Single disc release of the 2014 Steven Porcupine Tree Wilson mix of this classic album by Ian Anderson and friends. Thick As A Brick was the fifth studio album by Jethro Tull released in 1972. The album is notable for only including one song which spans the entire album. Thick As A Brick was deliberately crafted in the style of a concept album (and as a quot;bombasticquot; and quot;over the topquot; parody). The original packaging designed like a newspaper claims the album to be a musical adaptation of an epic poem by a (fictional) eight-year-old genius though the lyrics were actually written by the band s frontman Ian Anderson. The album was a commercial success and topped the US charts.