Thick As A Brick 2: Whatever Happened To Gerald Bostock? (studio album) by Ian Anderson
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75/100  | 04/11/2022 12:09 | Moondance | | 72/100 |
75/100 | 02/08/2022 11:02 | salvador | | 81/100 |
50/100 | 10/19/2021 23:48 | emptysquares | | 72/100 |
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nitomano 05/11/2017 00:57
Siendo Thick As a Brick uno de mis discos favoritos de toda la historia al enterarme de la existencia de esto tuve que escucharlo inmediatamente y debo admitir que si no le llega a la grandeza del original es una gran disco con asombrosas canciones y solos de guitarra que en verdad me agradaron.
El album al igual que su predecesor debe ser escuchado en su totalidad, funciona mucho mejor como un todo.
I for one, liked the 2 at the end.
Really, it's one big song, just like the last one, except with labelled movements.
sageamagoo 12/06/2012 21:27
If you took away the poetry, the cheesiness, and the final word (why, after such a great reprise of the original album, would you add the number 2 on the end of Think As A Brick? And in such a weird tone of voice... if only it was cut 3 seconds, I would have been fully satisfied, but no...) then this is a fantastic album. A Change Of Horses is a masterpiece: really, if you give that a listen, then you've heard the best this album has to offer. Besides that, there are some good moments that rock hard, but a bit too much flute (I guess you have to expect an Ian Anderson solo album to have a bit too much flute).
Seriously, overall, it needs a proper listen. This is an album you need to concentrate on. It's worth it: everything up to A Change Of Horses is a nice build-up and the pacing is great. There's always something interesting coming up, and you'd swear it was longer than 50 minutes. Works best as a full album, nothing really is that great as a stand-alone song; it makes sense considering its predecessor.
A pleasant surprise.
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