Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull
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- The Basics
The reason, of course, that Jethro Tull is filed under "J" is because it's the band's name, not a person (see Complete Set for explanation). In many ways, the band wasn't even a single band, moving as it did from blues (as heard in "A Song for Jeffrey" and "Locomotive Breath") to its later progressive hard rock/psych-folk split personality. The horrendous street wretch gracing Aqualung's cover captures the title track's brittle, bitter edge, while "Thick as a Brick (Edit No. 1)" is all frolicking lambs and daisies in the pastures of Anderson's fertile imagination and intricate arrangements. In Next Steps, we catch Tull at their commercial peak.
$31.05 The Basics
Name Time Price 1 Living In the Past 3:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Life Is a Long Song 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Aqualung 6:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Witches Promise 3:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Thick As a Brick (Edit No. 1) 3:03 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) 4:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Locomotive Breath 4:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Songs from the Wood 4:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Minstrel In the Gallery 3:51 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Bungle In the Jungle 3:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 A Song for Jeffrey 3:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Bouree 3:46 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Heavy Horses 3:20 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 Too Old to Rock 'N' Roll 5:44 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 She Said She Was a Dancer 3:41 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 A New Day Yesterday 4:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Ring Out Solstice Bells 3:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Sweet Dream 4:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Up the 'Pool 3:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Cross Eyed Mary 4:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Teacher (Original UK Mix) 3:49 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 A Passion Play (Edit No. 8) 3:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Love Story 3:06 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Requiem 3:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 25 Wind Up (Quad Version) 5:23 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Next Steps
With Thick as a Brick, Tull scored its first #1 album, despite its having only two tracks, each an album side's length! Broken up for radio, "Thick as a Brick (Edit No. 4)" shows the band's rockin' side, as opposed to the folky baroque "Edit No. 1" from our Basics. Jethro Tull's next release, A Passion Play, was a masterwork concept album of plugged-in folk-classical, as if "Greensleeves" orchestral interpreter Ralph Vaughan Williams had gone electric. But the heaviest (and most sadly overlooked) track here is "Rainbow Blues," originally a bonus track from M.U. — The Best of Jethro Tull, sounding like a missing chapter from Aqualung's hymnal. In Deep Cuts, we hear Tull in their autumn years.
$32.25 Next Steps
Name Time Price 1 Fat Man 2:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Rainbow Blues 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Nursie 1:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Broadsword 5:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Sparrow On the Schoolyard Wall 5:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 North Sea Oil 3:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 John Barleycorn 6:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Warchild 4:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 One White Duck/010 = Nothing At All 4:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Mountain Men 6:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Roots to Branches 5:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Dr. Bogenbroom 3:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 My Sunday Feeling 3:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Dharma for One 4:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 Jack In the Green 2:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Weathercock 4:06 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Hymn 43 3:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Piece of Cake 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 The Whistler 3:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Cold Wind to Valhalla 4:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Under Wraps #1 4:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Rock Island 6:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Crossfire 3:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Broadford Bazaar 3:38 $1.29 View In iTunes 25 Nothing Is Easy 4:26 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Deep Cuts
By 1978's Heavy Horses, the musical landscape had shifted under Tull, and they began a commercial slide, failing to break the Top 15 for the first time in nine straight studio albums. While they had always sported a sort of antique-y vibe, the folky "Weathercock" sounded even more out of place as the new wave rolled through radio. By 1991's Catfish Rising, Tull had rediscovered their earlier, bluesier edge with "Rocks on the Road." And on "In a Black Box," from Ian Anderson's 1995 solo album, Divinities: Twelve Dances With God, Anderson gets back in touch with the more serious side of his classical roots (remember, Tull did cover Bach's "Bouree"). Tull continues to sprout up occasionally, but they were one of the fortunate few bands whose creative and commercial peaks coincided, cementing their reputation.
$31.35 Deep Cuts
Name Artist Time Price 1 Rocks On the Road Jethro Tull 5:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Dot Com Jethro Tull 4:26 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Mother Goose Jethro Tull 3:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 A Stitch In Time Jethro Tull 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Christmas Song Jethro Tull 3:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Fylingdale Flyer Jethro Tull 4:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You Jethro Tull 2:49 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Lap of Luxury Jethro Tull 3:39 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 To Cry You a Song Jethro Tull 6:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 It's Breaking Me Up Jethro Tull 5:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 My God Jethro Tull 8:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Moths Jethro Tull 3:27 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 This Is Not Love Jethro Tull 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 A Passion Play (Edit No. 9) Jethro Tull 3:33 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 The Dambusters March (Live) Jethro Tull 3:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 Wond'Ring Aloud Jethro Tull 1:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 In a Black Box Ian Anderson 3:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 The Thin Ice (Cover Version) Gary Green (Of Gentle Giant), Ian Anderson & Tony Levin 2:29 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 Law of the Bungle (Part II) Jethro Tull 5:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Under Wraps #2 Jethro Tull 2:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Cheerio Jethro Tull 1:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 Queen and Country Jethro Tull 3:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Pastime With Good Company Jethro Tull 4:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Up to Me Jethro Tull 3:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 25 From a Dead Beat to an Old Greaser Jethro Tull 4:09 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Complete Set
Yes, indeed, ladies and gentlemen, there was a man named Jethro Tull, but he was not the scraggle-haired, flute-playing elf who led the band of that name. The real Jethro Tull invented the seed drill in 1701; the band leader is a fellow named Ian Anderson, a sprightly purveyor of progressive rock at its most (figuratively and literally) baroque moments. The one-time blues band embraced jazz, pop, hard rock, folk, and classical music, spinning their threads into a wild crazy-quilt of sound, hopping and skipping from the East End to Middle Earth with a total lack of inhibition, guided only by Anderson's constantly evolving vision. Through four decades of albums and tours, Jethro Tull have been lauded, loathed, loved, and lampooned, but stand unquestionably as one of progressive rock's defining bands.
$94.65 Complete Set
Name Artist Time Price 1 Living In the Past Jethro Tull 3:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Life Is a Long Song Jethro Tull 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Aqualung Jethro Tull 6:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Witches Promise Jethro Tull 3:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Thick As a Brick (Edit No. 1) Jethro Tull 3:03 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day) Jethro Tull 4:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Locomotive Breath Jethro Tull 4:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Songs from the Wood Jethro Tull 4:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Minstrel In the Gallery Jethro Tull 3:51 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Bungle In the Jungle Jethro Tull 3:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 A Song for Jeffrey Jethro Tull 3:22 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Bouree Jethro Tull 3:46 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 Heavy Horses Jethro Tull 3:20 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 Too Old to Rock 'N' Roll Jethro Tull 5:44 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 She Said She Was a Dancer Jethro Tull 3:41 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 A New Day Yesterday Jethro Tull 4:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Ring Out Solstice Bells Jethro Tull 3:47 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Sweet Dream Jethro Tull 4:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Up the 'Pool Jethro Tull 3:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Cross Eyed Mary Jethro Tull 4:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Teacher (Original UK Mix) Jethro Tull 3:49 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 A Passion Play (Edit No. 8) Jethro Tull 3:29 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Love Story Jethro Tull 3:06 $1.29 View In iTunes 24 Requiem Jethro Tull 3:45 $1.29 View In iTunes 25 Wind Up (Quad Version) Jethro Tull 5:23 $1.29 View In iTunes 26 Fat Man Jethro Tull 2:52 $1.29 View In iTunes 27 Rainbow Blues Jethro Tull 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 28 Nursie Jethro Tull 1:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 29 Broadsword Jethro Tull 5:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 30 Sparrow On the Schoolyard Wall Jethro Tull 5:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 31 North Sea Oil Jethro Tull 3:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 32 John Barleycorn Jethro Tull 6:34 $1.29 View In iTunes 33 Warchild Jethro Tull 4:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 34 One White Duck/010 = Nothing At All Jethro Tull 4:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 35 Mountain Men Jethro Tull 6:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 36 Roots to Branches Jethro Tull 5:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 37 Dr. Bogenbroom Jethro Tull 3:01 $1.29 View In iTunes 38 My Sunday Feeling Jethro Tull 3:43 $1.29 View In iTunes 39 Dharma for One Jethro Tull 4:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 40 Jack In the Green Jethro Tull 2:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 41 Weathercock Jethro Tull 4:06 $1.29 View In iTunes 42 Hymn 43 Jethro Tull 3:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 43 Piece of Cake Jethro Tull 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 44 The Whistler Jethro Tull 3:31 $1.29 View In iTunes 45 Cold Wind to Valhalla Jethro Tull 4:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 46 Under Wraps #1 Jethro Tull 4:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 47 Rock Island Jethro Tull 6:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 48 Crossfire Jethro Tull 3:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 49 Broadford Bazaar Jethro Tull 3:38 $1.29 View In iTunes 50 Nothing Is Easy Jethro Tull 4:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 51 Rocks On the Road Jethro Tull 5:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 52 Dot Com Jethro Tull 4:26 $0.99 View In iTunes 53 Mother Goose Jethro Tull 3:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 54 A Stitch In Time Jethro Tull 3:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 55 Christmas Song Jethro Tull 3:09 $1.29 View In iTunes 56 Fylingdale Flyer Jethro Tull 4:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 57 Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You Jethro Tull 2:49 $1.29 View In iTunes 58 Lap of Luxury Jethro Tull 3:39 $1.29 View In iTunes 59 To Cry You a Song Jethro Tull 6:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 60 It's Breaking Me Up Jethro Tull 5:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 61 My God Jethro Tull 8:27 $0.99 View In iTunes 62 Moths Jethro Tull 3:27 $1.29 View In iTunes 63 This Is Not Love Jethro Tull 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 64 A Passion Play (Edit No. 9) Jethro Tull 3:33 $1.29 View In iTunes 65 The Dambusters March (Live) Jethro Tull 3:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 66 Wond'Ring Aloud Jethro Tull 1:55 $1.29 View In iTunes 67 In a Black Box Ian Anderson 3:24 $1.29 View In iTunes 68 The Thin Ice (Cover Version) Gary Green (Of Gentle Giant), Ian Anderson & Tony Levin 2:29 $0.99 View In iTunes 69 Law of the Bungle (Part II) Jethro Tull 5:25 $1.29 View In iTunes 70 Under Wraps #2 Jethro Tull 2:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 71 Cheerio Jethro Tull 1:16 $1.29 View In iTunes 72 Queen and Country Jethro Tull 3:00 $1.29 View In iTunes 73 Pastime With Good Company Jethro Tull 4:13 $1.29 View In iTunes 74 Up to Me Jethro Tull 3:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 75 From a Dead Beat to an Old Greaser Jethro Tull 4:09 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 75 Songs
Customer Reviews
Essential is subjective
My Tull collection is nothing near complete and I have seven or eight albums on vinyl, four on cassette, three on CD and three more that are entirely digital. And Tull fans being what they are, it's hard to imagine any collection getting top marks from everyone. Some of my favorites are missing too, but this is a decent collection, especially because it introduced me to some tracks I'd never heard of. And by the way, Kristine, just click on the Basics tab. Skating Way and Songs from the Wood are there.
Not good
not good
missing some greats like Skateing Away, Songs From the Wood, the Whistler, and Fallen on Hard Times
THIS COLLECTION STINKS!
Where are all the good songs?
