Jethro Tull

Syzygy wrote: One of the great things about Tull is the way that every album has its supporters - I'm almost convinced to give A Passion Play one more try, although it's never really grabbed me before.

There are good songs on all JT albums even the patchy ones although they may not be the best
place to start if you're just discovering JT

My 2 least favorite Tull albums: Too old to rock n Roll  and Passion Play.

Dr. Occulator wrote: For starters check out Living in the past Roots to branches. Heavy Horses Stormwatch Skip Passion Play Too old to rock n roll Minstrel in the Gallery ???????????????????????????????????????????????????? Under Wraps Trust a Jethro connoisseur After you get those under your belt go for the rest. I'd leave the 4 Skips for the last die-hard days.

I'd say that Minstrel is one of their best - from that era I'd be more inclined to skip War Child, which is extremely patchy.

One of the great things about Tull is the way that every album has its supporters - I'm almost convinced to give A Passion Play one more try, although it's never really grabbed me before.

For starters check out

Living in the past
Roots to branches.
Heavy Horses
Stormwatch



Skip

Passion Play
Too old to rock n roll
Minstrel in the Gallery
Under Wraps



Trust a Jethro connoisseur

After you get those under your belt go for the rest.
I'd leave the 4 Skips for the last die-hard days.

micky wrote: Dalezilla wrote: i apologize my typing but ive got a broken arm so it's quite difficult. i had an interesting spring break as i was snowboarding and broke my arm. sounds bad but this was actually a lucky incident as it led me to the discovery of jethro tull. this post is pretty pointless but i've never been so excited. i've been listening to aqualung all week and i gotta get thick as brick as soon as possible!! hahahha sorry about the arm... but I've found God does work in mysterious ways (not to mention having  GREAT taste in music).  It may be a sign that your destiny lies down the route of crotch grabbing madman flautists, wild hair, and 2nd hand overcoats.

Jethro Tull is the main reason I started listenig to prog music when I was 13-14. Heard ELP an KC at the same time but Tull's Stand Up and Aqualung just "sucked me in to" this type of music. Really an amasing band and a MUST for every (prog)rock fan.

Listening to Aqualung right now

I your present situation, I can't refrain from recommending listening to the JT album "War Child", especially to the number "skating away on the thin ice of a new day". (I'm going to sky in the French Alps early April. We'll see what happens...)

Oh,recommendations?

• Living In The Past
• Thick As A Brick (already recommended,a MUST)
  
• A Passion Play (a MUST!!)
• Heavy Horses
• Songs From The Woods
• The Broadsword And The Beast
• Crest Of A Knave
• Living With The Past (DVD)
• Aqualung Live
  

Edited by Ricochet

Good for you man, Tull's awesome.  If I had one wish, it would be to have to relearn to like Thick as a Brick from the beginning, because before I heard that, I didn't know music that awesome existed.

I recommed every remastered album and living in the past. If you wanna hear lots of great Tull songs, just click my site ;) 

http://www.raylomus.com/Jethro_Tull.html

Edited by gentletull

I've got A Passion Play, Thick As A Brick and erm, another album yet to play yet, I'm deliberately holding back the experience.  I have had Aqualung for ages, infact, I must play again.  I'm seeing JT on Thursday in Bristol, so maybe I shouldn't play anything by them at all.