Top 7 Jethro Tull Albums

Top 7 update with Keneth Levine's votes added:-

Top 7 update with Gentle and Giant's votes added:-

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 16 2024 at 12:35

Saperlipopette! wrote: Pleased to see Psychedelic Paul wrote: 4. Benefit  (53 points) doing so well. To me it's peak Tull as a genuine band - and just ten perfect songs. Ian Anderson's songwriting in this era is up there among the all time greatest - regardless of genres. And what an amazing band they were! Tull were pretty great throughout the 1970's, but they lost their groove after Aqualung.

Top 7 update with Someone Else's votes added:-

1 Thick As A Brick

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Saperlipopette! wrote: Pleased to see Psychedelic Paul wrote: 4. Benefit  (53 points) doing so well. To me it's peak Tull as a genuine band - and just ten perfect songs. Ian Anderson's songwriting in this era is up there among the all time greatest - regardless of genres. And what an amazing band they were! Tull were pretty great throughout the 1970's, but they lost their groove after Aqualung.  The Top 7 turned out pretty much as I expected, although I'm surprised Heavy Horses is currently ranked higher than Minstrel in the Gallery, which behooves me to give Heavy Horses another listen.

You know there's been so many years since last I heard it, I went back and gave Minstrel another shot this morning (the Steven Wilson version as I was curious about it). Looking at the cover art, the tracklist, it all seems so right. But when I press play I reminded why I've never fully gotten into it. The sheer sound of the instruments - the guitar in particular. It's unfittingly heavier, more sterile and not this warmly fuzzy, hard rocking grooves anymore. It sounds like Barre thinks he's in a Heavy Metal band, and not in a proggy Folk Rock group. And whenever the guitar isn't issue and we get these beautiful acoustic numbers, they are occasionally ruined by a string section that doesn't really add anything of substance. All that aside and hidden unerneath there's a pretty great album to be found. If those mentioned technicalities weren't an issue, I'm sure I would have rated Minstrel in the Gallery above both Heavy Horses and Songs From the Wood. Placing it behind A Passion Play - like i did - is certainly all wrong.  

Thick as a Brick

Saperlipopette! wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Saperlipopette! wrote: Pleased to see Psychedelic Paul wrote: 4. Benefit  (53 points) doing so well. To me it's peak Tull as a genuine band - and just ten perfect songs. Ian Anderson's songwriting in this era is up there among the all time greatest - regardless of genres. And what an amazing band they were! Tull were pretty great throughout the 1970's, but they lost their groove after Aqualung.  The Top 7 turned out pretty much as I expected, although I'm surprised Heavy Horses is currently ranked higher than Minstrel in the Gallery, which behooves me to give Heavy Horses another listen.  You know there's been so many years since last I heard it, I went back and gave Minstrel another shot this morning (the Steven Wilson version as I was curious about it). Looking at the cover art, the tracklist, it all seems so right. But when I press play I reminded why I've never fully gotten into it. The sheer sound of the instruments - the guitar in particular. It's unfittingly heavier, more sterile and not this warmly fuzzy, hard rocking grooves anymore. It sounds like Barre thinks he's in a Heavy Metal band, and not in a proggy Folk Rock group. And whenever the guitar isn't issue and we get these beautiful acoustic numbers, they are occasionally ruined by a string section that doesn't really add anything of substance. All that aside and hidden unerneath there's a pretty great album to be found. If those mentioned technicalities weren't an issue, I'm sure I would have rated Minstrel in the Gallery above both Heavy Horses and Songs From the Wood. Placing it behind A Passion Play - like i did - is certainly all wrong.