, the identity of TAAB’s main character Gerald Bostock, and what he had since realised about the ambitious 1971 work.
Jul 30, 2022 · Disgruntled by critics labelling the previous year’s Aqualung a concept album, Jethro Tull 's Ian Anderson ramped up his perversity and constructed Thick As A Brick, an oft-misunderstood parody of one.
Background. Jethro Tull's frontman and songwriter Ian Anderson was infuriated when critics called the band's previous album, Aqualung (1971), a "concept album". He rejected this, thinking it was simply a collection of songs, so in response decided to "come up with something that really is the mother of all concept albums". [2] .
Jan 31, 2023 · Ian Anderson and Martin Barre give the lowdown on Aqualung, Jethro Tull's career-defining 1971 record. Just don't call it a concept album...
Though it is generally regarded as a concept album, featuring a central theme of "the distinction between religion and God", the band have said there was no intention to make a concept album, and that only a few songs have a unifying theme. [ 4 ]Aqualung's success signalled a turning point in the career of the band, who went on to become a major...
Mar 10, 2017 · Anderson decided to prove his point by giving the world what it thought it already had – a genuine Jethro Tull concept album. The result was Thick as a Brick, a milestone in the progressive...
Ian Anderson did not agree with critics who called it a concept album, and JTs next album was a concept album in response. The title, Thick as a Brick, captures what Ian thought of critics calling Aqualung a concept album.
