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JohnK's Jethro Tull Album & CD Reviews

Last updated December 30th, 2003

One of the things that I've always enjoyed is reading reviews about rock groups and their albums and their live performances. As a Tull fanatic from way back (see my Introduction to Tull page), I thought that it might be a good idea if I wrote up a series of small, capsule reviews about each of the Tull albums (and then CDs) that have come out over the years. When it comes right down to it, the strength or weakness of a Jethro Tull album/CD can be summed up in two words - Ian Anderson. You'll see what I mean in the reviews that follow.

I guess the other thing that bears mentioning here, is that there are a *lot* of Jethro Tull albums and/or CDs out there, so it's natural that these capsule reviews will take up more than one page. For the sake of my own sanity, and because of how I feel about the majority of the Tull music, I've divided up the group's music into stages, noted below. With that small bit of advice at hand, let's just proceed to the reviews. It's also important to realise that these reviews of the various Tull albums and CDs are not professionally oriented or aimed at being an analysis of the music of Tull; they are subjective comments on my part about the various albums, and should be taken with a grain (or two) of salt.

So pick your favourite Tull album or CD, and see what I have to say about it...!

    The Early Tull Years
    This Was
    Stand Up
    Benefit
    A Tull for the '70s
    Aqualung
    Thick As A Brick
    Living in the Past
    A Passion Play
    WarChild
    Minstrel in the Gallery
    M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull
    Too Old to Rock 'n Roll: Too Young to Die!
    Songs From the Wood
    Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull Vol II
    Heavy Horses
    Live - Bursting Out
    Stormwatch
    Tull Into the '80s
    A
    The Broadsword and the Beast
    Walk Into Light (IA Solo)
    Under Wraps
    Original Masters
    A Classic Case
    Crest of A Knave
    20 Years of Jethro Tull (3-CD Set)
    Rock Island
    The '90s Tull
    Live at Hammersmith '84
    Catfish Rising
    A Little Light Music
    25th Anniversary Boxed Set (4-CD Set)
    The Best of Jethro Tull - The Anniversary Collection
    Nightcap (2-CD Set)
    Divinities: Twelve Dances with God (IA Solo)
    Roots to Branches
    Through the Years
    j-tull Dot Com
    Tull Into the New Millenium
    The Secret Language of Birds (IA Solo)
    The Very Best of Jethro Tull
    Living With the Past
    Rupi's Dance (IA Solo)
    The Jethro Tull Christmas Album


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