Some members of the band have expressed distaste for the album in retrospect in future interviews, including Anderson, saying that "I've always thought that "A Passion Play" suffered more than any other album I've ever made from being over-arranged and over-produced and over-cooked" and that Jethro Tull fans who call the album their favorite album of all time "should of course remain in the establishment for the criminally insane in which they probably already reside." Barre has also said that he believes that the album exists in "the bottom third of Jethro Tull albums."