In April of 1972, Jethro Tull took everything that people either loved or hated about prog-rock and put it in a 44-minute album that was also, incidentally, a 44-minute song: Thick as a Brick.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jethro Tull posed in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1972. Left to right: Ian Anderson, Barriemore Barlow (Barrie Barlow), Jeffrey ...

A concept album about 8-year-old schoolboy Gerald Bostock and his struggles in life, 1972’s Thick as a Brick cemented Jethro Tull as prog-rock icons. And yet the British group never played the entire ...

Jethro Tull's follow-up to their breakthrough Aqualung album was Thick as a Brick. The LP was as notable for its packaging as much as the music it contained. In fact, it was just about the most ...

Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson has already commemorated the 40th anniversary of its hit 'Thick as a Brick' record by releasing a sequel -- and now the band is continuing the celebration by reaching ...

To hear Ian Anderson tell it, first in 1988 and again this week, the aural teddy bear known as Jethro Tull endures. True, that “bear” may now look a bit worse for wear, but its music — a fusion of ...

One of Jethro Tull's classic records, 'Thick as a Brick,' celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, and Ultimate Classic Rock is giving you the opportunity to win the new vinyl box set version of the ...

Thick as a Brick Really Don't Mind / See There a Son Is Born (5:00) The Poet and the Painter (5:29) What Do You Do When the Old Man's Gone? / From the Upper Class (5:25) You Curl Your Toes in Fun / ...

It was intended to be a bit of a spoof, actually -- a send-up of the pretentiousness of progressive rock. Four decades later, people are still taking Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick seriously as a ...

Aqualung,released during 1971, may be Jethro Tull’s signature release but 1972’s Thick As A Brick is their most ambitious despite Ian Anderson’s protests to the contrary over the years. Band leader ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One thing that never really dies is a truly progressive rock album. A case in point is Jethro Tull's "Thick As A Brick," originally released in 1972, before disco, punk and rap ...