Jethro Tull - A (+ Bonus DVD) (Jpn LP Sleeve)

Artist:

Jethro Tull

See Also:

Flower Kings (The) Drake, Nick Pentangle Pegg, Dave Spock`s Beard

Description:

Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson (vocals, flute); Martin Barre (guitar); Dave Pegg (bass); Mark Craney (drums).
Additional personnel: Eddie Jobson (keyboards, electric violin).
Recorded at the Maison Rouge Studios, London and at home with the Maison Rouge Mobile.
Japanese remaster in an LP-replica sleeve adds a bonus DVD.
By the end of the 1970s, the golden age of progressive rock was over, and Jethro Tull, former rulers of the prog-rock roost, entered the `80s sporting a radical change in both personnel and sound. Some of the change was a result of circumstance--longtime piano player John Evans and keyboardist/arranger David Palmer departed after `79`s STORMWATCH, and bassist John Glascock had recently died, leaving only Ian Anderson and guitarist Martin Barre. Anderson enlisted Dave Pegg, the rock-solid former Fairport Convention bass player; prog-rock veteran Eddie Jobson on electric violin and keyboards, and Mark Craney, the first of several Tull drummers in the `80s.
With the art-rock of the `70s out of vogue, Anderson opted to update Tull`s image and dispense with the Elizabethan persona that had served him so well for so long. Instead, the group is pictured on the cover in a futuristic air traffic control station, wearing utilitarian white jumpsuits and pensively observing the sky. This was a radical change for a band named after an 18th-century agrarian. On songs like "Crossfire," Anderson gives the Tull sound a convincing `80s makeover, setting his old English melodies against airy production and textured synthesizers.

Track Listing:

A (+ BONUS DVD) (JPN LP SLEEVE):

1. Crossfire
2. Fylingdale Flyer
3. Working John, Working Joe
4. Black Sunday
5. Protect and Survive
6. Batteries Not Included
7. Uniform
8. 4 W.D.
9. Pine Marten`s Jig
10. And Further On
11. Introduction
12. Black Sunday
13. Dun Ringill
14. Fylingdale Flyer
15. Songs From the Wood
16. Heavy Horses
17. Sweet Dream
18. Too Old to Rock `N` Roll: Too Young to Die
19. Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day
20. Aqualung
21. Locomotive Breath

Album Information

Release Date:

03/24/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Progressive Rock

Label:

Toshiba EMI (Japan)

Catalog Number:

TOCP-67288

Original Release Year:

1980

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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