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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Is it safe to say that you would put it the masterpiece or near masterpiece class?






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Is it safe to say that you would put it the masterpiece or near masterpiece class?
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'Benefit' is one of my all time favorite lp's by Tull. Also love 'Stand Up' and 'Aqulaung'.
Like all the early stuff ....would keep the frist 4 over anything else they did...though I do like TAAB, Minstrel, Songs, Horses and Stormwatch. Also a fan of 'Living In The Past'.
At one time 'Benefit' was my favorite ..might still be though 'Aqualung' is right there also.

I prefer Tull when Anderson is writing shorter witty rock songs. I don't think his forte was TAAB and PP though some think so. Not to say those were bad lps...they were good ,,just not what Tull represented for me.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

By cracky, it does have that bucolic 60s folk vibe.


now imagine Lightfoot singing it with mostly acoustic guitar backing
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Maybe in my top 5 favourite Tull albums, maybe just missed out, it's tough to say.
Cry Me A Song is definitely my favourite track.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

By cracky, it does have that bucolic 60s folk vibe.

now imagine Lightfoot singing it with mostly acoustic guitar backing
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By cracky, it does have that bucolic 60s folk vibe.
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Hmmm. I just popped in "Inside" to ponder your thesis.
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3rd or 4th fave Tull album, after Thick, Heavy Horses, maybe Songs from the Wood or Aqualung.
I LOVE about half the songs.  As I say every time I talk about it, it has a great singer/songwriter vibe to me, especially the wonderful "Inside", which, with a different arrangement, could have been a Gordon Lightfoot song Geek


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An album I find transitional and workmanlike, but with impressive lyrics, while some find it a near masterpiece. What's your opinion on Benefit?
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