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Forkface 
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Posted: April 07 2007 at 17:38 |
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Benefit
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BroSpence
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 14:01 |
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BENEFIT!
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Ryth
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 11:13 |
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Stand Up was Tull's best pre-Aqualung album.
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salmacis
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 08:01 |
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'Stand Up' is one of the best ever Tull albums for me- as has been said, it's one of the most varied albums in their catalogue and some of the songs are just so crushingly sad- 'Reasons For Waiting' and 'Look Into The Sun' especially. I can honestly say though I love every track on it, and it stands up (ahem) well today.
Edited by salmacis - April 06 2007 at 08:01
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dedokras
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 07:41 |
Stand up! Although I prefer the live versions from the Phoenix concert (Nothing's easy, For 1000 mothers, We used to know...). I also have to say I like Sossity you're a woman more than any track on Stand up
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The Whistler
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Posted: March 24 2007 at 04:24 |
 el böthy wrote:
You trully are one sick b*****d... |
Why thank you.
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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progadicto
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Posted: March 23 2007 at 21:47 |
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BENEFIT for me...
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... E N E L B U N K E R...
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el böthy
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Posted: March 23 2007 at 18:01 |
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You trully are one sick b*****d...
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"You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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sircosick
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Posted: March 23 2007 at 16:14 |
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Stand up! This is pure Tull style. Benefit is more produced, although it's still an outstanding album. Stand up is more powerful.
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Witchwoodhermit
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Posted: February 09 2007 at 17:17 |
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Ok, I heard Stand Up first. That's my vote.
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Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan
ringed by ants and musing over man.
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MadcapLaughs84
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Posted: February 09 2007 at 11:46 |
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I can't vote with only two options.
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clarke2001
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Posted: February 09 2007 at 11:33 |
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The toughest choice in a PA poll ever.
Objectively, Benefit is a little bit more advanced, superb, challenging,whatever...but Stand Up is little bit closer to my heart....so I won't be a tie-breaker neither.
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: February 09 2007 at 07:12 |
Stand Up and Benefit. Two wonderful albums, indeed!
Of the two, Stand Up remains the most classical JT's contribution to rock and I usually prefer to listen to it.
On the other hand, Benefit is darker and has some of the most catching and inspired hard rock blues guitar's riffs Martin even composed...To Cry You a Song! The backward flute effect in the fantastic opener With You There to Help Me is ... is... memorable as well.
In conclusion, two wonderful albums, as I said, and I love both. But Stand Up has that something more...oh, it's Bourée...  |
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The Whistler
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Posted: February 09 2007 at 02:15 |
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Crap, the tie-breaker voted neutral...
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The Miracle
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Posted: February 08 2007 at 18:34 |
Benefit, it was my first Tull album and still my second favorite after Aqualung 
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Snow Dog
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Posted: February 08 2007 at 17:50 |
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I love Stand Up.
I'm not familiar with Benefit. So unfair to vote really. I will investigate Benefit forthwith!
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Witchwoodhermit
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Posted: February 08 2007 at 17:26 |
50/50 split for me. Can't separate the two. Stand Up has lighter moments were Benefit has heavier.
I'll play them back to back and make it a double. 
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Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan
ringed by ants and musing over man.
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Garion81
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Posted: February 08 2007 at 14:20 |
Always be benefit to me. With You There to Help Me, Sossity, Teacher and To Cry you a Song
Great album. I like Stand Up too but I really feel Benefit was the link of JT of the blues and JT of the prog.
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Fassbinder
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Posted: February 08 2007 at 13:35 |
Benefit.
Don't ask why, it's something irrational. Unexplicable even for my own self.
I like Stand Up, too. Very much.
But there is something in Benefit which makes me to rate it between the top five JT albums, in my book, and, sometimes, it stands (up...) at the first place.
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Philéas
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Posted: February 08 2007 at 13:17 |
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Stand Up is my favourite Jethro Tull album.
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