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Heathcliffe 
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Joined: November 11 2010 Location: Melbourne Status: Offline Points: 178 |
 Topic: One for the Tull fansPosted: November 24 2011 at 21:44 |
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To my mind Tull have a collection of Great albums.
Which of their sets do you believe deserve the title of being a truly great album ? Here's my list - Stand Up. Aqualung. Thick as a Brick. Passion Play. Living in the Past. To old to Rock and Roll. Songs from the Wood. Heavy Horses. Broadsword. Honourable Mentions go to - Benefit. War Child. Rock Island. 
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Fox On The Rocks
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Joined: February 10 2011 Location: Toronto, Canada Status: Offline Points: 5012 |
Posted: November 24 2011 at 21:48 |
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My top 5 Tull includes:
1.Thick As A Brick 2.A Passion Play 3.Aqualung 4.Songs From The Wood 5.Minstrel In The Gallery Honorable mentions: Heavy Horses, Stand Up and the highly underrated Benefit. Edited by Fox On The Rocks - November 24 2011 at 21:55 |
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KingCrInuYasha
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Joined: September 26 2010 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1281 |
Posted: November 24 2011 at 21:52 |
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Stand Up
Benefit Aqualung Thick As A Brick War Child Minstrel In The Gallery Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! Songs From The Wood Heavy Horses |
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He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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Proggernaut
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Joined: November 10 2011 Location: Perth Australia Status: Offline Points: 124 |
Posted: November 24 2011 at 22:20 |
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Under Wraps
but seriously.. Aqualung thick as a Brick Minstrel in the Gallery top 3 for me Edited by Proggernaut - November 24 2011 at 22:22 |
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 Proggernaut (Noun) - one who is exploring the endlessly expanding universe of progressive music.
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The Miracle
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Joined: May 29 2005 Location: hell Status: Offline Points: 28427 |
Posted: November 24 2011 at 22:29 |
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1. Aqualung
 2. Minstrel In The Gallery 3. Stand Up 4. Benefit 5. This Was 6. TAAB 7. Living in the Past 8. Heavy Horses 9. Songs from the Wood 10. Too Old... .511. Stormwatch 12. Warchild 13. Broadsword .514. A .515. Crest of a Knave 16. Passion Play 17. Under Wraps .5Honorary mention goes to Bursting Out, one of my favorite live albums ( .5)I like them quite a bit as you can see. This is my personal order of preference, which is subject to change and I wouldn't necessarily recommend exploring the catalog in that order. Haven't heard the most recent 4 albums, given the diminishing quality over the years that's not a priority. Edited by The Miracle - November 25 2011 at 20:18 |
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Wanorak
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Posted: November 25 2011 at 00:42 |
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Minstrel in the Gallery is my fave followed by Aqualung, TAAB, Songs From the Wood and Heavy Horses
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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omphaloskepsis
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Joined: October 19 2011 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 5908 |
Posted: November 25 2011 at 01:21 |
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I really love old Jethro Tull...I give 5 stars to 9 albums...I listen to each of these albums at least once a year...
I break out Song from the Woods in December....Yeah I know Ian's got an x-mas LP. On the shortest day of the year I always Ring Out Soltice Bells. I listen to Heavy Horses as the leaden winter opens, and while the moths suididal came every November...Benefit cry's me a song in cruel April. Minstral in the Gallery , and it's back to school in September with the Baker St. Muse. Thick as a Brick wishes me happy birthday in Feb. ( I met Ian Anderson in 87'....He signed my girlfriends shoes. "Your new shoes are worn at the heels." Ian Anderson August is the month I spit out pieces of my broken luck along with Aqualung. In the month on June I'm Living in the Past. Passion Play gets played in July, and I make a specticle out of myself laughing at owl, newt, and kangaroo argue about Hare's specticles. And of course I Stand Up and march through March. |
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akaBona
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Posted: November 25 2011 at 02:53 |
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Long time JT fan here too. After all these decades with their music my ranking is this:
A Passion Play Benefit Thick As A Brick Aqualung Stand Up Heavy Horses Songs From The Woods Minstrel In The Gallery War Child Too Old To Rock'n Roll ...
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octopus-4
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RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams Joined: October 31 2006 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 13358 |
Posted: November 25 2011 at 03:39 |
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Aqualung above all.
I find Too old to Rock and Roll a bit underrated and TaaB a bit overrated instead. One that I really like is Bursting Out but I think the thread is about studio albums only
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
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dedokras
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Posted: November 25 2011 at 05:04 |
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A Passion Play
Aqualung Songs from the Wood .... Honourable mentions: Stand Up, Living in the Past, Thick as a Brick |
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http://mlyk.bandcamp.com/
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dedokras
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Posted: November 25 2011 at 05:07 |
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...all 70s albums are very good to excellent though
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http://mlyk.bandcamp.com/
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BarryGlibb
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Joined: August 28 2010 Location: Melbourne, Oz Status: Offline Points: 1781 |
Posted: November 25 2011 at 05:09 |
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Very topical considering Tull may no longer exist (Controversial statement!!). Anyway......
I unashamedly have 12 Tull albums rated 5 stars.....I am too biased towards them. Been following them avidly since '72. Here they are in order (well today's order anyway!). 1. TAAB 2. A Passion Play 3. Benefit 4. Stand Up 5. Songs From The Wood 6. Aqualung 7. A (Yes A! Their most underated) 8. Warchild 9. Crest of A Knave (don't care what some say. It is brill) 10. Minstrel In The Gallery 11. Living In The Past (compilation) 12. Bursting Out (Live) They can't be finished? Can they? |
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Bj-1
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Posted: November 25 2011 at 06:06 |
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My top 5:
 A Passion Play Thick as a Brick Songs From the Wood+ Heavy Horses+ Minstrel in the Gallery |
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
EXERIOR Experimental tech/death/progmetal from Norway! |
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progmatic
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Joined: August 22 2009 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 1785 |
Posted: November 25 2011 at 06:48 |
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1. Aqualung
2. Songs From The Wood
3. Minstrel In the Gallery
4. Benefit (highly underrated)
5. Living In the Past
6. Thick as a Brick (somewhat overrated)
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PROGMATIC
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Manuel
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Joined: March 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12375 |
Posted: November 25 2011 at 10:08 |
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It's hard for me to choose among Tull's albums/music, since I've been a fan since 1972.
After studding their music and researching their influences for so many years, I think I understand their music very well, and appreciate the contents, orchestration, composition, etc. For very personal reasons (mainly personal taste), my list is as follows: Stand Up A Passion Play Minstrel in theGallery Thick as a Brick Songs from the Woods Roots to Branches Aqualung Crest of a Knave The rest are also great albums, including the infamous Underwraps, and are not very far from the top ones. Again, this comes from a very dedicated Tull fan, so if I'm biased towards Tull's music, it's quite understandable.
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snowsnow
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Joined: March 09 2011 Location: Belper, England Status: Offline Points: 555 |
Posted: November 25 2011 at 10:29 |
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A passion play (particularly side 2)
Thick as a brick (particularly side 1)
Minstrel in the gallery
Bubbling under:
Stormwatch
Nightcap
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Progosopher
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Joined: May 12 2009 Location: Coolwood Status: Offline Points: 6393 |
Posted: November 25 2011 at 12:20 |
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Tull was one of the bands that helped bring me out of the strict hard rock mode that dominated my teen years. I have been a major Tull skull since 1978, and they remain one of my absolute favorite bands still. Here are my favorites more or less in descending order:
Heavy Horses Songs From the Wood Thick as a Brick Benefit Bursting Out Minstrel in the Gallery Aqualung Stand Up Passion Play Stormwatch
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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digdug
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Joined: July 13 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4707 |
Posted: November 25 2011 at 12:20 |
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Thick As a Brick is my fave album of all time
Aqualung is a for sure 5 star many other awesome albums I love their whole catalogue even Under Wraps is OK
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Prog On!
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criticdrummer94
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Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 431 |
Posted: November 25 2011 at 12:32 |
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Thick as a Brick
Aqualung Minstrel in the Gallery Stand Up Songs From the Wood
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  MY IDOLS |
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omphaloskepsis
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Joined: October 19 2011 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 5908 |
Posted: November 25 2011 at 12:47 |
My god is Jethro Tull finished? It's breaking me up, no requiem, no elegy for prog's pease cod pied piper gold tipped boots, black jacketed minstral in the gallery This was Jethro Tull, singing all day rhythym in gold the whistler bold Jack-in- the-Green like a cold wind to Vallalla last seen raising steam skating away on the thin ice of a new day caroling another Christmas Song later that same evening when Jesus came to play Hyme 43, the rainbow blues If Jesus saves -- well, He'd better save Himself from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death. By the fire at midnight my Baker St. Muse His locomotive breath raising steam pistons scraping songs from the woods His cross was rather bloody he could hardly roll his stone Oh Save Me Ian! He said, "My names the teacher." Roll Your Own... My God! It's the Baker St. Muse songs form the woods |
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