Tim Smolko holds master's degrees in Musicology and in Library Science and is monographs original cataloger at the University of Georgia.

• PrefaceAcknowledgements1: Providing a Context for Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play2: Galliards and Lute Songs: The Influence of Early Music in Jethro Tull3: Geared Toward the Exceptional Rather than the Average: The Album Cover and Lyrics of Thick as a Brick4: The Music of Thick as a Brick: Form and Thematic Development5: The Music of Thick as a Brick: Other Features6: The Château d'Isaster Tapes and the Album Cover and Lyrics of A Passion Play7: The Music of A Passion Play8: Monty Python, Reception, and Live VersionsConclusionsEpilogue: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock?Appendix 1: The Complete Lyrics to Thick as a BrickAppendix 2: The Complete Lyrics to A Passion PlayAppendix 3: Analysis of the Instrumental PassagesNotesBibliography Index

[D]elves deep into the past in this new work to bring us the story of these two albums as well as a painstaking analysis that allows us to see not only the particular genius of Tull but the important role both records played in shaping '70s rock. . . . Smolko's passion for the subject matter and ability to wax enthusiastic about the smallest details makes this volume worth reading. . . . A volume that excites with its intelligence and sense of observation, two of the many qualities that will actually find you giv[ing] this book more than one read.(PopMatters) [R]ather than offering yet another biography, Smolko takes a musicological—as well as a cultural— approach to just two of Tull's albums [] an endorsement from such a notebale authority [as Adrian Stone-Mason] surely makes this worth reading for those of a scholarly bent.(Rock n' Reel)