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Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? (2012) Re-up

Posted By: v3122

Date: 10 Apr 2018 10:47:27

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? (2012) Re-up

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? (2012)
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Progressive Rock | EMI | ~ 5.56 Gb

Some 40 years after the release of Jethro Tull's prog landmark Thick as a Brick, chief Tull Ian Anderson crafts a sequel. Sensibly titled Thick as a Brick 2, this 2012 set brings us up to speed with the life of Gerald Bostock, who was a mere lad of 10 at the time of TAAB but is now an adult shouldering a myriad of responsibilities. His disappointments and mild triumphs make him a different man than he was, yet underneath it all he's still that recognizable child, and the same can be said for Anderson's music: it's cleaner and streamlined, not as indulgent or idealistic as his younger work, boasting a more sensible structure, yet it still bears all of his signatures from the flute to rambling folk-rock. To criticize TAAB2 for not having a clear hook to pull you inside is unfair: Anderson is assuming a familiarity with his work, so he's giving himself time to write around the point, taking diversions wherever he finds them, sometimes in the form of eight-minute mini-suites, sometimes in the form of brief two-minute interludes. TAAB2 doesn't sound contemporary but it doesn't sound classic either – it sounds caught between the two eras, as if it was recorded in 1990. That may turn off some listeners, but they're the kind who wouldn't spend any time with an Anderson album anyway. Those diehards who are still curious after all these years will find Thick as a Brick 2 an effective, if not quite compelling, sequel to a beloved classic.

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? (2012)

Tracklist:

Pebbles Thrown
01. From A Pebble Thrown (3:06)
02. Pebbles Instrumental (3:30)
03. Might-have-beens (0:50)

Gerald The Banker
04. Upper Sixth Loan Shark (1:13)
05. Banker Bets, Banker Wins (4:28)

Gerald Goes Homeless
06. Swing It Far (3:28)
07. Adrift And Dumfounded (4:25)

Gerald The Military Man
08. Old School Song (3:07)
09. Wootton Bassett Town (3:44)

Gerald The Chorister
10. Power And Spirit (1:59)
11. Give Till It Hurts (1:12)

Gerald: A Most Ordinary Man
12. Cosy Corner (1:25)
13. Shunt And Shuffle (2:12)

Convergence: Destiny, Fate, Karma, Kismet, A Change Of Horses
14. A Change Of Horses (8:04)

22 Mulberry Walk
15. Confessional (3:09)
16. Kismet In Suburbia (4:17)

What-Ifs, Maybes, Might-Have-Beens
17. What-ifs, Maybes And Might-have-beens (3:36)

DVD EXTRAS:

* The making of the album
* Interview with Ian Anderson talking about the album
* Interview with Steven Wilson
* Lyric reading

Line-up / Musicians:

Ian Anderson - vocals, flute, acoustic guitar
David Goodier - bass guitar
Scott Hammond - drums, percussion
John O’Hara - keyboards, accordion
Florian Opahle - electric guitar
Ryan O’Donnell - additional vocals, theatre

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