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Posted: February 13 2017 at 07:24
SftW is my favorite Tull album. The guitar work on 'Pibroch' is Martin Barre at his best; Barriemore Barlow has quintessential drum riffs on several songs as well...
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Posted: February 13 2017 at 08:23
doompaul wrote:
While we are on the subject of JT. Can anyone suggest the best boots? I have almost completed the regular discography and am looking to expand my collection. Not sure if that is cool to talk about here, so forgive me if I'm out of line.
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Posted: February 13 2017 at 10:30
Gully Foyle wrote:
doompaul wrote:
While we are on the subject of JT. Can anyone suggest the best boots? I have almost completed the regular discography and am looking to expand my collection. Not sure if that is cool to talk about here, so forgive me if I'm out of line.
Joined: September 25 2010
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Posted: February 13 2017 at 19:25
SteveG wrote:
Strangely, I've found the material left off of the Broadsword album to better than what was included, such as tracks like Jack A lynn.
That's the same with a lot of their albums. Too old, Aqualung and Warchild have lots of strong extras. I worked out that the band did 20 albums worth of studio material(not including multiple versions of any songs) from the 1968-1984 period. If I picked my fave 20 songs from this period, half of them would be non album tracks. I could probably pick 100 pretty strong tracks from this period and 50 of them would be non album tracks.
Edited by dr prog - February 13 2017 at 19:45
All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Posted: February 14 2017 at 04:10
Crest is too 80's rock Catfish is just bad. I've only listened to it once and I remember the chorus lyrics were the same words repeated over and over again . Not to mention that it is 60 minutes long...and boring...
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Posted: February 14 2017 at 12:01
resurrection wrote:
Personally I think Benefit was the best Jethro Album. I consider 'Cry me a song' the closest they ever came to writing a true song. Also sad that the original lineup (like King Crimson too) only lasted for one album.
Benefit has always been my favorite and I've been into Tull from the very beginning....Mick Abrahams was only on the first- This Was- because he wanted to do blues rock and Anderson wanted to expand the band's sound.
But Martin Barre was better suited to what Anderson wanted to do in the end.
One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin
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Posted: February 14 2017 at 19:40
My favorites in order:
Aqualung This Was Minstrel in the Gallery Benefit Thick as a Brick Living in the Past (some original material in there)
A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now)
I'm a huge Tull fan, and have been ever since I was a kid in the early '70's.
I think their music, from 1970's "Benefit" to 1977's "Songs From The Wood" is their best output; the pre-Benefit albums seem like they hadn't found their groove quite yet, and the post-Songs albums lack fire.
In fact, as much as it pains me to say it, the post-Songs albums not only lack fire, but they get consistently worse, in terms of songwriting, musicality, etc. Tull lost it. There is some good stuff here and there... I actually enjoy Under Wraps quite a bit, but by the time they get to Crest of a Knave, the magic is gone. Quite a bit of their more recent stuff (Dot Com and Roots to Branches in particular) are downright dismal. (Don't even get me started on how bad Homo Erraticus or TAAB2 is.)
I'd go so far as to say that Jethro Tull, from 1970-1977, put out music at the very pinnacle of progressive rock greatness. But they did *not* age well. I feel like Ian lost his muse in '78, and his voice by '87.
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Posted: July 26 2017 at 02:04
Songs From The Wood has always been my favourite, always will be. At one stage, I had, at least, 22 Tull vinyls. It's dropped back to 13 now. Still love 'em. And I really love 'A' ! Welcome the 80's !!
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Posted: July 26 2017 at 14:47
Edited by dr prog - July 26 2017 at 14:49
All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Kingsnake wrote:
. Not to mention that it is 60 minutes long...and boring...
