Stand Up
	Produced by Terry Ellis and Ian Anderson
	Released on July 1969
	UK CHART POSITION #1 . . . US CHART POSITION #20 . . . GOLD RECORD (11/6/72)
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A slight scuffle from A(brahams) to B(arre), during which Ian took the wheel. Stand Up follows their first album in most regards: explosive blues/folk, some psychedelic concessions in the instrumentation. The prime difference is a pronounced shift toward acoustic music; Martin Barre arrived with no baggage and seemed pleased to pledge allegiance to the new lord of the manor. To those that found Tull’s shift toward convoluted concepts distasteful, Stand Up is classic stuff, the likes of which wouldn’t be seen again after Benefit. Prog fans however sometimes find the band’s first two albums tame and derivative compared to their subsequent masterworks. I admit, as a young man, I filed Stand Up alongside their first album as dusty arcana boasting but a few well preserved morsels. But I reminded myself of the talent in attendance and patiently played a tape of this on my way to work for a few months. As many would suspect, the album soon worked its peculiar magic. I found myself anticipating with pleasure the cranky insights of “A New Day Yesterday,” “Look Into The Sun” and “For A Thousand Mothers,” the tastefully orchestrated “Reasons For Waiting” and the bemused observations of “Fat Man” and “Nothing Is Easy.” Though Benefit balances the light and dark sections better, the small leap that Stand Up makes is not to be discounted. In fact, the album is important for introducing Anderson’s lyrical insights: a vague dissatisfaction with the world around him, a cherishing of childhood, a bemused philosophical bent. As such, Stand Up clearly belongs to the same school of thought as Tull’s later works. The band had settled on a slightly new course, choosing a different path in the woods, and that made all the difference.

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TRACK LISTING

1. A NEW DAY YESTERDAY    4:08
2. JEFFREY GOES TO LEICESTER SQUARE    2:03
3. BOUREE    3:45
4. BACK TO THE FAMILY    3:45
5. LOOK INTO THE SUN    4:18
6. NOTHING IS EASY    4:20
7. FAT MAN    2:48
8. WE USED TO KNOW    3:55
9. REASONS FOR WAITING    4:00
10. FOR A THOUSAND MOTHERS    4:12
    
    CD reissue bonus tracks
    
11. LIVING IN THE PAST
12. DRIVING SONG
13. SWEET DREAM
14. 17
    
    All songs written by Ian Anderson

CREDITS

IAN ANDERSON played flute, acoustic guitar, hammond organ, piano, mandolin, balalaika, mouth organ and sang
MARTIN LANCELOT BARRE played electric guitar, and flute on side one track two, and side two track four
CLIVE BUNKER played drums and all manner of percussion
GLENN CORNICK played bass guitar
Strings on 'Reasons for waiting' were arranged and conducted by DAVID PALMER
ANDY JOHNS -- engineer
The cover was based on ideas from TERRY ELLIS and JOHN WILLIAMS and printed from woodcuts by New York graphic artist, JIMMY GRASHOW

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