Jethro Tull's Thick as a brick and A passion play : inside two long songs / Tim Smolko.
Series: Profiles in popular musicPublisher: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2013]Copyright date: �2013Description: 1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780253010315 (paperback : alkaline paper)
- 9780253010261
- 9780253010384 (e-book)
- 782.42166092/2 23
- ML421.J5 S66 2013eb

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Life is a long song : providing a context for Thick as a brick and A passion play -- Galliards and lute songs : the influence of early music in Jethro Tull -- Geared toward the exceptional rather than the average : the album cover and lyrics of Thick as a brick -- The music of Thick as a brick : form and thematic development -- The music of Thick as a brick : other features -- The Ch�ateau d'Isaster tapes and the album cover and lyrics of A passion play -- The music of A passion play -- Monty Python, reception, and live versions.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.