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Thick as a Brick 2, abbreviated TAAB 2 and subtitled Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?, is the fifth studio album by Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, released in 2012 as a sequel album to Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull's 1972 parody concept album. It entered the Billboard chart at No. 55.
Released on 14 April 2014, Homo Erraticus is a concept album, loosely connected to Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick (1972) and Anderson's Thick as a Brick 2 (2012), since it again credits the lyrics to the fictional character Gerald Bostock.
Apr 14, 2024 · In 2014, Ian Anderson brought back Thick As A Brick’s Gerald Bostock on his sixth solo album Homo Erraticus, complete with the silliness and sarcasm naturally attached to the character.
Homo Erraticus is the sixth studio album by British progressive rock musician Ian Anderson, who is also the frontman of Jethro Tull. Released on 14 April 2014, Homo Erraticus is a concept album, loosely connected to Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick (1972) and Anderson's Thick as a Brick 2 (2012), since it again credits the lyrics to the fictional ...
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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". Taking the surreal British humour of ...
The group ran through two weeks of rehearsals using the Rolling Stones' basement studio in Bermondsey. They had not intended to record a single continuous piece;the band came up with individual song segments, then decided to write short pieces of music to link them together. Recording started in December 1971 at Morgan Studios, London. Unlike previ...
Thick as a Brick was viewed by some critics as Jethro Tull's first progressive rock album. The album has a variety of musical themes, time signature changes and tempo shifts – all of which were features of the progressive rock scene. Although the finished album runs as one continuous piece, it is made up of a medley of individual songs that run int...
The original LP cover was designed as a spoof of a 12-by-16-inch (300 mm × 410 mm) 12-page small-town English newspaper, entitled The St. Cleve Chronicle and Linwell Advertiser, with articles, competitions and advertisements lampooning the typical parochial and amateurish journalism of the local English press. The band's record company, Chrysalis R...
Following the album's release, the band set out on tour, playing the entire piece with some extra musical additions that extended performances to over an hour. At the start of the show, men wearing capes appeared onstage and began sweeping the floor, counting the audience and studying the venue; after a few minutes, some of them revealed themselves...
Thick as a Brick was originally scheduled for release on 25 February 1972. Following production problems relating to the 1972 miners' strike, it was held back a week to 3 March. The album reached the top 5 in the UK charts, and number one in Australia, Canada and the United States,where it was certified Gold. Contemporary reviews were mixed. Chris ...
Reissues
The album has been reissued on CD several times: the first CD release (1985), the MFSL-release (1989),the 25th Anniversary Edition (1997), and the 40th Anniversary Edition (2012). The 40th Anniversary Edition was released in November 2012, and includes a CD, a DVD, and a book. The CD contains a new mix of the album. The DVD contains a 5.1 surround sound mix (in DTS and Dolby Digital), the new stereo mix in high resolution, and the original stereo mix in high resolution. The first pressing of...
Taken from the sleeve notes. Jethro Tull 1. Ian Anderson – vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, violin, trumpet, saxophone, accordion, producer 2. Martin Barre – electric guitar, lute, flute 3. John Evan – piano, organ, harpsichord 4. Jeffrey Hammond (as "Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond") – bass guitar, spoken word 5. Barriemore Barlow – drums, percussion, timp...
In 2012, Ian Anderson announced plans for a follow-up album, Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?. According to the Jethro Tull website, the sequel is "a full length Progressive Rock 'concept' album worthy of its predecessor. Boy to man and beyond, it looks at what might have befallen the child poet Gerald Bostock in later life....
Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick(1972): Complete lyricsIan Anderson seems to have presented an exception to that rule with 'Thick As A Brick 2', however. Seen as one of the greatest prog rock albums to ever grace a record player, it's understandable that the original 'Thick As A Brick' is not threatened to be toppled here by its 2012 incarnation.
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One of my favorite opening song lines ever comes from Ian Anderson. The singer-songwriter who led Jethro Tull, begins the nearly 44-minute opus Thick as a Brick with a lilting, “Really don’t mind if you sit this one out….“
