Jethro Tull: Worst to Best | Albums Ranked
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What the hell is your problem, pal?! Sure, I like 'Passion Play'--but it's in no wise better than the dozen or so albums you rank below it. It belongs somewhere just under 'Crest of a Knave'. It's certainly not Anderson's #1.
In your opinion.
90% of this boils down to personal taste, so why the harsh reaction? Wanna have some fisticuffs over it? Sheesh!
Surely you have a different list as do the umpteen other Tull fans of the world.
How did part of my text get strike-through effect???
Don’t agree with you mr c
@@awrogers3013 That’s cool. Different tastes and opinions make life interesting. As the saying goes, “Variety is the spice of life”!
What would you rank as their best? On any given day, and depending on mood, I’d probably switch order between at least 5 albums - maybe more.
It's a well-known fact that Tull admirers come to look like Ian with time!
As a Tull fan, it's frustrating how accurate this is.
@@WhiteOwlet Haha. I thought the same thing.
Never noticed but now you've drawn my attention to it ...
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Hope that doesn't apply to us female fans....lol
" Stand up " , "Benefit " , " Aqualung" and " Songs from the wood "are my favourite Tull albums . Saw them in '71 when l was 16 my first ever gig . Brought " Aqualung "the next day . The title track and guitar solo are incredible and l still get a buzz from it all these years on . What a great decade for Prog the ' 70's was .
I love Tull, and if I could only have one of their albums, it would be “Benefit.” Rest In Peace Glenn.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Must add that Thick as a Brick is a masterpiece. Amazing lp indeed.
Yes, indeed.
Thick as a brick is a work of genius.
Greatest prog album and greatest prog song (the part 1) of all time
I was fascinated by A Passion Play when I bought it at 14 years of age, shortly after its release. And now at 61 I still love it!! A true work of art.
Passion Play is the only album I’ve ever bought on every type of media; I still have the 8-track around here somewhere
@@kurthenke2248 It's out on 5.1 also.
It's terrific
Thank you. I just turned 56
I got Passion Play after seeing Tull in 82. It is in a class of it self. For me it was a tough listen but it took awhile. Thank you.
@@edwarddehooge4469 I know what you mean. It’s my favorite, though. When I bought, not long before the tour arrived here, I love it musically but, yeah, it took a while to figure out the narrative starting with a death and a funeral, visits to a bland heaven and a much more interesting visit to hell before the protagonist ends up (maybe?) back in a railway station. Or something. That’s what I finally got after a couple hundred obsessive listens, lyrics in hand.
Best discussion of Tull albums EVER! I'm going to listen again in case I missed something.
Thank you for watching...
For me....... 1. Aqualung. 2. Thick as a brick. 3. Heavy Horses. Aqualung is one of the greatest albums of all time to me.
I concur. No fillers on Aqualung!
I agree but I really never liked the song Aqualung. All the rest are terrific.
This album has changed my life several times. And LOVE the title track and am sorry, J, that you cannot share this pleasure w/ me. But I could, under duress, jettison "It's Up to Me". It's darned good, but every thing else is pure gold, despite hyperbolic hatred of the Church of England (what hypocrisies would emerge from scrutiny of Ian's life or mine?). Join me in praying to all the gods that you can count for Ian's sadly and conveniently Buddhist soul.
@@chasea.johnson4437 WOW, I am curious how it changed your life? And I kind of like "Up to Me" especially the line "And leave you in a Wimpy Bar."
Ouh i think benefit and stand up are much better passion play and minstrel in gallery are also great
Passion Play is an incredible album and one that i never get bored of....there is no other album on the planet like it.
Hi Norman, I am agree with you, try Allusa Falax from Italy "Intorno alla mia cativa educazione". Regards
One of my all-time favourites too
A Passion Play is to the Tull catalog what Tull is to the rest of music.
This album requires the listener to do.some heavy lifting...not for the casual listener....I dig it
I've got every album by Jethro Tull. A Passion Play is my least favourite. Admittedly, I've only listened to it all the way through twice but It comes across as amateurish and pretentious.
Benefit and Stand Up are to this day my favorite for the period in my life.
Stand Up is my favorite as well. Criminally underrated.
Those are my two favorites as well
Same here! I always thought Aqualung was their descent into commercial success.
Duke Sweden Aqualung is like the Abby Road of Jethro Tull. Its good, but thats where the really classic stuff starts to vear off.
Agree..That Was ..Stand Up..Benefit..Aqualung..4 albums were Jethro Tull..the Ian Anderson Band after..
I love their live album from 1978.."Bursting Out" I thought that might get a mention..superb playing on that..especially from Barriemore Barlow..
I have not seen a better overview of Jethro Tull. I am going to go back to their catalog and revisit their works. Thank you for journeying me back into their body of work. I think Thick As A Brick is their masterpiece, but there are some many gems that I had missed and now will revisit.
In my opinion, This Was should be higher up. It rocks pretty hard. It's a top 10 Tull record for me.
From 68 through 72 this band was pure genius.
Ian Anderson is the full package, the whole enchilada, a triple...quadruple threat.
A consummate poet, musician, and human.
They died with Thick as a Brick. I do not like to be ripped off when I buy an album instead I got a one song wet dream.
This was a stellar review. I was initially a bit confused to see you rate some of these so low, but you said it yourself once you hit Minstrel: it's just a testimony to the awesomeness of the albums above it. When watching something like this, you really have to keep in mind how wonderful most Tull albums really are. They were a very experimental group, and each album has its own color and sound. My personal favorite is Heavy Horses, and I think you placed it fairly. Happy to see A Passion Play at number one. I feel that one often gets overshadowed by TAAB.
Glad to hear you mention the Steven Wilson book sets. I love his surround mixes of early Tull. That's how I discovered Tull and they're becoming a favorite band. Nice channel.
Heavy Horse’s does it for me personally. Every song brings back memories, both good and bad. Keep up the good work.
Album "Heavy Horses" is The Best One for me!
Absolutely, the best of the best.
Absolutely! Change the places between A Passion Play and Heavy Horses, which _is_ the quintessential Jethro Tull album - the must have!
Lol, just saw everyone else used the same word: "absolutely". But it's just because it's so evident.
Oh I think it's there worst I think it's worse then j tull.com and under wraps it has no memorable tracks and the writing is lazy mixed with the complete lack of musical talent and the worst album cover of all time and u have there worst album
@A F how
i cannot believe i just watched a list where aqualung is number three and thick as a brick number TWO and PASSION PLAY NUMBER 1
so of course immediately subscribed. this after breathlessly watching tales from topographic oceans to the top of the Yes list. this man is is a genius. The list I have been waiting for since the 70s. passion, especially as redone by steven wilson is a fkn revelation. thank you for this.
Thank you so much for watching.
"Stand Up" should be Number ONE
I would agree with these choices. It's tough but Passion Play is sincerely underrated. And they are all great albums.
@@marcusbah exactly with stormwach being second
Thank you! I like your list. I haven’t listened to A passion play for years. I’ll have to go back and revisit it and see what I think now. This is the first time that I have listened to a video from your channel. I’ll be back again.
I hope so... thank you for dropping by
Yes I think you got it just right, no one will ever agree, we all identify personally. I think the band started off trying to find a groove. Ian took a lead, then they built and combined to Passion Play. You have remember the time, their were other great bands right in their backyard. What a great time musically. To my mind really was, just that Tull was; intelligent, witty, and the the band members were outstanding, and allot of their work still stands up to day. A lot of great songs mentioned here, thanks for the memories.
I agree with a lot, disagree with a bunch but one thing for sure is that this gentleman really, really knows what he is talking about. Very impressive and detailed assessments.
Except when he mentions The Secret Life of Birds. 🙄
From one fan to another, thanks man. What a fascinating, well informed review.
Love these ranking videos ... The depth and insight of which you go into each album is top notch. Cheers !
This is the first time I've watched one of your videos. I love the research you did on each album, and even better your commentary. Thoroughly enjoyed this from beginning to end!
Benefit is the number one for me 👍
Me too. Maybe because it was my first and it was so different from everything else I was hearing at the time. 2nd best was the quite different Songs From the Woods.
I agree, followed by Aqualung then Benefit.
Heavy Horses and the adjacent two for me...
Ditto
Benefit is superb with Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me one of his finest ever
Awesome review! You forget to mention Barrie Barlows drumming on Passion Play, unbelievably creative! Thanks for taking the time to put this together
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment
I loved Tull so much when I was young and began tripping and was born in 1956 so I heard them first from my brother who was 7 years older than I. Living in the Past I think was a cool double album that had pictures of them and one picture really stood out when it is a close-up of the band and you could see their eyes and the pupils totally dilated, meaning they were tripping. I love your Grateful Dead shirt who I totally loved and saw as much as possible, Peace
Teacher ......glad you mentioned it. The lyrics and music is brilliant.
Crossed eyed Mary.
What a background story to Crossed Eyed Mary
Clive Bunker still alive.
Live brilliance
Jethro Tull is a deep well of which ive listened to about half of their work, and seen them live once i think in 2010.
I am fascinated, surprised, annoyed, excited, intellectually stimulated, etc... my thoughts and feelings run the gamut on this band and i look forward to listening to albums like passion play which ive purposefully been saving for a rainy day when i can really spend some time listening with headphones.
Surprised you did not mention "black satin dancer" which has dark and chunky ominous guitar riffs or pan dance which shows off ians enchanting flute. Bungle in the jungle i think was also left out of being mentioned which surprised me (unless im mistaken). Yes there are too many tull songs to mention but these would make my personal list as some of my favorites. Appreciate your hard work and effort. Much Love and peace to you and all Tull fans out there !
Impressive knowledge and very well-spoken. Cheers.
I really enjoyed this video, thanks. Appreciate your opinions and memories.
Huge Tull fan and I have to say your review of their albums is brilliant. My number 1 album is: Stand Up and favourite track of theirs is also from that album: We used to know. Glad you also appreciate it!
Only one problem with "A Passion Play". It needs to be longer. I can listen to it over and over again.
Yes... that's why I combine it with the Chateau d'Heroville recordings
I am so delighted to have listened to your extensive review. I have just finished watching it and I want to thank you very much for such a well informed and insightful review. I still feel very excited. I would put Stormwatch much higher in my list as I think it has just the correct atmosphere musically, lyrically and soundwise in conveying its subject matter. However, as you say, this is your list and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. It is always a pleasure to listen to or read comments from people who really understand and appreciate Tull and the genius of Ian Anderson, as well as of course the all important contribution from the band members. Thank you once again.Now I am off to watch your A Passion Play Review. Exciting.
Thank you for your kind words. I do hope you will subscribe for more content.
@@classicalbum I already have.
Very well done, well reasoned, and authoritatively delivered video. I really enjoyed this.
Fantastic, I loved every minute!
Wow! What a tremendous and thoughtful breakdown of the Jethro Tull oeuvre. They were my favorite band during my teenage years in the 70’s. In fact very simply put, Benefit is the reason I found my love of music. From the opening chords of With You There to Help Me.. I was in love with music. Benefit demonstrated to me that music could be WAY more then just ear candy. So Benefit is my sentimental favorite but a VERY close second is Stand Up. Not articulate enough to say why, just love the vibe of it, stylish, intelligent, well...fun. As for your first place pick, here I would defer to you, the much more well versed in Tull lore. However I find it just a fanciful & indulgent excursion. Musically very well done but the whole conceptual idea kind of leaves me...meh. You (and other commentators) mention the denseness of the music on this one but it must be my own denseness that prevents me from appreciating it.
As it happens I pretty much moved on from Jethro Tull in the late 70’s after I heard the likes of The Ramones, Patti Smith, Talking Heads (you get the idea) but I still come back to my old Jethro Tull vinyl once in a while and fall in love all over again. Oh... and I sure love me some This Was.
Thanks for the work and thought you must have put into this video. Well done.
Thanks.. do check out my other videos.
Of all of Ian’s many brilliant decisions, there is something about the way we are eased into Benefit with the quiet, building beauty of With You There To Help Me that I think is really cool.
What a Tour de Force of an analysis !!!
I have always regarded myself as something of a Jethro Tull connoisseur - but I am completely humbled and blown away by the depth of your knowledge, and understanding of what under-pinned each album. Bravo!
I would be rather older than yourself, and (bizzarely) remember the early days altogether more vividly than the more recent offerings. Like you, Tull would be one of my absolute favourite bands of all time, and have been since 1971.
I would agree with almost all of the points you make, and virtually all the rankings you attribute to each album, with perhaps only a handful of qualifications, which (out of interest, but not dogmatic conviction) I would mention below ......
* I would inter-change Minstrel and Benefit, not because of any qualitative judgement, but because Minstrel played an inportant part in my youth, and I have enormously warm memories of it, whereas Benefit [to me] being sandwiched between two of the best albums of all time (of any band) seemed a little flat by comparison to them.
I know Martin felt Benefit was a better platform for his contributions than Stand Up - but I definitively do not. One of the most modest 'great' musicians I have ever encountered, I think he still felt like a "green" novice on this first album - but he is possibly the only person I have ever encountered who thinks this (Ian Anderson included!).
* Stand Up was for me the 3rd best Tull Album (on certain days perhaps the 2nd best, edging out Aqualung) and even now I still listen to many of the tracks every month. There is not one weak track amongst the 10 - and "We Used to Know" is one of my 3 favourite Tull songs ever. [Martin's short solo is absolutely magnificent!]
I would therefore promote this ahead of the excellent Heavy Horses & Songs from the Wood - both of which I love as much as you do.
* Passion Play was a monumental album, innovative, uplifting and incredibly important. But much though I loved it as a stand- alone piece, it did not move me to anything like the same extent as Thick as a Brick, or indeed the 3 albums which preceded it. But, that said, it is still solidly within "my" Top 10
* Crest of a Knave is for me a classic "70's" Tull offering, and - developmentally - should really have followed Stormwatch. Massively the best of the latter-day albums, Crest was another unblemished album with not a single weak track - and absolutely stacked with memorable classics (Steel Monkey, Farm on the Freeway, Budapest, Raising Steam.....)
* So - by process of elimination - my No2 and No1 were (and still are) Aqualung - the best Album of perhaps the 2nd best year for Albums ever (1971) - and of course Thick As a Brick in pole position; over the years I have virtually worn through Side 1 [which is also the favourite "track" on my iPod] - and Side 2 is absolutely no slouch either! "The Poet & The Painter" is absolutely what recorded music is all about.
So - for what it's worth - my Top Ten would be :-
10 Stormwatch
9 War Child
8 Passion Play
7 Minstrel in the Gallery
6 Heavy Horses
5= Crest of a Knave
5= Songs from the Wood
3 Stand Up
2 Aqualung
1 Thick As A Brick
PS - I was at the same "Crest" gig at the NEC which you attended - what a fabulous evening, and what a triumphant return to form for the boys after a few quieter years! (As I remember, the balloons may have made a comeback that year too?)
Thanks for a really interesting, informed and nostalgic round up! I know i was late in finding it - but it was a thoroughly enjoyable way to spend 40 minutes! Well done indeed.
Thank you. Do check out my other Tull videos
Superb as usual. Thanks so much.
You're good man REALLY good! I can watch your video and it never gets old!
I appreciate that! Check out my other videos
Good review man. I love Songs from the Wood, Too Old to Rock'n'roll, Aqualung, Heavy Horses and Stormwatch
Retained his tickets and programs, knows the albums back and forth. A Fan, with a capital-F. Thank you, really enjoyed this overview.
thank you for watching.
Outstanding quality of reviewing!
Thanks for the video - really interesting and well reasoned. "Baker Street Muse" is my favourite Tull song.
Wonderful - you are the only one that I've hear of the loves "Passion Play". It has been my top LP from my first listening. I love the heartbeat running though it. Great work on your list. Cheers
It's so good!
My favorite album is "Benefit".Although I didn't buy it until I had purchased " Aqualung", (it wasn't available in the States until after Aqualung was released Number 2 is Aqualung, number 3 is "Thick as a Brick", and 4 is "Living in the Past".
5 is Stand Up.
The great amount of positives for the album Benefit and Heavy Horses is quite enlightening - magnificent all time classics.
EXCELLENT REVIEW...THANKS
This is terrific! Thanks for your thorough analysis.
My number one is Stand Up. There's something so fresh and wonderful about the album due in large part to its simplicity in terms of arrangement. Tull is playing without much studio trickery and the recording is beautiful. Serendipity at the core!
Edit: bold move putting A Passion Play at number one! The only album where Ian plays sax I believe. I'd put it at number two.
Love your ranking and reviews, I'm with you Passion Play is my #1, saw it live in Quebec city in 1973 what a show !!!!
Outstanding review and information.
Very nice and enjoyable review, thanks.
I agree with you: A Passion Play is my best Jethro Tull album too !!!
This video is incredible! What an amazing, well researched run-through.
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@@classicalbum Yeah...actually, Riley's right; you *did* offer quite a few fine details in the run-through. So, I think I *will* subscribe/share. Anyhow... another little fun fact I can offer: On JT's defense, Crest of a Knave sounding like Dire Straits is arguably a bit of a backwards statement, considering that Mark Knopfler actually consulted Martin Barre about how to achieve his exact guitar tone (prior to any of Dire Straits' catalogue, if I understand correctly).
I didn't know that ... an interesting point. However, I don't think Tull were trying to sound like Dire Straits, I just think Anderson's voice was lower in key and sounded a bit like Knophler. The press just assumed they were trying to cash in on the success of Brothers in Arm.... but then what do they know
@@classicalbum Yeah, the press often assumes a lot. I'm just pointing this out because I personally think that it's just as valid (if not more valid) to say that DS can sometimes sound reminiscent of the old JT (at least guitar-wise).
Well-informed review. Better than the average 'I like X and Y and I'll limit myself to reading a few song titles as evidence' approach.
Very helpful overview, thanks.
You're welcome!
Fascinating and informative as hell! Thanks very much for posting these! I only have maybe one album of theirs- stand up (which I think is fantastic!) so am a pretty casual fan.
Glad you enjoyed it
Dude thanks for introducing me to Jethro Tull! What a band! Only completely listened to Songs form the Wood entirely so far - and man, that one hit differently. What a rollercoaster. Amazing.
Welcome aboard! Tull are an incredible band
What a great video. Thick As A Brick is #1 for me. I never got A Passion Play, but because you put it on the top of your list, I must give it another chance.
Save your money
@@jonhoward180 LOL! So why do you think it sold so well?
An by the way thank you SO MUCH for explaining the reason of how Ian Anderson's voice sounds in Heavy Horses album. I always wondered why it sounded like that
Very nice video .. I need to go back into my archives .. I very much like Budapest.. Great works .. thanks.
I love a passion play, just listened to it a couple days ago straight through- the only way. Nice vid, Thank you
Impressive list! Great detail and knowledge of the albums. My only beef is seeing Minstrel so low! Great job.
Great video as usual. I saw them on the War Child tour. Brilliant. Funny how Ian was the only person on a lot of the later sleeves.
Thanks for posting and sharing your knowledge & opinions. I hope tis video will encourage people to explore & appreciate the great Jethro Tull
A respectable list. You're clearly very knowledgeable. Your #1 pick was a surprise, though. I was seeing it as a 3-way race between Aqualung, Thick as a Brick, and Songs from the Wood.
Thank you for this; Passion Play is my favorite album, period. I feel vindicated😻😻😻
No problem!!
Tremendous review and I love your work best on YouTUbe with The Needle Drop
I always watch instantly when you post a Worst to Best. I learn about so many hidden song gems.
I hope you like Tull
@@classicalbum Always have. Besides being a bit jaded by the Metal Grammy because I love Metallica.
Agreed with Passion Play and your list and reasons was excellent
Great video. My top 6 Jethro Tull albums have always been. Stand Up / Aqualung / Benefit / Songs From The Wood / Thick As A Brick / Crest Of A Knave. No particular order.
I’m 66..from France..seen JT many times since...17...once à week i walk through Paris Passion play....in my ears...wgat à delight...hundreds of mélodies nev3r ov3rexploited..complex rythmes thhat flow nevertheless...stunning bass , guitar and drums...deep spirituel lyrics...i love many of JT albums..but Passion play..too under rated..so thanks !
Thank you for compiling this list! I agree with your rankings for the most part. One or two albums rank just one above or below what you've chosen. The music of Jethro Tull has been a solid landmark in my life - my parents played these albums repeatedly when I was young, to the point I must admit I've been a Tull fan since the womb!
Funny story: while I was being born, my father had just picked up Stand Up and it was receiving some serious attention on the turntable. The songs from that album were stuck in his head during the entire delivery of his firstborn!
Excellent reviews and I have to agree with your number one. I have been a fervent Tull fan since 71 when my brother took me to buy my first album, Aqualung, when I was ten years old, but I always considered Passion Play to be their finest as musicians much like Yes's Relayer and Zepplin's Presence which do not get the praise that they deserve.
I try to listen to PP in it's entirety at least twice a year at full volume while driving and at 59 happy I still remember every lyric.
After many years of digesting Tull, my top 5 are:
1. A Passion play
2. Stand Up
3. Minstrel in the Gallery
4. Stormwatch
5. Songs From The Wood
Guarantee the next 5 aren't too shabby either.
Stand Up is a real gem.
1. A Passion Play
2. Aqualang
3. Stand Up
4. Minstrel Gallery
5. Storm Watch / Heavy Horses
Excellent walkthrough the albums of Jethro Tull with a surprise to me at #1.
It's clear that you're a big fan and very knowledgeable. You explain your opinions very clearly.
First time, brought to your channel while listening to Jethro Tull, like 👍👌✌🤝's
1. "Songs From the Wood" and 2. "Heavy Horses". I don't know what would follow after but I'm a huge fan of his 1970's works.
Those are truly the Folk Rock that is Tull's trademark. I'd recommend people to listen to those first.
If you like "Heavy Horses" I think You also will like the following album "Stormwatch". "Stormwatch" is my favourite album from Jethro Tull - a dark melancholic masterpiece !
Have you ever thought of going to TH-cam and listening to the rest of the LPS?
Jethro Tull? Yes, I like him as well. He's great. His 70s works are masterpieces. What a guy, Mr. Jethro Tull.
I grew up with 'Songs From the Wood' in my American living room. I had minimal exposure to MTV no knowledge of punk rock, so I got to enjoy it firsthand with no context. And that was perfect.
25:35 Well done for pronouncing Bert's name properly. I've seldom heard anyone else do so.
Great video, thanks Barry. Has peaked my interest in other Tull records.
Interesting how people often forget about Rover. That has to be my favorite song off the Heavy Horses record. It's wonderful to listen to and play.
One of my favourites
My all time favorite is Wheathercock. Heavy Horses is my 2nd favorite JT´s album. The first is Aqualung and the third Thick as a Brick.
One of my very favorite acts of all time. It’s hard for me to grade the excellence of Aqualung, Thick as a Brick, and A Passion Play in any particular order. I love them all and consider them to be at the top of the work. Songs from the Wood comes very close for me. I also really like War Child. Minstrel in the Gallery comes nowhere close for me and I’m really surprised to see Heavy Horses mentioned many times in the comments. I did not like it at all. And it was actually the last one that I bought back in the day. Whilst there are other fantastic songs such as Teacher and Living in the Past, the core of Tull’s heyday is for me: Aqualung, Thick as a Brick, A Passion Play, Songs from the Wood, and War Child. Admittedly I’m unfamiliar with the post-Heavy Horses work! Your commentary is brilliant.Thanks!
Good reviews my friend 👍🏻
I have 14 of the older albums you have ranked, on lp, and after all those years they are there to prove that Tull, to me, were one of my first pre-NWOBHM-militancy classic rock bands. I learned so much from them, in the process of becoming a total metalhead but trying to keep a connection with the elders' musicianship. I guess it was also felt amongst the ranks of such nwobhm luminaries like Maiden, Dark Star, Blitzkrieg, Cloven Hoof and maybe Legend, from the Jersey islands. I absolutely appreciated, agreed with and also learned a lot from your analysis. Please keep up the excellent work. Cheers from Portugal.
Couldn't agree more with Passion Play as #1, though I didn't appreciate it for many years. The medley of "Memory Bank",
"Best Friends" and "Critique Oblique" forms one of the greatest musical movements in rock, showcasing Tull at their best. Power combined with subtlety, brilliantly executed. I hope Martin brings it back on his tour. I seriously doubt that Ian will ever perform any of it again.
So many great songs and albums. It is indeed a matter of personal taste to rank them. Thanks for a great summary and run down.
Fabulous video. Really excellent commentary on all the albums. I'm definitely a 70s Tull fan, so I'd place Minstrel higher. I've never like A Passion Play, but TAAB is overall my favourite. In their heyday they were a sensational live band, who I saw in '78, '80 and '82, and I get huge pleasure these days from seeking out old videos from back then.
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Hello! Just wish to repeat what others have said about the quality and value of this list. So entertainingly informative, in-depth and eloquent. Jethro Tull were for me a band that I always enjoyed but never got around to diving deeply into as a youngster. Wasn't until my final day of Air Force boot camp in 1985 when, rather than walk about San Antonio, I took to the rec center where a listening room was set up, with desks and headphones, and a volunteer DJ would cue up reel-to-reel, and I selected Thick as a Brick and was blown away.
Subscribing now, and all that jazz, and looking forward to more edifying content. Thanks so much
There are loads of videos for you to watch.
Well done sir!
Excellent overview, thank you. I discovered JT fairly late and Passion Play has remained my favourite (your review of that album is also excellent).
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A very difficult exercise but I am astonished at how low Minstrel In The Gallery is rated. Number 4 for mine after Stand Up, TAAB and Aqualung
It's a great album--- maybe I should have ranked it higher.... Happy new year to you... Thanks for watching
now u have me on a another tull album crawl. i never really explored past songs from the wood which i loved. there was simply so much before it that i would imerse in before going to king crimson or yes. this time im gonna go thru them ALL. thank you. ur videos are awesome. i especially liked ur bill bruford interview
Thank you
Tull is also one of my favorite bands, and your video has shone a light upon the albums that represent holes in my collection. It's like discovering new music. Cheers!
Songs From the Wood. Has anyone ever made a better album?
My favorite as well.
Perfect album from start to finish
Jethro Tull.
Depends on your tastes really. Rainbow-Rising was amazing, Black Sabbath-Heaven and Hell, King Crimson-Red, Rush-2112, all great
irishguy13 None better
The last time I saw Jethro Tull even Ian Anderson admitted that Passion Play was a big mistake which still had "a couple of nice moments". The public performances in 1973 were panned by the audience as I witnessed on its premiere! Stand Up, Benefit and Songs from the Wood are pure delights without the excesses of Aqualung and Thich as a Brick (which are still very good), and are my top 3!
@Thomas Lansing - What are the excesses on Aqualung?
He was deeply disturbed by the very negative reviews the album got after the marathon that was A Passion Play recordings… It’s a remarkable album, but TAAB is better undoubtedly imho
Brilliant video as always, Barry. I only have heard Aqualung & Thick As A Brick. I found the content you give about the albums very interesting. I must purchase more Tull CD’s. Love those tour programs from the concerts you attended.👍
Check out the trilogy....
Classic Album Review Yes will do definitely. Thanks Barry.
Great job!
I've loved JT for years, but surprisingly have heard little of their material. I'm starting to collect their LP's and this helps to decide which to get next which will probably be either Passion Play or Songs From The Wood.
I agree with A Passion Play, my favorite Tull album too, number two for me is Minstrel In the Gallery and three Songs From the Woods.
I doff my hat to you for your knowledge and insight into JT, a terrific review of their music. Forget the subjectivity of music appreciation, I personally am struggling with your #1 choice. I so wanted to really like A Passion Play but find it difficult to listen to without drifting away. It’s not their worst but not in my top 15. (Footnote, I was 15 when I heard my first Tull album (Benefit) and feel lucky to have lived through that era of anticipating the next release. Cheers from Tasmania!