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FULL ALBUM: Jethro Tull - Benefit (Patreon)

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2022-02-23 00:36:19
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So... this was an experience! Click to hear our thoughts... if you dare. 🫥

Hope you enjoy!

Much love,

Nick, Lex and Marley

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Pete Perciasepe

I think this is one of those albums that you have to listen to a few times to appreciate it. What you just listened to was the u.k. album with a few singles at the end. Almost all tull albums have a heavy dose of acoustic guitar. It's definitely in my top 5 tull albums. If you want more of a prog tull album then listen to thick as a brick.

Mark Alexander

This is a great next-level reaction for you guys. Benefit is an amazing foundation for Tull and Ian Anderson’s genius. Nick, you get an important part of this. He’s the reincarnation of the archetypical medieval/ renaissance troubadour with a clear 14th-16th century madrigal foundation and traveling theater style, as you will see with coming albums and live performances. You will be surprised how many of these songs will burrow under your skin. Especially for you, Lex. There is no concert like a Tull concert. I STRONGLY suggest you do full-albums reactions to Tull in chronological order. Each informs the next in profound ways. Some will definitely stretch you, but you will never doubt Ian Anderson’s idiosyncratic genius. There’s a reason Steven Wilson remastered this one. 😄 Wilson also has book versions of other albums, like Aqualung and Stormwatch. BTW save this link to Yes’s Rick Wakeman interviewing Ian Anderson in 2009. Some surprising revelations. https://youtu.be/Bwf6_3H3wU8

gtaxi

Good album but nowhere the level of Thick as a Brick, Aqualung or Songs from the Wood.

Franck Thibault

OK, so, that was my 1st time listening to Jethro Tull: I have to agree with Nick with the lack of energy. Other than that, it was ok. Here's the summary of Nick's reaction: "Acoustic", "Folk", "I spoke too soon", "ok, this is my favorite song so far" (which happen for songs 2 through 4-5 😂)

Jim Reeves

Lovely reaction! Thanks for looking back! If you look at Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) be sure to listen to 'Morning is Broken'. Alexia will tear up!

R.Gray

There are a couple of songs on their 1969 album Stand Up that are fairly rocky - "A New Day Yesterday" and "Nothing Is Easy". That was the first album with guitarist Martin Barre, who replaced Mick Abrahams, who left and formed the group Blodwyn Pig. Going back further, if you watch The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus, you'll see Tull with a pre Black Sabbath Tony Iommi, who was with them for a while. This was filmed for TV in 1968, but the Stones thought they themselves were sub par, and it wasn't released until 1996. The Who were good on the program, and there was a performance of the Beatles "Yer Blues" by Lennon, Eric Clapton (gtr.), Mitch Mitchell (dr.), and Keith Richards (bass).

Debra Brabenec

The only song I really knew from Benefit was Teacher, which got a lot of airplay in the Detroit Metro area, I think AFTER Aqualung had made it's "splash" debut. I had never listened to the whole LP, but I'm sure I had heard it at parties in the 70's. To me, Teacher stands out from the rest of the album, seeming well fleshed out and confidant of what their style was developing into. Thick as a Brick would be an excellent choice for a full album reaction, as it is a concept album, and, IMHO, an epic masterpiece.

Debra Brabenec

...and, on the subject of full albums, please, please, PLEASE do Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark!! Or maybe, to warm you up on a cold winter day, The Hissing of Summer Lawns! Always love your reactions! 💕💕

Kenn Sisson

"Teacher" was a regular in FM radio playlists in Houston. Jethro Tull was my first rock concert, in 1973! To see what Tull looked like in performance back in '70, here's "My God" from the huge Isle of Wight festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WSulenOUb0

R.Gray

Martin Barre, the guitarist, has said that "Cry You A Song" was sort of Tull's answer to "Had To Cry Today" by the group Blind Faith. The main repeated riff is very similar, the part in the Tull song where the heavily effected guitar overdub comes in reminds me of the part 2 min. from the end of the Blind Faith song where there are dual lead guitars played through Leslie speakers. Another reason for checking out Blind Faith is that the singer was Steve Winwood, whom I heard you mention not seeing with S.Dan. If you aren't familiar with him, in 1963 the 15 yr. old Winwood was singer / keyboardist for the English Spenser Davis Group. In 1967 he formed the group Traffic, and in1968 played organ on a song on Hendrix's Electric Ladyland. In 1969 he joined Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker of Cream and bassist Rick Grech to form the short lived Blind Faith. He re-formed Traffic for a while, and then went on with a solo career. So check out "Had To Cry Today" on Spotify.

Michele

Incredible act and stage persona. Plus, my favorite track. Thanks ✨🤪

Murdock Moriarty

Ah, interesting choice for a Tull album. This was their 3rd release after two blues-rock albums. Forgettable? Certainly not. But you obviously came to this expecting some heavy rock or prog epics, which this clearly isn't. Rather a transitional one, when they slowly went to proggier sounds. It's also one of their moodiest, but great like everything this band did in the 1970s. It made them more well-known in the USA. I'd also argue that Anderson was one of the best lyricists of 70s rock! Tull,by the way, rarely were REALLY heavy (especially not on the 80s album that won them the grammy), but that doesn't mean they don't rock. Especially in the 1970s almost every album had its own distinct style/sound. Just for info: the album only has got 10 tracks, closing with "Sossity". The rest is bonus tracks, originally released as singles/b-sides.

Murdock Moriarty

If you want Tull proggy, continue with Thick as a Brick or 'Minstrel in the Gallery'. For really traditional folky Tull (with prog traces) try 'Songs from the Wood'.

Greg (NimbusCO)

There's some themes on this album, but it's not a concept album. I like the album, but many do find it falls a bit short. JT released a new studio album every year from 1968-1980, so there's going to be some filler! Like others, I recommend Thick as a Brick. The rhythm section had changed, and Ian decided that he would write a satirical concept album after the critics called Aqualung a concept album.

Arthur Marx

I dunno, Nick, but "With You There to Help Me" is one of my favorite Tull tunes. I especially love the false ending, the lower tempo repetition of the chorus before, all of a sudden, it comes back in with the duel between Martin Barre's snarling guitar against Ian Anderson's zany flute stylings. Never fails to amaze me. But let's see how you and Alex react to the rest of the album.

Arthur Marx

Just so you know, the final song of the original album is "Sossity; You're a Woman." Anything beyond that is a "bonus track." (I had a CD copy, and there were two or three extra tracks from the same recording sessions, all of which, as I recall, were included on the Living in the Past double album.)

Walter Gill

Hey Nick & Lex, The Teacher was the big radio track from this album and I hadn't heard any other tracks off of it and that speaks volumes to me about Benefit!! But, Don't get me wrong, Although I'm a Tull fan I heard much better albums by them and do you have a favorite album by J.T.? Can't wait to hear from you soon!! Thanks & Keep Rockin!! - <3 <3

Mark A Haus

There's a little more Prog in later Tull. Not as much in the early stuff. Benefit is only their 3rd album.

Luke D

I believe you would like Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery

Lee Haskin

I bought this CD probably 30 years ago and with the exception of 3-4 songs I could never really get into it either. I think you hit the nail on the head, it's more like a collection of ideas and not really one cohesive album. Which is a shame because I love this band! That said, they typically do play a lot of acoustic music, in fact aside from Hymn 42, I think you've already heard all of the rockers from Aqualung. However, on Aqualung, the acoustic tracks are all wonderful and memorable!

B Mac

I didn't really get into JT until Aqualung. I back tracked and did listen to This Was and Stand Up and Benefit. They're more Blues based and although good, it's not the JT that I like, Aqualung got me hooked and albums after that.

B Mac

Great album

B Mac

Shame him and Martin Barre parted ways in 2012. I always thought Martin was just as much a part of the JT 'sound' as mush as Ian Anderson is.