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Radio Version

Could someone explain which part(s) of this album are used in the radio edit?

It's pretty much the first 3 minutes, right up to where the acoustic guitar stops (just after "spin me down the long ages let them sing the song") and the band go into the 5/4 section. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 17:11, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lyrics

I've tried to explain what some of the lyrics mean but I'm not too happy with the way they came out. CambridgeBayWeather 07:45, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps a table would fit better... --Emc² (Contact me

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merge

wouldn't it be better if Gerald Bostock were merged with this article? — goethean ॐ 16:43, 9 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

25th anniversary cover

The album cover for the 25th Anniversary edition is slightly different from the art that’s currently shown in the article, so I’m going to add it as an alternate cover. If you have any qualms, explain them below. —BrOnXbOmBr21 06:39, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Needs to be changed

Don't you think that this is written too informallly? Especially the section about the title of the song, it's like talking with a fan of Jethro Tull. I think it is no appropriate for Wikipedia.--78.84.184.201 (talk) 11:18, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

BetacommandBot (talk) 02:29, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, completely inappropriate - and have removed it.

Rrose Selavy (talk) 19:37, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Capitalization

As should be capitalized. It's an adverb, not a preposition as it might seem. "To the same extent or degree; equally: The child sang as sweetly as a nightingale." for example.(ref)http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/as As at Dictionary.com(/ref) Pixel Eater (talk) 03:08, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

After reading this[[1]], I believe the lowercase is correct and should remain. This is an instance of the construction "as...as" with the first "as" only implied ("[as] thick as a brick"). In this structure, it's the (here omitted) first "as" that has the adverbial meaning of "equally." The second "as" is a preposition similar to "like." Richard K. Carson (talk) 07:03, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Long-delayed?

This sentence worries me somewhat:

On April 3, 2012, Ian Anderson released a long-delayed sequel, "Thick As a Brick 2", ...

I have been following Jethro Tull for a quite a while now, and have never heard the idea that a sequel had been in the pipeline until last year. And nothing that Ian Anderson has said gives me the impression that he has been working on this until the last two years. "Long-delayed" is just pure hyperbole. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.130.71.68 (talk) 07:23, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Chart

Did it really not chart in the UK? Did it only chart in the US, Australia, and Canada? 146.198.128.142 (talk) 23:28, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Resesi

Cover inspired by? So any album cover that looks like a newspaper was also inspired by? 2001:56A:F414:D300:C010:DE2B:7B3F:774B (talk) 18:37, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pink Floyd

The description of how "Thick as a Brick" was recorded reminds me strongly of Echoes (Pink Floyd song), which was similarly pieced together with everyone contributing. As it seems that "Echoes" was released a year before "Thick as a Brick" it might be appropriate to mention this in the article, as a possible influence. --BjKa (talk) 00:14, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think it has more in common with Frank Zappa's work myself - musically challenging, stylistically all over the place, taxing for a casual listener, and topped off with a large dollop of silliness. However, I am no more a reliable source than you, so it can't go in. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 11:51, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Three covers of the album

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Do not Speedy Me Rabbit

The original LP artwork should be used. The CD and the 25th anniversary editions should be removed. I found better versions of the artwork, like this one. Unsure about the gatefold image as it may belong to a section. --George Ho (talk) 03:57, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@George Ho: Agreed; we don't need three non-free images on this article. They can be described broadly speaking as "the CD covers are crops of the LP that are not as good as the medium is smaller". I have moved the original LP cover to the main images and deleted the others per WP:CSD#F5. The images you linked to, however, don't show the full page which folds out from LP to A3 size. I have the original album and can do a higher-quality scan, but I think what we currently have is sufficient for a fair-use infobox illustration and doesn't need to be any better. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 11:21, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ooh... I would like to see a high-quality scan in PNG, Ritchie333, but I'll wait and hold my patience. :) George Ho (talk) 11:46, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There doesn't appear to be a copy of the whole newspaper online that is a resolution where you can read it. I think you may be waiting a while, as the text is still in copyright so I can't just bung scans online. A shame that, as some of the silly prose in it is better than the actual music in places. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 12:17, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What about 45worlds.com and discogs? By the way, I wonder whether the gatefold portion is necessary. George Ho (talk) 12:35, 3 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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