Rating "Jethro Tull " albums?

How would you rate Jethro Tull
albums 1 to 10 ?

 

This Was 8/10
Stand Up 9/10
Benefit 10/10
Aqualung 8/10
Thick As A Brick 7/10
A Passion Play 7/10
Minstrel In The Gallery 8/10

 

Broadsword ..a couple of good songs.

 

On the high side for 2016:

This Was 8
Stand Up 10
Benefit 10
Aqualung 10
Thick As A Brick 10
Living In The Past 10

A Passion Play 8
WarChild 8
Minstrel In The Gallery 10
Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die 7.5
Songs From The Wood 10
Heavy Horses 10
Stormwatch 9

A 8
The Broadsword And The Beast 10
Under Wraps 8
Crest Of A Knave 7
Rock Island 8.5

Catfish Rising 9
Roots To Branches 8
DOT COM 8

 

This Was 10/10
Stand Up 8/10
Benefit 8/10
Aqualung 9.5/10
Thick As A Brick 10/10
Living In The Past 9.5/10
A Passion Play 10/10
Warchild 8/10
Minstrel In The Gallery 8/10
Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! 7.5/10
Songs From The Wood 9.5/10
Heavy Horses 9.5/10
Stormwatch 8/10
`A' 7.5/10
Broadsword and The Beast 7.5/10
Under Wraps 7/10
Crest Of A Knave 7/10
Rock Island 7/10
Catfish Rising 7/10
Roots To Branches 7.5/10
J-Tull Dot Com 7/10

 

I just got "Minstrel In The Gallery" a very fine album indeed. Requiem sounds a bit Simon& Garfunkel.

 

This Was 6
Stand Up 8
Benefit 8
Aqualung 9
Thick As A Brick 8
Living In The Past 9
A Passion Play 8
Warchild 7
Minstrel In The Gallery 10
Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! 6
Songs From The Wood 8
Heavy Horses 7
Stormwatch 6
`A' 4
Broadsword and The Beast 5
Under Wraps 7
Crest Of A Knave 7
Rock Island 4
Catfish Rising 6
Roots To Branches 5
J-Tull Dot Com 5

 

I've never heard This Was, and lost touch with Tull after Songs from the Wood, but everything in between is 8-10 with me. Aqualung is a bit overrated, and War Child is severely underrated IMO.

 

Hahaha!

 

This Was 6/10
Stand Up 9/10
Benefit 8/10
Aqualung 9.5/10
Thick As A Brick 9/10
Living In The Past 8/10
A Passion Play 8/10
Warchild 7/10
Minstrel In The Gallery 9/10
Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! 7/10
Songs From The Wood 9/10
Heavy Horses 8.5/10
Stormwatch 8/10
`A' 6/10
Broadsword and The Beast 8/10
Under Wraps 2/10
Crest Of A Knave 6/10
Rock Island 4/10
Catfish Rising 5/10
Roots To Branches 6/10
J-Tull Dot Com 4/10
Christmas Album 7/10

 

Dunno about ratings ,
my top 5

Benefit
Stand Up
SFTW
MITG
HH

 

"This Was" and "Stand Up" tie for first, then probably:

"Aqualung"
"Benefit"

I prefer old Tull, obviously.

I have to threadcrap, though ... I think "Songs from the Wood"
is overrated. Great title, concept, cover ... but the music is rather
liberally spiced with electronics. Ever try to use electronic instruments
in the woods? Ian must've had early solar or very long connective cables ...

 

This Was 7
Stand Up 10
Benefit 9
Aqualung 10
Thick As A Brick 10
Living In The Past 9
A Passion Play 9
WarChild 8
Minstrel In The Gallery 10
Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die 6 (Steven Wilson remix: 8)
Songs From The Wood 10 (maybe 11)
Heavy Horses 9
Stormwatch 8
A 8
The Broadsword And The Beast 7
Under Wraps 6
Crest Of A Knave 7
Rock Island 5
Catfish Rising 6
Roots To Branches 7
A Christmas Album 8

Ian Anderson The Secret Language Of Birds 9

 

I would concur.

 

This Was 8
Stand Up 10
Benefit 9
Aqualung 10
Thick As A Brick 10
Living In The Past 10
A Passion Play 10
WarChild 8
Minstrel In The Gallery 9
Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die 7
Songs From The Wood 8
Heavy Horses 7
Stormwatch 7
A 6
The Broadsword And The Beast 7
Under Wraps 4

 

Benefit remix 8/10. One version has Teacher and one has Alive and well. Both should be included as well as Witches promise which is what we have on the remix.
Aqualung was 7/10 but the 45th remix gets a 8.5/10 from me. 9 great additional compositions on disc 2 and some great quad versions and alternate versions of some songs.
Thick as a brick 9/10
A passion play remix 8.5/10. That great extra minute on side 2 really strengthens the final 20 minute run of music after the Hare. I can't get enough of the remixed Left Right and Audition either
Warchild was 6/10 but the remix gets 8.5/10. Great additional album of tracks and another 30 minutes of individual classical compositions if you don't count all the different versions.
Minstrel remix 7.5/10. Summerday sands beefs the ratings slightly
Too old to RnR was 6.5/10 but remix gets 8/10. 4 extra tracks are my faves and remix sound really improves the listen. Pity the band didn't record more songs.
I'll wait for the next remixes to come out to see what new gems are included.

 

That is pretty damn close.

 

This Was - 8.5
Stand Up - 9.5
Benefit - 10
Aqualung - 9.5
Thick As A Brick - 10

Living In The Past - 9.5
A Passion Play - 2
WarChild - 7
Minstrel In The Gallery - 9
Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die - 4

Songs From The Wood - 7.5
Heavy Horses - 8
Stormwatch - 8
A - 1
The Broadsword And The Beast - 6

Crest Of A Knave - 6
Rock Island - 6
Roots To Branches - 6.5

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This Was 6
Stand up 8
Benefit 10
Aqualung 8,5
Thick as a brick 10
Living in the past 10
Passion play 10
Warchild 10
Minstrel 10
Too old 9
Songs from the wood 10
Bursting out 8
Heavy Horses 10+
Stormwatch 10
A 9
Broadsword 10
Walk into light 10
Underwraps 10
Classic case 3
Crest 10
20 Years 10
Rock Island 7
Live at hammersmith 7 (only because they left so much of the original broadcast out, otherwise 10)
Catfish 9
Little light music 5
25 years box 4
Nightcap 10
Roots 8,5
Divinities 9
In concert 7
Dotcom 6
Secret language of birds 10
Christmas album 2
Rupi 8
Nothing is easy Isle of wight 9
TAAB 2 8
Homo erraticus 9

 

This Was 7
Stand Up 8.5
Benefit 8.5
Aqualung 10
Thick As A Brick 10
Living In The Past 10
A Passion Play 4
Warchild 7
Minstrel In The Gallery 6
Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die! 5
Songs From The Wood 10

[I had burned out on Tull by this stage, and haven't heard later albums, although I'm quite interested to pick up Horses]

 

Horses is great. Worth getting Warchild remix, Stormwatch and Bursting Out too

 

lol. I agree.

 

This Was 7
Stand Up 10
Benefit 10
Aqualung 10
Thick As A Brick 10
Living In The Past 9
A Passion Play 7
WarChild 7
Minstrel In The Gallery 10
Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die 9
Songs From The Wood 8
Heavy Horses 8

 

The 1st 3 albums are the only ones I can listen to. Saw them 4 times during this period and they were incredible. Saw them a 5th time when Aqualung came out and felt they were getting a bit too 'commercial'. I couldn't stand Thick As A Brick and haven't heard/listened to any of their music since!

 

10/ 10 : Stand Up . Songs From The Wood . Heavy Horses
9.5 /10: Living In The Past
9/10: This Was
8.5 /10 : Thick As A Brick . Aqualung . Benefit
8/10 : Rock Island . Christmas Album . Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die . Stormwatch
7.5 / 10 ; Minstrel In The Gallery
7/ 10 ; WarChild . A Passion Play