Thick as a Brick 2!!

[Bonobo]

I strongly recommend that anyone who ever liked Jethro Tull check out Thick as a Brick 2. It just came out yesterday and is one of the best that Ian Anderson has done in a long time.

It is an instant classic that I am really loving! I'm listening to it with my 17-year old daughter who I have taken to two Tull concerts.

God, I love this so much and just had to gush.

[opiate69]

1. I'll probably pick that up this weekend

The little bits that I have heard sound awesome

[Bonobo]

2. Here is a link to the first 7 songs.

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[opiate69]

4. sweet, thanks!

[opiate69]

5. A very worthy (if long overdue) follow-up to a landmark album.

Amazing how, aside from Ian Anderson's vocal tone (which changed after surgery back in the mid-80s), in a lot of ways this sounds like it could have been written and recorded right after the original TAAB. I admit, I was a little skeptical at first, especially since he decided to record it as a solo album instead of as a Tull disc, but the musicians he got are stellar. Particularly the guitarist - if I hadn't already known it wasn't Martin Barre, I would have never even guessed it. Always a huge risk to go back and try to revisit something as iconic and adventurous as TAAB, (see Operation: Mindcrime 2), but I think Anderson pulled it off brilliantly.

[cyberswede]

3. Thanks!

I tried to listen to the free Facebook stream the other day, but I couldn't get it to work.

I'll check it out!

[WiffenPoof]

6. Oh My!

This is the first I have heard of this. I consider myself to be a huge Tull fan and this comes as great news. I just hope that it is as good as you have indicated. I can't imagine trying to follow up something as iconic as TAAB...Thank you so much for posting.

[Bonobo]

7. I hope you agree that it's great.

I have been listening to Tull since about 1979.

[WiffenPoof]

8. Got you beat...

Listening to Tull since Aqualung...

Cheers...

-P