Jethro Tull

Hey guys...and girls?

I am new here and relatively new to prog. I was curious about Jethro Tull. I had bought Thick As a Brick and I thought it was fantastic. Now at one time I had owned Aqualung and Warchild and wasn't overly impressed. It was many years ago, however, and perhaps my feelings would be different these days. Also I had a compilation and while all the songs were good I do not want to go that route this time.

I was wondering if you could point me at one or two others that may be on the same level as TAAB or if you feel that was their one swansong please let me know. Also, please do not give me a shopping list of their albums...just 1 or 2 suggestions would be great.

I appreciate any assistance you can give me.

Thanks

Pan

Songs From The Wood & Heavy Horses - if you don't get into these albums, there really is no hope......

The "problem" is that Tull only made two actual,proper prog albums. "Thick As A Brick" and "A Passion Play". Most of the others are also very good but I don't think they can be called prog,even Ian Anderson himself says that Tull's prog period really only incorporated the two aformentioned albums and that was it as far as Tull as a prog band was concerned. Anderson says Tull was a prog band for "a little while",and who are we to argue with the great man himself? As for the rest of them,"Minstrel In The Gallery" is rather proggy so if you're looking for something not a million miles away from "Thick..." you could check that one,Panoramic.

I think Songs for the Wood had Gentle Giant light written all over it.

THE 4 GREATEST WORK FROM THE TULL ARE:

-THICK AS A BRICK

-MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY

-SONGS FROM THE WOOD

-STAND UP

AQUALUNG AS I RECALL I RATED IT WITH 4 STARS, IT DIDN'T REALLY IMPRESSED ME AT ALL, BUT IT'S A GREAT ALBUM. JT IS A BAND THAT DINDN'T CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS A PROG BAND, TOUGH THIER WORK IS GOOD AND PROG ENOUGH TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS WEBSITE... I WOULD RECOMMEND THIER WHOLE 70'S WORK, SOME OF THE 80'S ALBUMS ARE SOMEWHAT WORTWHILE TOO... FOR INSTANCE "A", "BROADSWORD..." AND "CREST OF A KNAVE", AND MAYBE I CAN SHARE THE SAME FEELINGS PANORAMIC ABOUT THE BUYING OF COMPILATION ALBUMS, THEY'RE A GOOD STRATEGY TO GET NEW LISTENERS, BUT SINCE I BOUGHT THOSE ALBUMS AND I COULD GET LITTLE BY LITTLE THE WHOLE COLLECTIONS, COMPILATION HAVE BECOME A CERTAIN UNDESIRABLE BURDEN ON MY SHELVES...BUT I HAD TO ADMIT THAT THANKS TO THESE COLLECTION I LEARNED TO APPRECIATE NOT ONLY THE JT CAREER, BUT THE OTHER PROG BANDS

I don't agree AT ALL with you

I'm amazed with the albums you quote!

here's my selection:

-This was (1968)(first and very bluesy)

-Stand up (1969)(wonderful guitar/wha wha solos)

-Aqualung (1971)(the acoustic pieces are simply sublime):"Won'd ring aloud", "up to me", "cheap day return", "mother goose"

-Thick as brick(1972) (the most prog)

HERE ARE tHE VERY BEST, MOST INSPIRED!!!!!!!!!!

AFTER, IT'S VERY DISAPOINTING and PAINTFULL

(excepting "a passion play" and "benefit", both average)

 

 

I love "Heavy Horses" but you can certainly get a lot more prog than that!

I also prefer "Broadsword..." to "Aqualung" and I thought I was the only one. Good to see that there is at least one more weirdo like me,Blacksword!

Pixel Pirate wrote: I also prefer "Broadsword..." to "Aqualung" and I thought I was the only one. Good to see that there is at least one more weirdo like me,Blacksword!

Thats good to know Pixel

 

you should try

Minstrel in the gallery.

songs from the wood.

heavy horses.

a passion play