Jethro Tull R.I.P.

**JKL2000** · 10-14-2016

I wish the hare story weren't actually part of TaaB, but I like the rest of the album, and also like APP. I don't find either one indigestible.

**ThomasKDye** · 10-14-2016

Originally Posted by JKL2000

I wish the hare story weren't actually part of TaaB, but I like the rest of the album, and also like APP. I don't find either one indigestible.

"The Hare" is part of APP.

**zombywoof** · 10-14-2016

Tull were my favorite band growing up and Passion Play is my favorite album of all time.

That said, I've made peace with their demise. Plenty of quality new stuff out there to listen to.

**Vic2012** · 10-14-2016

APP was the first JT album I bought. Some guy online recommended it. So I bought it, and I loved it. The guy thought I was joking. He was recommending it being a sarcastic wiseass. From there I went back and forth in the JT discography.

**Calabasas_Trafalgar** · 10-14-2016

Originally Posted by JKL2000

Do you think APP is more "overbloated" than Thick as a Brick? IMO, if either is overbloated, they both are - they're pretty similar, although APP doesn't have "The Hare...," which I'd think would make it less "overbloated."

Absolutely! I love TAAB, while I find APP to be an unmitigated disaster. I don't find them similar at all.

**grego** · 10-14-2016

A Passion Play is very nice album, it has connection with neo-classical divertissment music, and of course, a black comedy vibe...It is definitely not the kind of 'prog' you expect from titans like Pink Floyd or Yes, - I guess Anderson and the band were influenced by GG, at that times, and perhaps they absorbe something from Zappa, and ELP quite a bit. But I don't view APP as their absolute standout album - APP is a baby of 1973, and this alone speaks a lot. Maybe the top year of progressive rock, when some of the bands presented their most ambitious LPs. I don't think APP tops Minstrel, and maybe TAAB sounds more convincing, too. But of course, if I'd rank Tull albums in category of the most unorthodox, APP tops the list.