For whatever reason I keep thinking I have this "over" rated in my collection. It's not a masterpiece 12 is it? Yea - it is. I didn't even bother to keep Aqualung after a recent listen, and Benefit is barely hanging on. Starting to think that Thick as a Brick is an outlier versus a progression. To my ears they were great underachievers, which is sort of a backhanded way of saying they're very good but they should have been the best of the best along with Yes and Genesis. My opinion of course, I know many feel Jethro Tull were just that - the top tier. Anyway, this album continues to blow me away, some 40+ years since first hearing it. Had Tull put together a 4 or 5 album run like this, I would consider them as one of the all-time greats. This album, however, is first division.
Ownership: CD: 2001 Chrysalis (Japan). Papersleeve edition with all the original goodies. Has two bonus tracks including an interview. I consider this the primary even though I do own the LP as noted below.
LP: 1972 Reprise. Gatefold with newspaper. Acquired at a garage sale for $1 (2020). My first copy was the commodity LP purchased new (1985). Those repressing's didn't have the newspaper.
1985; 2005; 2/19/23 (CD 4.5); 4/18/23 (new entry)
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