Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - Thick as a Brick 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? (2012) DVD-9: NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR | Linear PCM, 24bit, 2304kbps, 48kHz, 2.0ch
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Progressive Rock | EMI | Scans Included | ~ 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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