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JETHRO TULL "minstrel in the gallery" cd,1975.

im only now just "getting in to" Jethro Tull and from what ive already heard(three albums plus this one and TAAB2), he/they are about as consistant as it gets IMO...
probably the worst of the albums ive posted so far, but still getting a half decent score...
im still not sure where they fit into the scheme of things music-wise, theyre a "bitser group" IMO, you know, bits of this and bits of that, but somehow it all seems to work well together and make sense.
guess i'd call this one Medieval Folk(OMG,think ive found a new sub genre of folk!!!), a very laid back album full of lovely acoustic guitars,flutes and strings with the odd bit of electric guitar work in the mix for good measure...the thing that really attracts me to JT is the lyrical content of the songs, they are concise,precise and most of all intelligent to say the least.
this disc is the 2002 remastered version and contains three bonus studio tracks and two live recordings of the first two tracks on the album...think i prefer the live versions..
one of the bonus tracks is a flute instrumental...sorry,does nothing for me but does show the proffessional musicianship of Anderson's playing skills.
of the original album tracks(7 of them), theres one i do not like,the opening track, and one(the final track), which is only around 40 seconds long which i will not score here as i dont call it a song.
the sixth track(baker street muse) is an almost seventeen minute epic split into four parts,some of which i love,the remainder of it is ok, thus the "**" rating.
also, sorry abotu the lack of links for the three bonus tracks..Summery Sands would have been my favourite one on here but i couldnt do it as it wasnt on the original album!
all up, a pretty good album, and i cant wait to explore their back catalogue further!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: pan dance
best track: one white duck/0=nothing at all

tracks:

1. minstrel in the gallery *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byD2cD7iAfE audio
2. cold wind to valhalla **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgh6V-kXnv4 audio
3. black satin dancer **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzxNBTCpYOI audio
4. requiem **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N8nKtkj2r8 audio
5. one white duck/0=nothing at all ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FFUA5rKwTg audio
6. baker street muse **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-7yVIJ7wE4 audio
7. grace (no rating,not a real song!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHkJk2d-bwc audio
8. summery sands ***
9. march the mad scientist **
10.pan dance *

3s=2
2s=5
1s=2

rating: 2.0