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My favorite album of all time. It's a classical masterpiece. Too complex and too intellectual for the music critics of the 70s. Despite their attempts to hammer this Lp... it reached NUMBER ONE on the Billboard Charts in the US.
A magical and mystical journey into the afterlife full of allegory and metaphor. And Ian's acoustic guitar and sax work is amazing. Plus Ian's voice never sounded better... so majestic.
Every album has weak points. But I have to go by my emotional reaction to music, not scientific analysis. That’s what true art is about. And this album, with Ian’s weighty deep voice and the medieval atmospheres and melodies, effects me more than any other album. That’s what the critics didn’t understand… the visceral impact overall. That's why Justin is so passionate about A Passion Play... he's effected emotionally.
A big fan of Barlow's playing on this album.
Yup! You pretty much nailed it.
At the time this came out, I was oblivious to the critics and the charts and busy immersing myself in this dense masterwork. Good to know I was not alone in this. Of course, I was usually listening with a few friends while burning some sweet leaves. ;)
I love Passion Play. It's my personal favorite as well.
There are no words in me right now to adress this epic. It was like listening with a friend for the first time. Five stars for the album, and five stars for the review. I think I will have to come back just to hear and watch again. Again, congratulations on reaching this milestone!
Thank you so much for that Ed! :D
I have been a Tully for over 50 years and still listen to them daily. This is a top 5 album to me. I like the earlier albums most but a couple of the 80s albums sneak in. I think Stand Up is a masterpiece as well as Benefit. I love Broadsword and the Beast. Heavy Horses ranks also. Living in the Past is superlative. Thank you for being open to this very intellectual music I play many instruments and can relate.👍👍
Thank you for watching Dennis!
I agree with you that A Passion Play is way better than Thick As A Brick but 'Brick' is hailed a classic when really A Passion Play was their best work.
Benefit, Stand Up and Aqualung was Jethro Tull’s greatest work. But I do like really Passion Play and saw Tull for the first time performing it in 1973. I remember how Jeffrey Hammond Hammond’s bass line was thundering throughout Cleveland Public Auditorium during the opening sequence. He had a yellow suit on and a Panama Hat.
This album seems very dream-like to me. There are motifs that get revisited, there is no constant beat to hang on to in many places, when it's over you can't remember everything. After 30 years of listening to it, I still don't "know" every beat. It surprises me in so many places. I can't imagine what the sheet music must look like. Newt saying "You can, guru, you can." to the kangaroo, (their guru,) is the best wordplay in rock.
I think of it as a stream of consciousness style. Kind of like Monty Python
"Bee...began:"
"Owl...scOWLing"
"Kangaroo...hopping mad"
"Newt kNEW Too much..."
The wordplay just keeps coming. I love all of it!
"Here's the sheet music" *hands over a binder*
Ha. I've heard it so many times, I figured I could play drums along with it. That ended after about 30 seconds.
John Evan's keyboard work on this is astounding!
This along with TAAB and Warchild he is sensational.
I agree! All of John Evans keyboard work is astounding.
You did the WHOLE THING IN ONE VIDEO???? Justin this is brilliant thank you for all the great reactions congrats. Perfect and on the day of my birthday too. Cheers man. My favourite Jethro Tull album
Happy birthday!!
All the best to you and yours!
Happy Birthday and Happy Holidays!
Hope you had a wonderful birthday Cadan!
And me! 73 today. Huge Tull fan and I bought this on the day of it's release and I'm still wrestling with it! Thanks JP.
@@alantattersall3190 Happy B day to you as well Alan!!!
The critics tore this album to pieces,they hated it,it's my favorite Tull album hands down!
OH YEAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The progressive movement in one of its finest hours. To appreciate this record is to speak to the appreciation of the meshing of styles/genres/melodic colors and transitions. Musically so complex. How did they learn this piece and perform it so eloquently?
Yep, this album is sublime… incredible… leaves me speechless every time… ♥️♥️♥️
Thank you for acknowledging John Evan. He was a big part of Tull´s music and a fantastic musician. The English classical music magazine "Gramophone" once did a full page just analyzing his intro to "Locomotive breath". So thanks. I love the "Going to the pub and the folkband" comment. This is my absolute favouritepart of the album. This is a great review , one of your best so far.
Maybe, my favourite Jethro Tull album Justin.. Its a mixture of all thats great with Tull.. The singing, the lyrics, amazing.. And the the music.. Wow butty.. Its absolutely top draw. Imho.. This is a masterpiece ❤️.
This is Tull pushing themselves progressively.. Lyrically.. Ian Anderson is just a genius, fact.. Acoustic bliss.. Electric wonderment.. Hard as nails lyrics.. Its gotvit all.. Andvto think this album came after Thick as a Brick!!!! ♥️ ♥️ ♥️. Amazing, mind blowing achievement imho.
Easily one of the greatest rock bands ever.
I do love this album butty. 😊 😊 😊.
Wonderful review my friend,
You always nail it.. Thanks for making my weekend butty... Heaven and Hell never sounded so good ♥️
When I saw the tour for this album, they did a whole costumed theatrical thing for the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles. The whole night was magical.
My favourite tull album by a large margin. Ian is flawless, the inclusion of saxophone opens up so many dramatic possibilities. Barlow is a monster and martin a master. Everyone in the band is on top form. Unsurpassable.
I have lots to say about Passion Play - The death of the young man who is skipping through life without a care to find his life is done and gone -- The silver cord on the ground refers to a cord tying the soul to the physical body -- ( in astral projection they speak of seeing a silver cord connection) The Fulham Road in London is historically where amusements and distractions from the mundane and ordinary and a big part of the young mans lifestyle played out -- His life review and ascent into Heaven ---- his dissatisfaction with being there and request to go to Hell is granted -- only to find it even worse and his decision to be reincarnated and start all over again -- to begin the Passion Play anew -- I love The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles -- I think of it as a piece where as the play was performed they put in this little fable so the plays scenery could be adjusted -- Its mind your own business moral is presented as FB drama long before that was a thing LOL -- I remember seeing a comment on a Tull song some time ago where someone asked if anyone ever noticed how similar Ian Anderson looked to William Shakespeare -- Ian even says Lord of Time in the lyrics -- and now I think of this album as just that -- He is Shakespeare and a Timelord and entertaining us all throughout the ages -- Anyway I love that thought and Im keeping it --- Thanks Justin
Wonderfully written and sensitive analysis!
I was going to post a ton of stuff to this reaction but you've pretty much covered everything I had to say and more eloquently. Great reply.
There is lots of echoes of Dante's Divine Comedy (esp. Inferno) and John Milton's Paradise Lost as well.
I can see that.... Ian Anderson, Shakespeare.... Yes I can see that. I decided decades back that Zappa was Mozart come back to entertain and shock us.
I agree, Passion Play displayed the folly of our daily construction of life.
Oh man, It took me about 10 years to LOVE this album, since I had Thick as a Brick memorized prior to giving it a chance...When you've spent hours of time with it, you begin the anticipation of certain sections...It's a masterpiece of prog...Ian's second Magnum Opus...:)...Glad you checked it out...
You can hear the inspiration in the singing of Maynard James Keenan from Tool when you listen to Jethro tulls singer. Also this is really good! First time hearing it.
Yes! The segment starting at 19:57 could be a Tool song.
Ian Anderson .
There is a guy on youtube, british, "Classic Album Review", who is a huge Tull fan. He did a review of Tull's top 20 albums from 20th to 1st. Passion Play, in his review, was #1. There are a number of Tull fan sites that have gone deep into the interpretation of this story (Inside the album you have the playbill, which explains the four acts), which frankly, when it came out, I was really too young to completely get. Only now, later, has the story come together. There is a video on youtube of the Story of the Hare who lost his spectacles. Ian originally planned this to be a movie.
I saw the 2nd live performance of this in the US, (my 1st Tull concert actually), and the movie of the ballerina coming to life and crashing through opens the show, and it was quite something to see.
Act 2, the memory bank, is Magus Perde being escorted to have his life review.
Act 3, he descends to hell, looks around, repartee with Satan, then decides nope.
Act 4, checks out heaven and decides there is not much difference between the two, and decides to return to life cause thats as good as it gets. Or so goes one interpretation.
The Fulham road is in London, and there are both cemetaries and hospitals along it and recoring studios.
They had recording sessions in France, from which this album and War Child are the remnants of. The sessions in France were problematic for many reasons and scrapped and reconstructed. In listening to this version, I actually heard a difference in "side 2" (Act 3) from the original album, so evidence of a reconstruction from another cut.
Regarding the acoustic guitar parts, in one of the reviews I read, it mentioned the Spanish guitarist that Ian was listening to at the time (I can't remember name, he is on YT) who influenced him and made its way into this album.
The Story (video and audio) of the Hare who lost his spectacles: th-cam.com/video/H_toN5VfWBo/w-d-xo.html
As constructed in the album, this story is essentially an interlude in the intermission between Acts 2 and 3. In the movie, as originally envisioned, it may have had greater meaning. The dancing (in the video) around the maypole is pagan ritual (I believe) and perhaps relevant to this story.
This ablum was utterly panned by the critics at the time and I think Ian, has moved on from it, although I really wish he would actually try to bring this to the stage.
I HAVE PUT MY EAR TO THIS ALBUM AT LEAST 1500 TIMES. THIS IS A DIFFERENT RECORDING. YOU ARE CORRECT ABOUT SIDE 2. SEEMS TO BE AN EXTRA MINUTE
IN THERE NOT IN THE ORIGINAL.(ABOUT THE 33:18 MARK ON THIS VIDEO). THE SPANISH GUITAR PART IS GORGEOUS.
The lyrics are brilliant and meaningful. It just takes time or someone who knows to explain it
I just recently discovered this channel. I like the fact that you’re listening to this all the way through without any breaks. That’s the only way to listen to Jethro Tull.
This was my very first Jethro Tull concert in 1973 at Boston Garden. There was a big screen at the back of the stage. The lights went out. A small fuzzy white dot appeared on screen and pulsed to the heartbeat, growing larger into a white room where the ballerina lies dead just like the front cover. But then she slowly starts rising up, inch by inch, she gets up and begins twirling and dancing as the music builds. There is a mirror in the room, and she runs and jumps into the mirror which smashes into a million pieces as the stage lights go out. A white spot light shines down on Ian as he sings, "Do you still see me, even here.."
If you listen to it 2 more times ,it will be your favorite album
@@Katehowe3010 I'll leave it to you Christian, I'll keep A Passion Play !
this is how tull opened the passion play tour...in its glorious fullness......the played thick as a brick....before treating us with equaling and earlier tunes......a life music changing night.....so happy i got to experience it
One of my favorite Tull albums...and arguably the most complex. Thanks for the listen!
@@Katehowe3010 I don't necessarily find Minstrel In The Gallery more complex. Less striking yes but I find APP better constructed and coherent whereas in Minstrel, the longer songs are made of different pieces without much relation to each other, and not necessarily interlocking harmoniously. They also contain too many alternating acoustic-electric acoustic-electric passages repeated ad infinitum, there is no variation, it really goes in circles. However, some acoustic passages are very good, but the acoustic/electric mixture does not work. That doesn't mean that I don't like Minstrel In The Gallery, but it doesn't hook me up like A Passion Play did.
my default answer to the question of " favorites " is what ever I am listening to at the time
Killer album cover
The first time I saw Jethro Tull live was for this album tour. I didn't heard the album before. They played songs from their previous albums as a first part and had an intermission before playing this album as a whole in second part. in the album, when the story about the hare begin, this was in a film and they took a break at that time. After the album, they played Thick as a Brick as an encore. The whole show lasted 3 hours!
My favorite line from this album is "Here's the everlasting rub, neither was I good nor bad, I'd give up my halo fior a horn and the horn for the hat I once had". Says it all.😎
Ah, my anticipation finally rewarded!!
Those acoustic guitar passages are played by Ian Anderson. The guy is an amazing guitar player.
To me this album and GG's In A Glass House are sister albums. Both released in 1973, both having a darker mood, a somehow rawer, stripped down sound, many twists and turns, lots of power, yet lots of catchiness too. And the black and white covers fit all that perfectly too. Nice coincidence you're doing both at the same time.
Well seen ! I too have always compared A Passion Play to In A Glass House but for me APP is even more ambitious and convoluted, which makes it even more incredible that the album was written and recorded quickly so much there is richness in it !
A Passion Play is anything but stripped down lol
Good call, I thought of In A Glass House too. Pawn Hearts, The Lamb and Brain Salad also fit into that darker mood category.
Good call! I would also add Cervello's Melos. Each three albums share counterpuntal playfulness and a vaguely eerie atmosphere, perfected by the virtuostic performance of each band member.
Listen at 10:27, for example, and you'll hear influences from Gentle Giant. I saw Tull in concert before Passion Play and their opening band was Gentle Giant. I think they influenced each other's albums.
One of the best albums ever recorded
@@Katehowe3010
I appreciate your opinion, but I'm sorry, I can't agree with you either. For me, this is a work of art.
@@milosshomi80 I agree ! A real gem. their best to me (although I also really like Thick As A Brick, War Child, Heavy Horses and A).
I'm 62 and that album cover just catapulted me backward lol It is still brilliant and absolutely is more applicable now than it was then. The album is a political statement, as all musical masterpieces are. I got see them a few times live in the 70s, and Ian Anderson was still able to hop around on one leg playing the flute for a good hour back then. I didn't realize then how iconic this music would become - to us, they were just playing what we felt in our hearts.
I stumbled across this tonight, which is the best review I’ve ever seen! Jethro Tull has been my favorite band for over 40 years, and JustJP is definitely the best reviewer! Wow …. What a thoughtful and insightful perspective on this album…… many Jethro Tull longtime fans consider this their best piece of work and most underrated! Bravo for this wonderful review!
Thank you so much Rick, I really appreciate that
Incredible live band!
I really enjoyed this. As a Tull fan of 50 years, A Passion Play remains at the very top of my list along with Aqualung. It is deep and rich, lyrically interesting and musically brilliant. It combines rock, folk, music hall, pantomime, theatre and jazz. No ordinary album from an extraordinary band. Loved the reaction video, such insight on a first listening.
Ah yes, A Passion Play, the album that almost destroyed Jethro Tull. Ian Anderson temporarily disbanded Tull after all the negative criticism in the music press. They all thought that it was too similar to Thick as a Brick (well they do say, if you can’t do it, criticise it!). You have so many great Tull albums still to review - Stormwatch, A Minstrel in the Gallery, Heavy Horses and Broadsword & the Beast, to name a few of my favourites. Thanks for the video Justin! 😁
Actually Ian has said that he never said he was retiring from touring. That it was his management that said it.
Dionisio Iacobelli : Yeah, it turned out that it was a publicity stunt by the band’s management, however Ian was left disillusioned by all the criticism, and has stated that it is one of his least favourite Tull albums.
The critics didn't like Passion Play, which puzzled me - it's as good as Thick As A Brick, and even expands the group's sound. What's interesting is their followup album, War Child, doesn't sound much different than Passion Play, but it was much more successful in sales. Perhaps because War Child's tracks were much easier to play on the radio.
@@bobholtzmann Nah, it was the accordion ;)
@@kozlorf A mixed bag of things between albums, but some similarities. Both WarChild and Passion Play have Scottish marches near the ending, but Warchild's was done with actual bagpipes.
Justin nailed it.
Ian’s voice greatly matured on A Passion Play over the previous albums.
It has so much weight and gravitas.
I am struck by how well done your review was, commensurate with the quality of the album. Compared to other reaction channels, JustJP consistently delivers interesting and insightful comments. Keep up the great work. We appreciate it!
Dude, that was pretty cool.
I'm glad you liked it.
I got to see JT perform this whole song/album, in Pasadena, Ca.
AFTER they had played all of Thick As A Brick.
It was during their Songs From The Wood tour.
At the show, Anderson played a lot of the acoustic guitar passages. He had a stand for his saxes, a pouch on his mic stand for his harmonica, and his flute. You should have seen the drums and percussion setup. If you read this, ask me what Ian did with his flute.
It was epic.
I also saw JT on the Passion Play tour. It was amazing.
This is to me, the greatest album Tull and Ian ever recorded. Alongside the Chateau D'isaster tapes from their Nightcap compilation. Me, I've loved it since 1998, when I first heard it. Right up there with Close to the Edge from Yes.
I first saw Tull on the tour for this album. Fantastic show. Loved the film that played for The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles. I think A Passion Play is under rated.
The Hare---was an intermission. Long movies used to have intermissions when you were supposed to fight your way into the toilet trough before the movie started back up. This was another hit on concept LPs, I feel...
This Album was certainly Tull's 'Sgt. Pepper.' A Masterpiece!!
Nah. That would be TAAB.
@@rubicon-oh9km They're both masterpieces, to be honest. They're too different to even really compare in my opinion.
@@rubicon-oh9km TAAB is more ispired and fluid than APP .
@@orabidoo great comment and so very true.
It's worth checking out their album of unreleased music, "Nightcap." It's a double album, and the first one is the infamous recordings from the Chateau D'Isaster sessions. You can hear how A Passion Play took form in a loose meandering way, with other themes Ian abandoned for the APP album. Some of the music is repetitive and goes on too long, but much of it is funny and overtly satirical. These were the days of Monty Python and that super-British absurdist sense of humor and Ian was no comic slouch himself. Take a listen, you'll love it.
'Nightcap' doesn't contain the whole Chateau D'Isaster recordings, and those that are there are retouched with flute overdubs. The complete untouched sessions are in the 40th anniversary edition box of 'A Passion Play'
@@Herod9 Oh sweet! Thanks for clarifying.
Great review. This has always been one of my favorite Jethro Tull albums since hearing it in 1976. They're a band where every album is different than the one before until you get to Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses and Sormwatch.
Funny you mention a similar vibe to Gentle Giant at times. Jethro Tull had toured with Giant the previous year, and from what I've heard the bands got along and admired each other.
Great reaction, JP!
Some observations:
Note how in the theatre programme “The Linwell Theatre” looks like “The Unwell Theatre”…
THE Passion Play is, traditionally, the story of Christ’s life and death. This is “a” passion play, the story of an ordinary life and death.
A silver cord (chord) is said to link the body to the soul. If it lies on the ground, you dead!
The Ice Cream Lady was (is?) a feature of British cinemas and theatres, selling ice cream from a tray in the intermission between shows. She was so excited to see Ronnie Pilgrim’s life shown on screen that she pee’d her pants.
The Memory Bank is the place where your life flashes before your eyes at death, represented here like starring in the movie of your own life.
The Hare… is a children’s nonsense story in the style of Alice or Winnie The Pooh. Perhaps it’s a memory from Ronnie’s own childhood? Maybe it’s just a bit of fun to break up an otherwise long, intense piece of music that the band knew they had to perform live and would need an intermission.
Musically, the album is very experimental, with use of new instruments for Tull, particularly saxophone and the then very unusual and fresh sound of electronic keyboards. Ian says he physically disliked blowing sax and it rarely appeared again in the Tull repertoire, but synths were to become a regular (if at times controversial) addition to the band’s sound.
I like almost everything Tull has produced but A Passion Play is my favourite - a masterpiece.
The cast in the "playbill" is the band's alter-egos. Funnily enough, Martin Barre's character is Derek Small, and Harry Shearer's Spinal Tap character is "Derek Smalls." Years later, Ian Anderson called out Harry Shearer on the name and he apparently dodged the question.
Congrats! One of my favourite JT albums!
"The Hair Who Lost his Spectacles" gave us the humor we needed.
Tull is always about humor in all of its forms.
Passion Play was one of the most awesome concerts I ever saw.
Finally someone does this!! Sweeeet! Now to watch. Lol
I love this album!
I'd love to hear Dream Theatre cover it. It's heavy.
Jethro Tull is my favorite band of all time! They didn't put out one bad album (no, not even under wraps)!
I was 10 years old when I first listen to this and I have carried it with me for life always coming back to it to find myself.
Best concert I ever saw.
I saw this performed live at Wembley (2 nights in a row ) .
I still listen to it , all these years later :- a complicated but beautiful masterpiece .
Well done with this review …
Thanks
Oh yes. Been waiting for this.. First listen and its so good.. Try. LOVE, Set the scene 👍
A Passion Play has the Number 1 spot on my list.
One of my favorite albums..a true masterpiece..the music and lyrics just proves Anderson's a genius
Hard to believe this was created by the mind of one man..... unbelievable genius.
Jeffrey Hammond …(bass player) a friend of Ian’s from school …told the story of the ‘ Hare ‘
Today Jeffrey is a accomplished artist !
I think it's tremendous that you did this in one sitting. I had the immense pleasure of seeing this performance done live at the Chicago Stadium (old building)when I first got out of the service. This is my favorite JT album, even surpassing the incredible Aqualung. ( How dare I) The orchestration and tempo changes and the singing are at peak level. And yes, I sing along, I know every word, including "The hare "
The pastoral section is to turn the LP over and refill your wine glass.🤠👍👍👍
"Well meaning fool, pick up thy bed and rise up from your gloom...smiling" A g-d--n musial miracle!!!
When you purchased your tickets for the Passion Play concert you learned that some seats would have an obstructed view due to a movie screen above the stage. A movie screen? What were we in for?
The opening band had quit the stage and the roadies were putting the final touches to the stage. The screen hung above the stage. Everyone was taking advantage of the break to visit the restroom or get a drink or snack. Suddenly, the ballerina from the album cover appeared on the screen! Oh, boy! Here we go! But, nothing happened. She just sat there, unmoving, the house lights still on. Ok. Not ready, I guess. Back to getting snacks, talking to friends, etc., when a spotlight hit the ballerina. Ok, here we go! The spotlight grew to cover the entire screen, turned red then started pulsating and began to lose focus and shrank away to nothingness. The house lights were still up. Another false alarm. Back to getting drinks, going to the restroom...wait! Weren't the ballerina's hands facing down? Cuz they're not now! Watch her! She's moving. She's moving slowly, like the minute hand of a clock. Watch her! She's starting to slowly accelerate. The house lights are finally down and without knowing when it started you hear strange music rising. The ballerina stands and dances, full speed now, across the room and up to a full length mirror. She leaps into the mirror and dances away on the other side. There is an explosion on stage and the band appears, playing!
Incredible!
The double kick work Barrie utilizes in this is just beautiful, clinical! I mean an absolute master class of drumming and how to properly utilize the double bass!!!
Powerful, yet graceful... I think his drumming on APP is his most creative and technical and is just flat out perfect!!! I've tried to play it myself and it's an ass kicker!
I mean c'mon who does triplet feels on the double bass that fast!!! The time signature is in 3/3 during those parts and his feel is still in 3 despite all that's going on! It's so hard to do because you want to play 4 on the double kick, but you can't because you loose the 3 feel. Each note on the kick is so precise, just phenomenal!!
...Passion Play, Minstrel in the Gallery & Aqualung are the top-3 for me , although they have tons of more brilliant stuff... J.T. are effortlessly in my top-10 of 70s bands (I experienced them first-hand then, being in my twenties)... please do Minstrel as well, its absolutely worthwhile!!
Great reaction, thanks! This is an underestimated masterpiece!😎👍
"She laid her head upon my disbelief, and bathed me with her eversmile"
I am glad you selected Passion Play for review. It IS my favorite Tull album and is very listenable still. I agree with your appreciation of the importance of John Evan, in my view, the best Tull music included him. The only other thing I have to add was the sheer awe and jaw dropping impact the live concert tour of this album and the impression it made on me at age 15, seeing it in the summer of 1973. It was my first J. Tull concert and remains my favorite of more than 12 shows of theirs I have attended. I believe it is a brilliant work and deserves to be remembered as such.
My favorite as of now as well :)
When I was in high school in 1975, a friend performed/read the Hare Who Lost his Spectacles in front a small crowd in the Library! He dd a wonderful job! And I knew the original then. This is an awesome album!
Thanks for posting this!
One of my favorites ever saw this tour in Fort Worth. ... I saw TAAB tour as well Great shows and one of the tightest band ever live ever perfection and they put on a show as well
The split between the "A" side and "B" side of the LP occurs in the middle of "The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles" right after the lyric "And sitting astride a twig of a bush a bee." (A/B, get it?)
There’s also a little musical flutter after that that was missing in the full digital play through.
Lol i never understood that...
My number one favourite Jethro Tull. One song. The hare that lost his spectacles. This is more music tban Thick....
(This is from Matt the Genesis nut. Check out Spot the Pigeon.)
Wish I could have seen this live! I have been told that it starts with the heartbeat and the cover picture...then you "realize" the Ballerina is moving her fingers!
A Passion Play, Minstrel in the Gallery, Songs from the Woods are my favorite JT albums.
So glad you used the remixed version which has the 2 extra verses on The Foot Of Our Stairs section!!!!!
Yes that surprised me me as I know the album note for note.😱
My favorite Tull album. My first JT Tull concert was A Passion Play Tour back about 73 at the Providence Civic Center. What a show!!!! I remember like it was yesterday... Minor note,Anderson plays acoustic guitar on PP...
Tull’s greatest achievement by far.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. The album cover, you may well know, is slightly confusing. There is fictional content all over it, with no credits to the band, until you look at the record label. There it says that Ian Anderson is on acoustic guitars, which really impresses me because there is some nice Spanish Classical style acoustic guitar playing on this album. That, and Ian also plays a soprano sax in addition to his flute!
Ian plays some wonderful acoustic guitar, and yet never seems to acknowledge his own talent. His flute playing obviously dominates his image, but I love it when he brings out his little parlour guitar and produces some amazing textures and phrases.
He often says he took up the flute because he’d never be as good on guitar as Clapton but I’ve seen both play live and I’d sooner hear Ian any day!
During the stage performance along with the movie break in the middle of the piece there were prerecorded musical interludes where the stage balled out and the band could catch their collective breath.
My favorite review of yours so far J.P. My personal favorite Tull album , when I first heard some people found this album a tough listen I was surprised , I (like you) liked it right away . This and Dark Side were my introduction into prog ( in the 70s ) . I personally prefer this piece over Close to the edge , sorry everyone but I just do . Cheers bro ! Keep up the good work .
Same thing as you, as much for having hooked to the album right away and that it is my favorite Jethro Tull album and also for the fact that I much prefer A Passion Play to Close to the Edge (which is an album which never amazed me anyway).
Thank you so much Barry! Appreciate that
A concept album tour de force! A full-fledged dramatic theater play, intermission included. Five fantastic musicians at their playing and composing peak.
Thank you Justin! It was a joy watching you react to this. All those 'what the f....?' moments. It was like listening to it again myself for the first time. I loved watching it.
This is my favourite JT album, but it's very controversial. Many JT fans (and Ian Anderson himself and the rest of the band) don't seem to like it at all. It was slated by the critics when it was released. The use of synths (more than just the usual piano and organ) and the extra saxophone give it a completely different sound and feel. I think Ian does most of the acoustic guitars. People don't appreciate it underneath all the singing and flute playing but he is actually my acoustic guitar hero.
One of their best LP's.
Very cool album. Got it when it came out.
Utterly brilliant work of art.
Justin, I think that APP will eventually be your second favourite Tull album...
Right after Minstrel in the Gallery. ;)
Absolutely! And time tested by me, still listening for almost half a century, Minstrel still no.1 by a hare.
Baker St. Muse :D
This guy TULLS!
Jethro Tull is my favorite band, A Baker Street Muse is my all time favorite song.
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I've been waiting for someone to do this. Thank you.
Thank you again for your unique review style. You are one of only two that do a reaction vid that has worth IMHO. There are so many reaction vids, but yours stands out for the fun, sincerity, and willingness to put yourself out there. Passion Play is among my favorites from Jethro Tull (JT), and your (JP) review. JT is not a group easy to define, but with a unique sound and subjects.
I was about 15 when I first listened to A Passion play. What a contrast and what a shock to what I‘ve heard before from them, which was basically -A- and The Broadsword and The Beast. I didn‘t understand The Passion Play at that age and I almost hated the music, especially The Hare … . Now I‘m 53 years old and I own almost every single LP (or CD) of Jethro Tull,. A Passion Play is among my top 5 albums of JT now, which are A Minstrel in the Gallery, Aqualung, Thick as a brick, A Passion Play and the completely underated Stormwatch. So my musical taste definately has changed by age. Like a good wine that gets better the older it gets - it‘s the same with A Passion Play.
I totally agree. I‘m 54 and my first Tull album was Songs from the wood, which I love till today.Maybe the 2nd was Stormwatch or Thick as a brick. I saw them 82 with broadsword, 84 with Under wraps and 86. I don‘t like the albums after Broadsword, but I agree, that Stormwatch is completely underrated. It has fantastic drum-work from Barlow and really great musical moments. But I don`t like the famous Heavy horses which is for me too poppy and too smooth. Passion play is a rebellious one, I loved the hare who lost his spectacles from the first hearing. by the way, I don‘t like Warchild very much, which came after Passion and was more successful. And at least: Most critics and Tull fans don`t like Too old to… I like it, especially more than warchild, heavy horses, A and everything after broadsword.
I disliked most Jethro Tull albums on first listen, Stand Up being an exception. But it took me several listens to "get" A Passion Play. One of my favs these days.
I was 13 when I first heard it but that was in 1973 it blew me away
I’m a little older, but the first Tull album I bought and fell in love with was 1978’s Heavy Horses (I never hear anyone even mention that one even though 2 of those songs were on the legendary Bursting Out live album). I then went on to buy every album on vinyl, CD, and searched for all the originals like PP with the play bill and Stand Up with the pop of the band (have em all). Also saw Tull first time in 1980 for A.
I can listen to PP start to finish any day of the week.
my top JT album, a brilliant composition, their weirdest and intriguing one for me, very well executed as a metaphysical theater play within our imagination. I have the LP, CD, Live DVD, all the bunch, hahaha, nice to see you discovering such hidden pearls. Can you imagine this masterpiece on stage? Welcome to Tullyland!
An amazing live show
Congratulations JP! So many others doing reviews get bigger followers #s by reviewing more pop. You follow instincts to listen to music maybe not so mainstream. It seems more of a love of what you’re doing seeking jewels, and putting on your jewelers loop to analyze exactly what you’ve found.
So many people did spew much hate on this album, piece of music.... I loved it from my first listen on day 1. What a magic Masterpiece! Love it still!
My friend I could talk for days on Jethro Tull and have. 50 years is a long time to like anything. Jeffrey Hammond wrote the hare who lost his spectacles. A lot of the acoustic guitar was played by Ian he is a great acoustic player.
Haven't heard this since I was 15.......52 now. Forgot how great it is. Thanks for reintroducing me to it. Great channel.
Congrats on reaching 20K JP and also on deciding to do this in one video. Such a great record. Great reaction.
Wow. Never heard this mix. Saw this in '73 at MSG. Fantastic.
Oh, and I'm a drummer and when I saw the Brick it was my first exposure to these guys and I witnessed the drummer, Barriemore Barlow, was the best drummer I had ever seen besides Buddy Rich. And the superb bass player is Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond. The Balerina on the LP is his wife Jenny.
A few rock press critics disliked this album . True Tull fans loved it . Ian finds the Heaven /Hell idea stupid and concocted a satire about a boring Heaven and an interesting Hell . A sketch for the album exists , called the Chateau Disaster Tapes .
I can't believe you did this album!!! I love it. Funny story behind this album. After Tull did a show the previous year in America, Ian Anderson was ready to quit. All the screaming and noise from the fans was ruining, or so he felt, the band's acoustic style of music. So, they ramped up this electronic Passion Play to drown out the noise. Boy, I am glad they did! What an album!!!