This Was  originally intended to be a Jethro Tull tribute thread, but it's more fun to run a long overdue Top 7 albums thread instead. Jethro Tull's early albums still Stand Up to scrutiny over half a century later. With the modern-day Benefit of the internet, I've been diving deep (with the aid of an Aqualung) into Jethro Tull's extensive discography. I'd have to be Thick as a Brick not to know that the original Jethro Tull (1674-1741) was an English agriculturalist who pioneered the use of the seed drill, but that's Living in the Past. In the present day,  Ian Anderson and his merry band of minstrels have been sowing the seeds of Prog Folk now for coming up to sixty years with A Passion Play of timeless songs and classic albums to their eternal credit. At the age of 76, Ian Anderson isn't quite old enough to be a War Child, but he's the original Minstrel in the Gallery who's not Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, But Too Young to Die. 

Simply list your Top 7 Jethro Tull albums in order of preference below and then I'll assign the usual system of points to your listings:-

  1971: Mick Abrahams - Mick Abrahams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQwoiIM8OVQ

  1990: Mick Abrahams - All Said and Done - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ny64TzltuIQ0fJsZEINoRrvg7N_k0uHdU

  1996: Mick Abrahams - Mick's Back - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lGW6lQu3YmDK4KGLfEU0ISZysB34aVXGQ

  1996: Mick Abrahams - One - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUiAvyannRJUCl_9s-tSQN3c_zNB0upFw 

  2000: Mick Abrahams - See My Way - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lRLJQTbDajQMGQqDXRNzTFy6b2lRocVSE                

  2001: Mick Abrahams - This Was the First Album of Jethro Tull - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nlRK6iWgSTBhBf3hUcnlxixXc5KEc63YE

  2013: Mick Abrahams - Hoochie Coochie Man - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lLqEVdOKKR9SoWSCPM9-vNegtN6Effxj0

  2013: Mick Abrahams - Cat Squirrel Blues - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kCRntvVHxBOTEUfa_c1E1R6pmpM_tKot4

  2014: Mick Abrahams - Working in the Blues Kitchen - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k-t77eglMGDPjX2Fnsj9Xfx5wBiSPAh-A

  2015: Mick Abrahams - Revived! - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lqHbSWGUNJJ1PdQfhNz0Sj2ItetQEoWdk

  2015: Mick Abrahams - Novox - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k4pBz1KyKD2GJXItWLNHlwfK5QjNOaFRU

  2016: Mick Abrahams - Long Long Gone - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ko6D9ZCSLm2X0JqTPw8js7gQ7ID9xl-Sg

  1999: Maartin Allcock - OX15 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mAwtWFxOXnRxZ70JPANS4Sqc1ATWxYj_o

2. A Passion Play

3. Minstrel in the Gallery

4. Aqualung

5. Songs From the Wood

6. A

7. Crest of a Knave

I just received 29 notifications that I live in a bed of spinach.

2) Aqualung

3) SftW

4) APP

5) Horses

6) Minstrel

7) Stand Up

Possibly... 

8) Stormwatch

9) Benefit

10) Broadsword

11) War Child

12) This Was...

13) Too Old

14) A

the rest.... with Under Wraps firmly at the bottom of the pile.

1. Thick as a Brick  (79 points)

2. Aqualung  (49 points)

3. Songs from the Wood  (42 points)

4. A Passion Play  (34 points)

5. Heavy Horses  (29 points)

6. Stand Up  (26 points)

7. Minstrel in the Gallery  (21 points)

8. Benefit  (18 points)

Thanks to everyone who took part in the voting. No surprise that Thick as a Brick is well in front at the top of the table - hanging chads permitting. 

By the way, I just discovered Dr Wu is a song by Steely Dan. 

Songs from the Wood

Thick as a Brick

Stand Up

Minstrel in the Gallery

Living in the Past

Heavy Horses

And then...

A Passion Play

Benefit

War Child

Stand Up

This Was

Storm Watch

Too Old to Rock and Roll