Thick As A Brick

(1972)

“after aqualung, i felt we had to take a big step forward. Many writers wrote about aqualung as a concept album, and i kept saying, ‘Maybe two or three songs in the same area, but not a concept.’ in the wake of all of that, i thought, ‘right, let’s show them what a concept album is,’ and it seemed like an amusing idea to go down that route in this Pythonesque way and to try to use surreal humour. it clicked in america, which was a surprise, and it was our first real foray in that sort of theatrical presentation.”