MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY

Splendid! Then I shall start now!

Minstrel In the Gallery is an album that is regarded among the people that have it, but it doesn't have the controversy or just strait popularity of THICK AS A BRICK or A PASSION PLAY. Though I think this fits perfectly into the duology of those two albums.

Though usually A Passion Play is regarded as dark album, this album is far darker, I think would have worked far better if our friend Ian decided to combine the first five tracks through the magic of editing into a side-long track. That would have brought more attention.

Actually I think I'll edit my own that way.

edit: Okay, I did that, and it sounds way better. All of those word things at the begginings are out and it starts with the beggining of Minstrel, then I wanted to end it with the second part of Minstrel, yet I changed my mind and made that second to last and made Requiem it.

edit 2: Wow, I just like ended that review to make a mix. Maybe I should conclude the review.

1. Minstrel In the Gallery: Starts off quite nicely, and following one of Martin Barres best solos ever is a second similar part to that that rocks much harder, much in the style of 'I've Seen All Good People' by Yes

2: Cold Wind To Valhalla: This ones a strange one to describe

Will finish in a few hours

Well, it turned out to be a couple of days, disregard that.

3: Black Satin Dancer: This track seems to define what Jethro TUlls style was at this point in time, and has a sweeping, epic part at the end, that really makes me smile every time.

4. Requiem: This song is perhaps one of the most personality-effecting songs I have ever heard, for its extreme solemness. One time, I played it to a group of people that were smiling and happy, then by the end of the song the entire room was silent.

5. One White Duck/0^10 = Nothing at all: Basically this song is the yang to Requiems Yin, it is a bright acoustic song that lasts long yet doesn't overstay its welcome, and can make all of those feelings encompassed by Requiem instantly vanish. The lyrical undertones may be sad, yet I choose to ignore that.

6. Baker Street Muse: This song is as much of a medley a Thick As a Brick is, which isn't a medley at all. Baker Street Muse is a wonderful song, yet doesn't match A Passion Play or Thick as a Brick, but then again, those are two of the greatest albums in rock history. This relates more to TAAB as Passion play just by the way the transitions and song structure works than anything else.

7. Grace: Jethro Tull's own 'Her Majesty'

Though MInstrel In The Gallery is an easy 5 star album, it should not be aproached as your first Jethro Tull album, for that, there is Songs From The Wood and Aqualung.

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