Favorite Jethro Tull album

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 himtroy wrote:

For the longest time I couldn't get past Thick as a Brick being my favorite, though I'd always loved Songs From the Wood, Heavy Horses, Benefit, A Passion Play, and Storm Watch.  However I am proud to announce that Benefit has recently become my favorite.  And it will probably stay there for quite a while.  I love the flow of the album, and Nothing to Say and To Cry You a Song might be my favorite Tull songs.

For some reason I've never cared much for Aqualung.  It's good, but not up to their standards, and it mystifies me why it's so popular rather than much of their other great albums/songs.

What the hell is wrong with me, I have the most recent post in the top three topics in this area.... 

The albums before Aqualung and then Brick kind of remind me of the Who pre-Tommy: they were looking for their voice, and found it in massive hits that moved them in other directions. Stand Up and Benefit are both charming. Songs From the Wood represents the best of their middle period, and dare it say it, Crest of a Knave appeals too; it is called variously "Eurpoean" and "symphonic", by IA himself if I'm not mistaken.