Thick As A Brick
by Jethro Tull
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Jethro Tull bestography
Thick As A Brick is ranked 2nd best out of 48 albums by Jethro Tull on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jethro Tull is Aqualung which is ranked number 322 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,123.
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Thick As A Brick track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 88 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Thick As A Brick rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 40 Music Albums of 1972 | 1/40 | 5 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 85/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 25 Music Albums of 1972 | 3/25 | 5 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 23 Music Albums of 1972 | 7/23 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1972 | 34/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 51 Music Albums of 1972 | 33/51 | 2 |
| 2026 | BurndenAce | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 31 Music Albums of 1972 | 7/31 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 10/100 | 18 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 648 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4,821 | |||
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Thick As A Brick ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/30/2026 11:15 |  Leonard | 6,619 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2026 13:49 |  Tamthebam | 23,372 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2026 02:07 | stryker700 | 295 | 90/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.6/100, a mean average of 81.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Thick As A Brick forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/31/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5421): By Simon_bramhall BestEverAlbums 08/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5410): By Deckiller BestEverAlbums 07/20/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5379): By pinkfreud1981Thick As A Brick comments
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Listmeister 07/22/2013 20:05 | #82152 | TOP COMMENT
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A bunch of random lyrics weaved into one amazing 42 minute song. Lyrics like "We'll have Superman for president, and let Robin save the day" or "Make a man of him / put him on a train / teach him to play Monopoly / and how to sing in the rain" or "Your new shoes are worn at the heels / and you make all your animal deals / and your wise men don't know how it feels / to be thick as a brick." All of that (and much more) is in one song.
A very interesting example of the prog-rock genre. Developing a theme throughout two sides, with some flashes of brilliance as the album plateaus towards the end of side one. Somehow much more engaging and interesting than other long prog pieces.
That this album is just one song will immediately put a lot of people off, but it's a very rewarding listen, filled with memorable hooks, intriguing lyrics and is an impressive performance. Also one of the best albums for stopping classical music snobs in their tracks when they declare rock to be unsophisticated, non-melodic, unintelligent etc. And the newspaper album sleeve is a brilliant read, penned in Ian Anderson's inimitable style.
Robert Anton Wilson TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/07/2011 17:23 | #30016 | TOP COMMENT
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Thick as brick, if you haven`t heard it, you haven`t heard prog.
ponkine 03/13/2012 19:14 | #38267 | TOP COMMENT
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This is Jethro Tull's best album. It combines the folk-acoustic flavour from 'Aqualung' and blues-rock jams from their early works. Anyway, still 'Thick' sounds like nothing else before. Also it yields best Ian Anderson's vocals.
Happy 40th anniversary! ;)
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