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 328 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,068.
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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: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 28 Music Albums of 1973 | 24/28 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | CripplingAutism | Top 89 Music Albums of the 1970s | 19/89 | 16 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 86 Music Albums of 1973 | 76/86 | 1 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 71/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 71 Music Albums of 1973 | 53/71 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1973 | 62/100 | - |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 21 Music Albums of 1973 | 17/21 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 116 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 432 | |||
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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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| ! | 10/27/2026 21:08 | TheHutts | 2,127 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2026 16:33 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/06/2026 19:24 | TroutMaskGreg | 1,843 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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A Passion Play forum mentions
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A Passion Play comments
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I struggle to warm to this one - it feels like they're trying to repeat Thick As A Brick, but don't quite make the mark. It has its flashes, but I don't return to this one as often. The last of their prog-heavy records before they momentarily became poppier, before exploring English folk influences.
Robert Anton Wilson TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/23/2012 14:47 | #49077 | TOP COMMENT
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I hate the intermission of the Hare Who Lost Its Spectacles but otherwise this is a masterpiece of the golden prog era. Jethro Tull's sound is unique.
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)
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/04/2018 20:44 | #214195 | TOP COMMENT
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That "Hare" intermission is not THAT bad, just overly long. Like the whole album. It's not as coherent and interesting as Thick As A Brick. Still a good album though. (Edited)
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