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Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play Tim Smolko

Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play By Tim Smolko

Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play by Tim Smolko

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Discusses the band's influence on popular culture and why many consider Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play to be two of the greatest concept albums in rock history.

Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play Summary

Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play: Inside Two Long Songs by Tim Smolko

Since the 1960s, British progressive rock band Jethro Tull has pushed the technical and compositional boundaries of rock music by infusing its musical output with traditions drawn from classical, folk, jazz, and world music. The release of Thick as a Brick (1972) and A Passion Play (1973) won the group legions of new followers and topped the Billboard charts in the United States, among the most unusual albums ever to do so. Tim Smolko explores the large-scale form, expansive instrumentation, and complex arrangements that characterize these two albums, each composed of one continuous song. Featuring insights from Ian Anderson and in-depth musical analysis, Smolko discusses the band's influence on popular culture and why many consider Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play to be two of the greatest concept albums in rock history.

Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play Reviews

[D]elves deep into the past in this new work to bring us the story of these two albums as well as a painstaking analysis that allows us to see not only the particular genius of Tull but the important role both records played in shaping '70s rock. . . . Smolko's passion for the subject matter and ability to wax enthusiastic about the smallest details makes this volume worth reading. . . . A volume that excites with its intelligence and sense of observation, two of the many qualities that will actually find you giv[ing] this book more than one read.

* PopMatters *

[R]ather than offering yet another biography, Smolko takes a musicological-as well as a cultural- approach to just two of Tull's albums [] an endorsement from such a notebale authority [as Adrian Stone-Mason] surely makes this worth reading for those of a scholarly bent.

* Rock n' Reel *

About Tim Smolko

Tim Smolko holds master's degrees in Musicology and in Library Science and is monographs original cataloger at the University of Georgia.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
1: Providing a Context for Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play
2: Galliards and Lute Songs: The Influence of Early Music in Jethro Tull
3: Geared Toward the Exceptional Rather than the Average: The Album Cover and Lyrics of Thick as a Brick
4: The Music of Thick as a Brick: Form and Thematic Development
5: The Music of Thick as a Brick: Other Features
6: The Chateau d'Isaster Tapes and the Album Cover and Lyrics of A Passion Play
7: The Music of A Passion Play
8: Monty Python, Reception, and Live Versions
Conclusions
Epilogue: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?
Appendix 1: The Complete Lyrics to Thick as a Brick
Appendix 2: The Complete Lyrics to A Passion Play
Appendix 3: Analysis of the Instrumental Passages
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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NLS9780253010315
9780253010315
0253010314
Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play: Inside Two Long Songs by Tim Smolko
Tim Smolko
New
Paperback
Indiana University Press
2013-10-07
232
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