jethro tull ( Heavy horses )

I brought heavy horses on cassette for about 7 bucks, some time ago and it stayed with me till i got the cd recently.The cd showed me it was a more of a rock album than a folk album that i heard on tape, the two songs it almost becomes a metal album NO LULLABY and HEAVY HORSES are very,very heavy arena songs,the best song for me is the rather quirky but very english poppy MOTHS ,the closer is the most anthemic WEATHERCOCK is a classic .The overall feel on this record is to me a later songs from the wood towards a different future England,thanks for taking the time to read grant 3 stars for me.

I don't get Arena heavy from the title cut at all.  Easily 4 star album to me thanks to title cut and the ones dr prog mentions.  The mouse police is fun too because of course it's about CATS!

Favourite Tull album for me. I can't complain about any track here, I think they nailed them all. One of the albums that when mentioned bring most music up immediately in my head. I probably have to look out for the bonus tracks as I only know the original version (I'm not generally keen on buying new editions with what bands originally decided to not put on the album). For me this phase of their work is most essentially what they are about. Songs from the Wood and Stormwatch are also great (Songs from the Wood took some more time but has finally also clicked).

Another great folk prog album. No Lullaby does seem to have a heavy edge to it, but I don't think I'd call it an arena rocker. Lol

The remix is 5 star. The sound is excellent.
Bonus material not up there with Stormwatch, Aqualung, Passion and Warchild but overall it’s first class

Edited by dr prog - December 07 2020 at 11:59

Dr wu i think it was the beginning of dark times for the group ,i think ian took up salmon farming at the time.

dr wu23 wrote: Good Tull lp...but I was hoping for Songs -part 2 ,and it  doesn't deliver that  for me and the lyrics on Horses are a  bit 'twee' at times.

It’s better than songs by a nose

miamiscot wrote: It's better than three stars. Four at least!!!

Whoever gave it 3 stars doesn’t have an ear for quality

verslibre wrote: "No Lullaby" is amazing. John Glascock was Tull's best bassist. The second of Tull's timeless folk trilogy. I love me some HH.

You got the remixes? I must be the only lucky one. Stormwatch has a cool long version of Orion and a song called Urban apocalypse which sounds like Gentle Giant

verslibre wrote: dr prog wrote: verslibre wrote: "No Lullaby" is amazing. John Glascock was Tull's best bassist. The second of Tull's timeless folk trilogy. I love me some HH. You got the remixes? I sure do!  dr prog wrote: I must be the only lucky one. Stormwatch has a cool long version of Orion and a song called Urban apocalypse which sounds like Gentle Giant Not this time, buddy. SFTW, HH and Stormwatch are my favorite Tull albums!

So you have all 3 in book format? Lol
Hard to choose between them. Stormwatch wins for most cool tracks but Horses and Songs have better sound. I love the Aqua, Thick and Passion books just as much though