| Product Summary | | Label: Capitol Records | | UPC: 00724353545727 | | Release Date: 1/8/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60513349 | | Item#: MFXLML | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. With You There To Help Me ~ Jethro Tull |  | | 2. Nothing To Say ~ Jethro Tull | | | 3. Alive And Well And Living In ~ Jethro Tull | | | 4. Son ~ Jethro Tull | | | 5. For Michael Collins, Jeffrey, And Me ~ Jethro Tull | | | 6. To Cry You A Song ~ Jethro Tull | | | 7. Time For Everything?, A ~ Jethro Tull | | | 8. Inside ~ Jethro Tull | | | 9. Play In Time ~ Jethro Tull | | | 10. Sossity; You're A Woman ~ Jethro Tull | | | 11. Singing All Day ~ Jethro Tull | | | 12. Witch's Promise ~ Jethro Tull | | | 13. Just Trying To Be ~ Jethro Tull | | | 14. Teacher - (Original UK mix) ~ Jethro Tull | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson (vocals, flute); Martin Barre (electric guitar); John Evans (keyboards); Glenn Cornick (bass); Clive Bunker (drums). | | Additional personnel: John Evan (piano, organ). | | Producer: Ian Anderson. | | Reissue producers: Jo Brooks, Nigel Reeve. | | Principally recorded at Morgan Studios, London, England. Includes liner notes by Ian Anderson. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | Tull's third album finds them pulling definitively away from their blues-rock beginnings and heading towards the folk-influenced prog-rock that would become their trademark. It captures a brief, crucial moment in the band's life. They hadn't yet adopted the complex, medieval-oriented approach of their most famous works, but they had progressed enough to record some of Ian Anderson's most unpretentious, personal and affecting songs. Instead of courtly prog-rock or Cream-ish electric blues, BENEFIT is full of visceral, electrified folk-rock. The light, acoustic-flavored "With You There to Help Me" and "Inside" are full of thoughtful passion. The harder-edged "To Cry You a Song" and "Teacher" are examples of Tull's ever-present way with a hooky riff. For those distrustful of fancy time signatures and complex song suites, a strong case could be made for BENEFIT as Tull's most satisfying effort. |
Engineer: Robin Black |
| | Artist Overview | | Led by the charismatic, flute-wielding Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull began as a somewhat Led Zeppelin-like, bluesy hard-rock band. Before long the balance tipped to courtly, Elizabethan-sounding progressive rock tinged with folk and marked by tricky time changes and long suites. Though they were masters of the concept album (THICK AS A BRICK, AQUALUNG), Tull was able to churn out hook-laden hard-rock riffs that guaranteed them a permanent place on classic-rock playlists the world over. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/08/2002 | | Original Release Date : 1970 | | Catalog ID : 35457 | | Label : Capitol Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724353545727 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (11/01, p.139)
- 4 out of 5 stars - "...A steady consolidation of its predecessor....File not alongside Yes or ELP but Fairport Convention and The Crazy World OF Arthur Brown..." |
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