Album Rating: 4.0
A Passion Play’s biggest fault, although, is how unfocused it can be. Occasionally, the music descends into meandering, directionless drivel, which seems entirely superfluous. Long, drawn-out, uneventful segments with no purpose and few interesting melodies lie among lush flute solos and tender singing.
You picked up a pretty accurate citation there, Nag. I've initially rated this at a 3.5 as well. JT is right though, it's getting better with every listens.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Well, it's just from the review up here, haha.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yeah from the review yeah I know =]
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Album Rating: 4.0
Oh alright then ;)
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PASSENGERS UPON THE FERRY CROSSING WAITING TO BE BORN
RENEW THE PLEDGE OF LIFE'S LONG SONG RISE TO THE REVEILLE HORN
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ANIMALS QUEUING AT THE GATE THAT STANDS UPON THE SHORE
BREATHE THE EVER BURNING FIRE THAT GUARDS THE EVER DOOR
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This album is certainly a real mixture. On the one hand, you have mindless filler tracks such as the 'Forest Dance' numbers, and the intro and epilogue; and on the other hand, you have excellent epics such as 'The Hare who lost his glasses', which, in my opinion, is the funniest track i have ever had the pleasure of listening to.
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Album Rating: 4.0
another good concept album - except for the hare bit; you only need to hear that once if at all! The lyrics stand up (!) on their own - perhaps better than with the music.
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Album rules.
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Album Rating: 3.5
The biggest problem of this album isn't lack of great melodies, since it almost has as many great ones as Thick as a Brick, nor Ian losing his lyricist abilities. It is how it seems that the things are all mixed in a radom way. It has great melodies, but almost no great songs. Compare "Left Right" and "Law of the Bungle" from the Chateau D'Isaster tapes(wich is much better than "A Passion Play" itself), to the first parts of this album and you will see what I'm talking about. There are some parts that are still listenable, such as Critique Oblique, wich, again, has some nonsense musical passages compared to the solid Chateau D'Isaster one, but that "History of the Hare Who Lost his Spectacles" is simply ridiculous.
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Album Rating: 5.0
I'm not getting any of the criticisms people are giving of this album. I've listened to it a good 3-4 times now and love every second of it.
Best Tull imo.
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No way
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gonna jam this it's been too long
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Amazing album.
@PagePlant: Completely disagree. The Chateau D'Isaster tapes are excellent and some parts are better than some of the sections here but overall this is definitely better. Also, the Hare Who Lost his Spectacles part serves its purpose, it provides a necessary break between the two main parts.
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Album Rating: 4.0
I re-listened to the whole thing and I have to bump it up.
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Good move :]
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hopefully i'll get some tull albums for christmas i asked last year but it didn't happen : /
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Damn, hope you get some this year.
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ya it's not like I can't buy the albums or order them online, i'm just lazy lol. Need more prog in my collection though
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Album Rating: 4.0
A Passion Play admittedly lacks the focus of TAAB. APP is more complex and quirky than usual Tull. It definitely needs sometime in your ears, and it pays off.
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