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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2011 21:42:26 GMT
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Post by oksauce on Jun 10, 2011 22:46:37 GMT
I think tull don't have a single bad album. I wonder if that's a common sentiment on this forum?
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 11, 2011 8:32:06 GMT
I think tull don't have a single bad album. I wonder if that's a common sentiment on this forum? Yes I for one would agree with your statement Oksauce. I don’t think that I would be alone in saying that some albums may have taken some time to appreciate and, as with all artists, there are some that contain a few “fillers” but most of Jethro Tull’ output and, not forgetting Ian Anderson’s solo work, is of top quality. Given that recording techniques have improved over the years, many of the remastered albums have shown new depth and feeling over the original releases and have enabled us as fans to appreciate the music in a new light. Am I biased - you bet I am.
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Post by oksauce on Jun 11, 2011 18:07:06 GMT
I think we're all biased here! Yes, all the albums are great, it's just that some are more challenging, for instance passion play or under wraps. They all get better the more I listen to them as well...
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Post by kelpie1962 on Jun 17, 2011 3:21:59 GMT
I have been a Tull fan since 1971. I would agree that Tull has put out the highest quality recordings over the years. I do not agree with Ian's move to techno Tull in the 80's. It was his choice to follow that creative path, but I just would have liked to see Tull stick with the formula they had, it was working and doing very well at that. I didn't care for Ian's first solo effort and Under Wraps has the most weak points of any Tull album. I was very glad to see the release of Crest Of A Knave, Rock Island and Catfish Rising. I have been fortunate enough to see them play for four nights on their 25th Anniversary tour. Two shows in the UK and two in Germany. It was the event of a life time. My all time favored time for Tull was 1970 to 1978. Tull has been and will likely continue to be my all time favorite band. I have seen them about 22 or23 times over the years. By far the most repeat concerts of any other band I have seen live. My two most favorite Tull albums are Thick As A Brick and Passion Play.
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Post by steelmonkey on Jun 17, 2011 15:04:11 GMT
I completely agree that APP and brick, in retrospect, are in a class by themselves, unlikely to be duplicated, But i have been very happy with new releases over the years, for months after, thinking Minstrel, Heavy Horses, Stromwatch, Broadwsord, Crest and even combined Dot Com/SLOB as equal to the best ever.... I have high hopes for new stuff next year... I already think Tea w/Princess, Change of Horses and the 2008 Instrumental about some war when guys dressed as trees snuck up on the enemy are all potential Tull classics and look forward to hearing them in finished form....I bet Ian has a bunch of strong material coming our way and at least some of it will be equal to the best ever !
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 17, 2011 18:02:09 GMT
I have been a Tull fan since 1971. I would agree that Tull has put out the highest quality recordings over the years. I do not agree with Ian's move to techno Tull in the 80's. It was his choice to follow that creative path, but I just would have liked to see Tull stick with the formula they had, it was working and doing very well at that. I didn't care for Ian's first solo effort and Under Wraps has the most weak points of any Tull album. But then that’s the wonderful thing about IA’s music and its interpretation. The “techno Tull” era must have lead many music fans of techno pop to listen to Under Wraps and from then to other Tull albums and into the heavenly realms of Passion Play, Benefit, Aqualung et al.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2011 17:18:12 GMT
The Tull album streak up to WarChild is a safe bet to me...and then we get to my favourite album with Minstrel in the Gallery. When I think back, WarChild was my favourite album until the Gallery was released. I played Gallery to near death then, and still I'm trying to kill it. <slight joke and I mean slight, stop me. ;D I attended twin concerts in Niagara Falls USA & Toronto when WarChild & Minstrel in the Gallery were newly born. They had me in their grip. Still do. Word Magazine readers have been busy building a map showing where iconic album cover photographs were taken. "Melbourne Central Business District WarChild Jethro Tull Melbourne's CBD by night, in 1974, with a lit up Ian Anderson looking apocalyptic in front of it!" www.wordmagazine.co.uk/album_atlas/FullListing.php
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