The Tour
5
By Jimi James II
Saw this tour which was synched to various short films and done of a piece as is the album. It was even more technically rigorous than Thick as a Brick but in the era of Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ian's lads blasted right through. Quite impressive and an evening I still recall fondly. The point: an intense studio album of progressive music that the band vividly presented live.
A flawed masterpiece
5
By Orc of Darktown
Gets better over time. Ambitious, over wrought, and quite a musical adventure
Only the Best Album Ever
5
By Steelmonkey23
A Passion Play is to the Tull catalog what Tull is to all other rock bands....
One of Tull’s best.
5
By yablooze
Couldn’t agree less with the iTunes review. A PASSION PLAY sustains itself musically throughout its entire length, and the ext a frills taken with the classic Tull sound (saxophone, synths, etc.) blend in quite well. I think Ian Anderson, who wrote the lyrics, was doing another p**-take on concept albums, much as Tull (and Gerald Bostock) did on THICK AS A BRICK—and it’s not as if rock, progressive or otherwise, hasn’t seen its share of inscrutable lyrics before! This is not as immediately accessible as was BRICK, pays off with repeated listens.
