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Crest of a knave (1987) [VINYL]

Jethro Tull | Format: Vinyl
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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Early in 1968, a group of young British musicians, born from the ashes of various failed regional bands gathered together in hunger, destitution and modest optimism in Luton, North of London. With a common love of Blues and an appreciation, between them, of various other music forms, they started to win over a small but enthusiastic audience in the various pubs and clubs of Southern England. The… Read more in Amazon's Jethro Tull Store

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  • Vinyl
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • ASIN: B0000922U5
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 712,979 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Modern era Tull 9 May 2003
Format:Audio CD
I bought this album originally on tape while on holiday in Turkey and after a few plays it went all wobbly.I bought it initially out of curiousity as I'd heard a track off this album on a compilation and from then on I was hooked. This isn't typical Tull. Anderson had been flirting with new technology for a number of years and the sound can be described as possibly a cross between ZZ Top and Dire Sraits. It's a very accessible album but notable still for Anderson's quirky lyrics and ear for a great tune especially 'Waking Edge' and 'Said She Was a Dancer'. If you want a good introduction to Anderson buy this but it is by no means indicative of 70s Tull. And yes, I bought it on cd when I got home!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Stalker VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
This seems to be the album that Ian Anderson wants us to admire the most judging by his interviews. The song writing and arrangements are supposed to be a notch above all that went before. I love JT but for me this is the album where it all began to fall apart. The lyrics are often weak with some cringe making lines on Budapest "Her legs went on forever, Like staring at infinity". In fact this album seemed to herald the arrival of IA's second adolescence. Some of the music is very good but Martin Barre seems to have decided he wants to sound like Mark Knopfler for some reason (Dire Straits were massively popular at the time). The drumming is poor, often provided by a drum machine. The album is saved by a couple of good but contrasting songs: Steel Monkey is a very powerfull and original modern sounding rock song and Mountain Men has a melodic old fashioned highlands theme which rolls along very nicely.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Mr. G. Foxton VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
Play the track "Said She Was A Dancer" from this Tull C.D. to any ten music fans and at least seven will probably ask you which Dire Straits album it's taken from.

The album was the first Tull c.d. I bought and though I've since covered what fans consider to be the essential purchases, this C.D. is still one of the most played.

"Farm on the Freeway" is a classic, slow building tune laden with flute, telling of a farmers rage at compulsary land purchase (very British) and leads into "Jump Start", another track which could not be mistaken for any other band. The centerpeice of the album is "Budapest" at over ten minutes you can almost feel the effort that has gone into making it epic.

My favourite track is "Dogs in the Midwinter" a variation on the "Why is life so hard" theme and another tune you find humming when you least expect it.

It could be that Tull were attempting to break America again, this album and particulary the track "Jump Start" were heavily played on U.S. radio but as a confirmed Tull fan I can recommend it both to fans and to the first time "Tull Buyer".

Oh, and "Steel Monkey" sound a bit like ZZ Top !!!

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Under-rated rock album
By the time Tull released this album, they had been drifting for some time. "A" and "Under Wraps" had alienated previous fans (like myself) who had moved on to other... Read more
Published 1 month ago by youngsie
Later Tull - very good!
Jethro Tull being one of our Rock Crown Jewels, always produce something interesting. Crest Of A Knave is no exception. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dickie Diver
dont bother
This is the most modern tull i have & it is bloody awful.Ian Anderson sounds like crap & a different singer from early tull,his voice is thin & hard following some problems. Read more
Published on 26 April 2008 by M. G. Czubkowski
The great, the good and the bad
After toying with the synths on their previous albums, Ian Anderson, with a little help from his friends, returned back to serious rock tunes. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2008 by Kimmo Karppinen
Saved by three tracks
My second Tull album - the first was Broadsword & the Beast - immediately made me grabbing the cover to confirm it was Tull and not Dire Straits. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2008 by Tony Roberts
Dire Straits Similarities Ahoy!
David Rees in his 1998 biography of Jethro Tull hailed this album as a masterpiece. Quite frankly I couldn't disagree more. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 2007 by Mr. D. J. Rudram
Resurgence
Perhaps my favourite Tull album after Thick as a Brick, this marked a great return to form. The 'rural' albums were the last to really grab the attention, the poor "A"... Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2006 by A. Miller
The 'Heavy Metal' Album, allegedly.
Tull won a Grammy for this record, at the expense of Metallica. It's not really a heavy metal album, although 'Steel Monkey' opens the record at breakneck pace. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2006 by M. J. Wright
Jethro's best
They are just on such good form here - the poetry of the words, the driving rhythms and contrasting delicate traceries of flute and vocal harmony all merge quite wonderfully. Read more
Published on 7 April 2005 by Big Ben
Vintage stuff
Tull are known to pay little heed to the whims of fashion, so you might be forgiven for thinking their material has varied little since 1967. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2001 by Andy Millward
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