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Poll Question: Which of these do you prefer?
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22 [40.74%]
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    Posted: January 20 2014 at 06:02
Never mind the old classics, let's study the last thirty years of Tull.
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Roots To Branches without a second thought
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Roots to Branches is the standout for me.
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I haven't heard any of themEmbarrassed
I do have the live album from 92, 'A little light music', and judging by that alone I'm not so sure I want to check out the albums surrounding it.
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it's a pity that you haven't heard especially Roots To Branches which is easily the best Tull album since Horses.




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Crest of a Knave I guess

I also like JTull.Com more than most
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Roots to Branches, I love this album.
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Today - Under Wraps
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Roots to Branches, but I love the Christmas Album as well.
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Crest Of A Knave easily. In fact the Chrismas Album is also good, but there are older songs with new arrange on the half of the album... It's nothing bad, it could be even refreshing sometimes, but it's not the new album for me...
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Have to say Under Wraps...

I think its a great album, with a couple duds, like many Tull albums

I would have loved it if they rerecorded it later with a drummer, and with more of a classic tull sound, organ and piano, i'll bet that people turned off by the coldness of the drum machine and the synths would reassess
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Crest of a Knave followed by Christmas Album and then Roots to Branches. I enjoy the others but these three stand out.
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I haven't even listened to that Christmas album, am I missing anything? Ian Anderson singing carols just did not sound right, rather unappealing.
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Close between Crest and Roots for me. I'll go with Crest today.

I very much enjoy The Christmas Album too, but I don't consider it a studio album proper.
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Roots over Christmas
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7 votes for Crest? Are you serious? This is the weakest Tull album it's almost like ZZ Top. They remastered it but polishing that turd didn't help at all. 
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I'll go with A Classic Case. David (Dee) Palmer's orchestration is wonderful, and breathes new life into songs like "War Child" and "Fly By Night".
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Points: 1781 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2014 at 01:40
Originally posted by LSDisease LSDisease wrote:

7 votes for Crest? Are you serious? This is the weakest Tull album it's almost like ZZ Top. They remastered it but polishing that turd didn't help at all. 

It actually isn't IMHO. I bought it when it was released and was sold on it then and still am.

2 songs have ZZ Top-like guitar playing I.e. Steel Monkey and Raising Steam and they really are superb tracks.
Farm on the Freeway is an 80s Tull masterpiece.
Jump Start - an unbelievable rock track..
She Said She Was a Dancer is brilliant...OK it sounds a bit like Dire Straits but I'm sure Knopfler wouldn't mind writing a song as good as this.
Dogs in The Mid Winter - what's not to like?
Budapest is probably their greatest track of the past 30 years...if not of their entire career.
Mountain Men sends shivers up the spine.
The Waking Edge - OK...this is the poorest track....but IMHO it's the only one.
Raising Steam - a great closer.

It's amazing how people have differing views on songs/albums.



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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

I'll go with A Classic Case. David (Dee) Palmer's orchestration is wonderful, and breathes new life into songs like "War Child" and "Fly By Night".

A Classic Case is not a Jethro Tull album.......Anderson overdubs flute in an extremely lack lustre release IMHO.

I'll admit that Palmer's interpretation of Warchild is simply superb as a piece of orchestration.

Fly by Night is an Anderson release from his first solo album ....so it's not Tull.

I would have included Nightcap in this poll....at least it is Tull.
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