HOMO ERRATICUS

IAN ANDERSON ended the band that leaded him to success, saying he could no longer renew it. But he could renew his solo career (not renewing at all). Even Martin Barre managed to renew itself, being now a guitarrist that rock hard in a more traditional style.

IAN ANDERSON is incapable of produce music of better quality comparing to Jethro Tull. And that should be a tremendous contradiction!

ANDERSON stop trying (as clearly he had in his early albums) to create a different persona from that already established in the career of his epic band. It turns out that if he does not divide the line between solo and his career in JT, we have no choice but to compare Ian Anderson with Jethro Tull - AND THIS SHOULD BE A TREMENDOUS CONTRADICTION. What is missing in this album is very simple: the melodies of Martin Barre and a drum set with the good and old percussion quality of Doane Perry. The rest of the music is Jethro Tull of the best quality, but incomplete.

Florian Opahle is a guitarrist that insist in soloing, the bass player is completely unremarkable and the drummer is only doing a too-simple job.

The concept is quite a fun, but besides that, nothing hold the album together for elevated flights. What is a pitty. This would be a 4,5 Jethro Tull album, otherwise.