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Thick as a Brick
Rock · 1972 · 2 tracks

Thick as a Brick

Jethro Tull

A single, sprawling forty-four minute epic that parodies the concept album while perfecting it. Masterful flute-led rock that shifts from pastoral folk to heavy prog.

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It's a 44-minute joke about prog rock that accidentally became the best prog rock album ever made.

A brilliant, high-energy collision of intellectual satire and pastoral warmth.

Thick as a Brick · vs · Jethro Tull
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Open Field saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 2 Tracks
01
Thick as a Brick, Part 1
22:37
02
Thick as a Brick, Part 2
21:03
Moments Worth Waiting For
The iconic opening acoustic guitar melody that establishes the central theme before the full band explodes into a heavy shuffle.
A frantic, jazzy organ solo in Part 2 that dissolves into a military drum cadence and a whimsical spoken-word section.
The sudden transition from a pastoral flute melody into a crushing, distorted electric guitar riff that anchors the middle of Part 1.
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