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Even as they began to fancy themselves as codpiece-wearing Elizabethan minstrels in the gallery, Jethro Tull was a blues-based hard-rock group, and an explosive one, at that. On Stand Up, they enjoy the best of both worlds, with lighter fare such as "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" and a jazzy instrumental take on J. S. Bach's "Bouree" mixing nicely with the blistering rock of "A New Day Yesterday", "Nothing Is Easy", and "For a Thousand Mothers". On Stand Up, the group's second album, you can hear the band, and the grand scheme behind it, begin to solidify. --Daniel Durchholz
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JETHRO TULL Stand Up (2001 UK 14-track digitally remastered CD album featuring the 4 Bonus Recordings Living In The Past Driving Song Sweet Dream & 17)
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
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Simply put, this is one of Tull's finest efforts. It marked the departure of Mick Abrahams and the arrival of Martin Barre to the band and signalled Tull's move away from a blues outfit to the quirky, progressive rock force they would become. And even though this was just their second album, it remains among their best and contains a number of standards including "A New Day Yesterday," "Bouree," "We Used to Know," "Fat Man," and "For a Tousand Mothers." The additional bonus tracks make this classic that much better.
The two things which stand out most on this album are Martin Barre's guitar work and Ian Anderson's personal, yet still somehow timeless lyrics. For the former, the best tracks are probably "A New Day Yesterday" and "For A Thousand Mothers," both of which are still Tull concert staples, as is the Bach cover "Bouree." "Nothing is Easy" is another great song with some catchy licks and is a nice tune to listen to at the end of a long work week with an ice cold beer in your hand.
So let's put it this way, if I were stuck on a desert island with a handful of CDs, this would be one of them. And I own EVERY Tull album, including the solo efforts of Ian Anderson and Martin Barre. So enjoy.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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This is a stand out album from Tull as they were finding thier own path and leaving the more bluesy material behind.I originally bought this after hearing Living in the past/Driving song (thier first single that got big) being played all the time on jukeboxes in amusment arcades throughout the summer of 1969. I bought the album in the autumn of '69 when it was released and it was never off the record player. A bonus was the original cover which had a pop up Tull when it was opened up. All the tunes written by Ian Anderson, Bouree a standout instrumental which showcases his flute skills. Look into the sun a nice relaxing acoustic song, Nothiing is easy has a nice walking bass line, and We used to know which uses the same chord structure as the Eagles, Hotel California.All in all a great album nice to hear it again without the dust in the grooves. Well worth buying
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Stand Up was literally the point in musical history when Ian Anderson stood up as Jethro Tull's leader after the departure of rival Mick Abrahams. Every song is written by Anderson and the stand out playing is by him - flute, mandolin, balalaika, harmonica and acoustic guitar. The album, recorded around 1969, contains classic Tull tracks still featured in the set - Nothing Is Easy, Bouree, New Day Yesterday and the variety of arrangement and playing show Anderson's amazing virtuosity. There are some rough edges and a slight lack of homogeneity(?) because of this but there's no denying the power and passion. Barre's brilliant lead guitar work and the wonderfully tonal bass playing of Cornick are well to the fore. Not to mention the trademark breathless gasping and moaning on his flute. Tull here still showing blues influences but mainly it is heavy (progressive) rock and lighter acoustic ballads. A must have for Tull fans.
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Tull's early album of progressive creativity
Jethro Tull's much celebrated 1969 album is one of the early examples of progressive creativity. Some of the material contained herein has become part of prog folklore, and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S Tuffnell
great old jethro tull
If you've not heard their early stuff you should treat yourself to this (along with all the rest!)
Similarly, if like me you've got it on vinyl and don't listen to it because... Read more
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Published 3 months ago by james
Probably the best of Jethro Tull
Here we have Jethro Tull moving away from the blues hinterland of mid-60s Britiish proto-rock, and towards the prog-rock pomp of Aqualung and so on. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Camberwick Green is Puppets
First Class Tull
A really excellent album of classic and timeless Tull. Not much flashy stuff or prog rock and not yet the driving and/or ethereal folky rock, but some basic good toons with a lot... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. Mark Shepherd
Baroque and roll
Fresh as a daisy after all this time, I still have my original vinyl copy, gatefold sleeve and all, and have been wearing it out even more since the recent acquisition of a decent... Read more
Published 5 months ago by J. Macdonald
This is really good.
The sound and style that Jethro Tull created for this album (flute/guitar/vocals) is a great leap from their more bluesy debut of the previous year and Ian Anderson really got into... Read more
Published 21 months ago by MR K J DOWNING
After the Blues
As you listen to the first track on "Stand Up" you'd think nothing had changed with the departure of Mick Abrahams. Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2010 by Labsmgr9
stand up and enjoy it
all tracks good, still fresh, very good music, very good themes
40 years seem not to have passed by...
so good, so well done, Ian (Scott Anderson) ! Read more
40 years seem not to have passed by...
so good, so well done, Ian (Scott Anderson) ! Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2009 by Santi
Outstanding
The replacement of Mick Abrahams with Martin Barre enabled Tull to play a much wider range of music, and they didn't waste any time in doing so. Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2008 by Mark Kibble
A CORKER
"this will do until some more enterprising company puts it out as a digipak with the pop-up figures restored" SAID BEN absolutely right. Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2006 by ANGEL INTERCEPTOR
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