Latest Release
- 12 OCT 2023
- 20 Songs
- Stormwatch (2004 Bonus Tracks Edition) · 1979
- Aqualung (1996 Bonus Tracks Edition) · 1971
- Aqualung (1996 Bonus Tracks Edition) · 1971
- Aqualung (1996 Bonus Tracks Edition) · 1971
- Stand Up (2001 Bonus Tracks Edition) · 1969
- War Child (Bonus Tracks Edition) · 1974
- Aqualung (1996 Bonus Tracks Edition) · 1971
- A Passion Play (2003 Remaster) · 1973
- Aqualung (2016 Steven Wilson Remaster of 2011 Mix) · 1971
- Stand Up (2001 Bonus Tracks Edition) · 1969
Essential Albums
- Coming off the great success of the conceptual juggernaut Aqualung, Jethro Tull decided to try something even more expansive: a single track that would take up both sides of an LP while musically and lyrically weaving around a multitude of themes. The album cover art (a fictitious newspaper article championing and excoriating a poem by a child prodigy) skewers the composition's "grand statement," which, if pressed, has something to do with how "wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick." Leader Ian Anderson's stream-of-consciousness lyrics sound phenomenal, and the band's ability to shift dynamics on hairpin stylistic curves has never been more pronounced. Organ and flute chase one another through dexterous rampages, while the guitars store their energy for the epiphanic power-chord moments. Due to its 45-minute length, the track is hardly the most accessible in the group's catalog. However, it repays with every listen. A progressive rock high point.
Music Videos
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Artist Playlists
- The hardest rocking band ever to prominently feature a flute player.
- Moments of enchanted beauty lie in the band's prog rock.
- The Brits influence both the electric and acoustic sides of prog.
- A pastoral prog interweaving of blues, folk and jazz roots.
Singles & EPs
- 2004
Compilations
About Jethro Tull
English rock band Jethro Tull tried on half a dozen names and styles before frontman Ian Anderson switched from guitar to flute—a move that shaped their distinctive sound. ∙ Rolling Stone ranked Tull’s 1971 LP, Aqualung, among its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. ∙ Composed of a continuous, 43-minute track split over two sides, their fifth album, Thick As a Brick, improbably topped the US charts in 1972. ∙ Crest of a Knave, their 1987 album, won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, beating out Metallica, Jane’s Addiction, Iggy Pop, and AC/DC in the process. ∙ The group’s original four members reunited in 2002 for the first time in almost 35 years and released their one-off gig on the DVD Living With the Past. ∙ In 2008, Anderson was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his service to music. ∙ Over the course of their half-century career, the band has earned 11 Gold and 5 Platinum albums in the US.
- ORIGIN
- Luton, Bedfordshire, England
- FORMED
- 1967년 12월
- GENRE
- Rock