℗ 2015 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
| Released | June 30, 2015 |
| Duration | 43m 37s |
| Record Label | Parlophone UK |
| Genre | Pop |
Thick As A Brick (Steven Wilson Mix)
Jethro Tull
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Really Don't Mind / See There a Son Is Born
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4:59 | |||
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1.2
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The Poet and the Painter
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5:29 | |||
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1.3
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What Do You Do When the Old Man's Gone? / From the Upper Class
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5:26 | |||
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1.4
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You Curl Your Toes in Fun / Childhood Heroes / Stabs Instrumental
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6:48 | |||
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1.5
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See There a Man Is Born / Clear White Circles
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5:59 | |||
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1.6
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Legends and Believe in the Day
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6:34 | |||
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1.7
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Tales of Your Life
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5:24 | |||
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1.8
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Childhood Heroes Reprise
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2:58 |
Thick as a Brick is perhaps Jethro Tull’s definitive progressive rock album. Born from a desire to really produce a concept album after the rock critics so dubbed the previous year’s Aqualung, the record features a rock first: one continuous song on both sides. The music, and the lyrics, are challenging to the listener and reflect complex influences of folk, jazz, and rock. With Thick, Anderson and company broaden rock beyond the limitations of the short song format.
Understanding Thick requires recognition of the popularity of Monthy Python in the early 1970’s. Anderson meant for the album to be a send up of rock pretentiousness, critics, and the band itself. The album cover claimed, outrageously enough, that the lyrics had been written by an eight year-old boy, Gerald Bostock, and set to music by the band. Even today, Anderson still gets the occasional person asking about Bostock or commenting about the prodigy’s advancing age.
This release features a new mix and master from Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Parlophone UK Studio Masters
Tracks 1-8 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-8 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.11 -0.18 to -0.10 | -19.01 -20.72 to -17.56 | -15.71 -17.20 to -14.20 | 13 12 to 14 | |
| 1 | Really Don't Mind / See There a Son Is Born | -0.10 | -20.12 | -16.0 | 13 |
| 2 | The Poet and the Painter | -0.10 | -18.25 | -15.6 | 13 |
| 3 | What Do You Do When the Old Man's Gone? / From the Upper Class | -0.10 | -19.35 | -16.4 | 14 |
| 4 | You Curl Your Toes in Fun / Childhood Heroes / Stabs Instrumental | -0.10 | -18.86 | -15.0 | 13 |
| 5 | See There a Man Is Born / Clear White Circles | -0.10 | -20.72 | -17.2 | 13 |
| 6 | Legends and Believe in the Day | -0.18 | -19.65 | -16.6 | 13 |
| 7 | Tales of Your Life | -0.10 | -17.58 | -14.7 | 13 |
| 8 | Childhood Heroes Reprise | -0.10 | -17.56 | -14.2 | 12 |