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Track Listings
| 1. Spiral |
| 2. Dot com |
| 3. Awol |
| 4. Nothing @ All |
| 5. Wicked Windows |
| 6. Hunt By Numbers |
| 7. Hot Mango Flush |
| 8. El Nino |
| 9. Black Mamba |
| 10. Mango Surprise |
| 11. Bends Like A Willow |
| 12. Far Alaska |
| 13. The Dog-Ear Years |
| 14. A Gift Of Roses |
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The cyber-centric title of Jethro Tull's 25th collection of new music is cause for pause. Ye olde art-rock band dropping au courant lingo into their songs from the wood? Ian Anderson intoning with characteristic gravity: "Punch my name and in case you wonder / I'll be yours / Yours dot com"? Hmmm. What would that poor old sod Aqualung think? Get past the notion that these fixtures of prog-rock have hit upon the dubious notion of using an album title as a billboard for their Web site, however, and you've got a collection that will leave Tull true believers contented. The group's inimitable hard rock and otherworldly folk brew makes no less--or more--sense now than it did when the group emerged with such unlikely hits as the aforementioned Aqualung and 1972's Thick as a Brick, which consisted of one 43-minute song spread over two sides of a record. If they could pull that off, these durable greybeards can find love on the Internet. --Steven Stolder
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
My god! A good album in 1999!,
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This review is from: J Tull Dot Com (Audio CD)
Ian Anderson, Martin Barre et al seem on fine form this year. They have shed the codpeices for chinos, and the hair is lighter and sparcer, but their music has grown tremendously. Especial credit goes to Anderson's writing on Hunt By Numbers and Gift of Roses - a wonderful peice of observational writing, and a good old fashioned love song, which doesn't involve graphic sex. Barre's Guitar work gets back to some tidy, minimal blues, and the slight cyberpunk riff on side one capture a modern feel. A definate must buy. If only all bands could do this........PS - buy the secret language of birds. Don't argue, just buy it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Tull Dot Com,
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This review is from: J Tull Dot Com (Audio CD)
Despite the terrible title this is a significant improvement on Catfish and Roots. The music is a lot more entertaining and there are some half-decent lyrics. The odd acoustic half-rapped garbage that is "Hot Mango Flush" indicates how musically confused IA had become though before a return to form on his more recent solo albums. Seek these out first.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Middling Album from a fine band though now in cruise control,
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This review is from: J Tull Dot Com (Audio CD)
Its been a long time since Jethro Tull produced a classic album and this one hasn't changed that.There are enjoyable moments, and I found it pretty accessible, but after the initial few spins I'm rarely tempted to put it on. The .Com element seems like an attempt to gain some element of contemporary relevance, but it didn't work for me. On the upside the rockier Spirals bops along quite nicely and Hunt By Number and She Bends Like a Willow are both fine additions to the Tull cannon.
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