Artist: JETHRO TULL
Album: THICK AS A BRICK 25 ANNIV. EDIT. (CD)

Release date: 1972/ 1998
Media type: CD

Thick as a Brick is the fifth studio album by the English progressive rock band Jethro Tull. Released in 1972, the album includes only one song: the 44-minute-long title track. Thick as a Brick was deliberately crafted in the style (and as a "bombastic" and "over the top" parody) of a concept album. The original packaging, designed like a newspaper, claims the album to be a musical adaptation of an epic poem by a (fictional) 8-year-old boy, though the lyrics were actually written by the band's frontman, Ian Anderson.

All lyrics written by "Gerald Bostock" (Ian Anderson), all music composed by Ian Anderson.

TRACKLIST:

1. "Thick as a Brick, Part I"   22:45
2. "Thick as a Brick, Part II"   21:06

25th Anniversary Edition bonus tracks:
3. "Thick as a Brick" (1978 live version at Madison Square Garden) 10:50
4. "Interview with Jethro Tull" (Ian Anderson, Martin Barre and Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond)

LINE-UP:

Ian Anderson – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, flute, violin, trumpet, saxophone
Martin Barre – electric guitar, lute
John Evan – piano, organ, harpsichord
Jeffrey Hammond (as "Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond"): Bass guitar, Vocals
Barriemore Barlow – drums, percussion, timpani
David Palmer – Brass and string arrangements