What can I say about my favorite band but this: Listen. Okay, I can say more than that since the one sentence looks terrible all by itself. Jethro Tull is one of prog's top-tier talents alongside Yes, Genesis, Rush, et cetera. Even during the band's early folk/blues period, singer/flautist Ian Anderson's ambitions eyed the rich world of prog. With electric guitarist Martin Barre, Tull strode into the electric rock camp with Benefit and, better stiil, Aqualung. However, Aqualung revealed Anderson's penchant for convoluted concepts, and some felt the side-long song cycles of Thick As A Brick and A Passion Play were too extreme (others loved them). The band returned to shorter songs with War Child and closed their "classic" phase somewhere around Heavy Horses. Anderson's voice having grown rougher in recent years, Tull now limits itself to occasional releases, often featuring members of Fairport Convention. 1987's Crest of a Knave finally earned the band a Grammy... for best heavy metal record.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1968 March | Sunshine Day |
| 1968 August | Song For Jeffrey |
| 1968 October | THIS WAS |
| 1968 December | Love Story |
| 1969 May | Living In The Past |
| 1969 July | STAND UP |
| 1969 | Bouree |
| 1969 October | Sweet Dream |
| 1970 January | The Witches Promise |
| 1970 April | BENEFIT |
| 1970 May | Inside |
| 1971 March | AQUALUNG |
| 1971 July | Hymn #43 |
| 1971 September | Life Is A Long Song |
| 1971 October | Locomotive Breath |
| 1972 March | THICK AS A BRICK |
| 1972 April | Thick As A Brick Edit #1 |
| 1972 July | LIVING IN THE PAST |
| 1973 May | A Passion Play Edit #8 |
| 1973 July | A PASSION PLAY |
| 1973 August | A Passion Play Edit #9 |
| 1974 October | Bungle In The Jungle |
| 1974 October | WAR CHILD |
| 1975 January | Skating Away On The Thin Ice of The New Day |
| 1975 September | MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY |
| 1975 October | Minstrel In The Gallery |
| 1975 December | M.U. - THE BEST OF JETHRO TULL (a.k.a. ESSENTIAL JETHRO TULL) |
| 1976 March | Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young To Die |
| 1976 March | TOO OLD TO ROCK 'N' ROLL: TOO YOUNG TO DIE |
| 1976 November | Ring Out, Solstice Bells |
| 1977 January | The Whistler |
| 1977 February | SONGS FROM THE WOOD |
| 1977 | Songs From The Wood |
| 1977 November | REPEAT • THE BEST OF JETHRO TULL • VOL. II |
| 1978 April | Moths |
| 1978 April | HEAVY HORSES |
| 1978 September | LIVE - BURSTING OUT |
| 1978 November | A Stitch In Time |
| 1979 September | North Sea Oil |
| 1979 September | STORMWATCH |
| 1979 November | Home |
| 1980 August | A |
| 1980 | Flyingdale Flyer |
| 1982 April | THE BROADSWORD AND THE BEAST |
| 1982 May | Broadsword |
| 1982 May | Fallen On Hard Times |
| 1982 | Pussy Willow |
| 1984 September | UNDER WRAPS |
| 1984 September | Lap of Luxury |
| 1985 October | ORIGINAL MASTERS |
| 1986 June | Coronach |
| 1987 September | CREST OF A KNAVE |
| 1987 October | Steel Monkey |
| 1987 December | Said She Was A Dancer |
| 1987 | Farm On The Freeway |
| 1989 August | Kissing Willie |
| 1989 September | ROCK ISLAND |
| 1989 November | Another Christmas Song |
| 1991 August | This Is Not Love |
| 1991 September 10 | CATFISH RISING |
| 1992 March | Rocks On The Road |
| 1992 September | A LITTLE LIGHT MUSIC |
| 1993 May | Living In The (Slightly More Recent) Past |
| 1993 | NIGHTCAP: THE UNRELEASED MASTERS 1973-1991 |
| 1995 September | ROOTS TO BRANCHES |
| 1997 February 17 | THROUGH THE YEARS |
| 1999 August 24 | J-TULL DOT COM |
| 2001 July 3 | THE VERY BEST OF JETHRO TULL |
| 2003 March 11 | CLASSIC MASTERS |
| 2003 September 30 | THE JETHRO TULL CHRISTMAS ALBUM |
| 2004 November 2 | NOTHING IS EASY: LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1970 |
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