WAR CHILD

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"War child" was definitely another big change in JETHRO TULL's musical style, this time their music was more oriented to short hard rock-y songs (kind of an attempt to bring some of the Aqualung style back) but with less catchy and classic pieces and more of a low radar album.

Ian ANDERSON continued with the implementation of the saxophone to the album and now John EVAN brought the touch of the accordion; personally I found that instrument really annoying but I understand that what I don't like of an album is not going to make a bad album of it.

None of the songs of this album became a real hit in JETHRO TULL's catalogue (probably "Bungle in the jungle" is the most popular piece of this album but even so it is not as popular as the songs that came up from any of the other albums of the band); it's not a very popular album it's just like the band was covering the year 1974 and they didn't want to miss the opportunity to launch an album that year.

The album is not bad at all, it's just a filler album in the band's catalogue, it's a good album to play occasionally but that's it. This album passed as we say in Mexico: without shame or glory.

SONG RATING: War child, 4 Queen and country, 3 Ladies, 3 Back-door Angels, 3 Sealion, 3 Skating away on the thin ice of the new day, 3 Bungle in the jungle, 4 Only solitaire, 3 The third hoorah, 3 Two fingers, 4

AVERAGE: 3.3

PERCENTAGE: 66

ALBUM RATING: 3 stars

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