jethro tull (roots to branches)

A very heavy blast of jethro tull with dorian flavours , features great drumming by Doane perry and tasty licks by Martin barre The smokin opener ROOTS TO BRANCHES is stellar tull haven,t heard anything this heavy since MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY ,OUT OF THE NOISE was a quick u turn by far great lyrics lots of different percussion used thoughtout giving a indian flair or style.The song RARE AND PRECIOUS CHAIN has a heavy groove good song.I also enjoyed WOUNDED,OLD and TREACHEROUS a lighter tune but worth of note .Worst song
AT LAST FOREVER a very weak and overly long for my tastes.The best song is the classic BESIDE MYSELF most likely one of the best tull songs ever about proverty.
a four star effort out of five
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Edited by grantman - January 26 2021 at 16:47

3.5 stars....good lp but doesn't have that old Tull magic for me.

I am a fan of this album

Pretty good album. I prefer the best tracks from Dotcom period though. I think Catfish period has a few cool tunes as well. There's a double album worth of tunes for each album. So we'll get a mix of strong and weak tracks but an album worth of pretty good material. Kind of what we had for a few of Tulls sessions from 1970-84. You'll get pretty similar quality if you chose the best 10 tracks from every year and compared them. The 90s were a good decade for the band.