A Passion Play
by Jethro Tull
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Jethro Tull bestography
A Passion Play is ranked 7th best out of 48 albums by Jethro Tull on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jethro Tull is Aqualung which is ranked number 319 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,166.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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A Passion Play track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
A Passion Play rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  nitomano | Top 47 Music Albums of 1973 | 8/47 | 4 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 44 Music Albums of 1973 | 42/44 | 0 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 71/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | 1973: Part 2- #101-200 | 28/37 | - |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 21 Music Albums of 1973 | 17/21 | 1 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '65 to '74 | 72/100 | - |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 5 Music Albums of 1973 | 4/5 | 2 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | My Favorite Prog-Rock Albums | 48/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 114 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 436 | |||
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A Passion Play ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/12/2026 19:33 | iann97 | 2,105 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2026 13:10 |  MetalMan67 | 6,211 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/30/2026 08:47 | Leginlists | 3,786 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 17% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Chart of the day (#5421): By Simon_bramhall
neilgee 12/03/2025 19:27 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)A Passion Play comments
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It's alright, but I found it a bit to free style and disjointed for my liking in comparison to other Tull albums. (Edited)
One of the 5 masterpieces I have ever heard. Been listening to it continuously since 1973
IlMala 01/23/2022 17:47 | #279899
Maybe i am a perverted, but... This is one of the best albums ever heard in my life... more worring... it never gets me bored.
Quite a different listening experience, can't really be compared to the top three or four Tull album output. With Ian Anderson playing saxophone the sound is unique from other albums. Reading some of the other comments, possibly an album which will grow with repeated listens. The spoken bits are a bit wacky and reduce quality music listening time. Bit of a mixed bag really. I will give it more time as only just played for the first time.
I wonder why people compare this to thick as a brick which was a masterpiece IMO... It's good but nowhere near the best JT album such as thick as a brick, aqualung, songs from the woods or ministrel in the gallery. (Edited)
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