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Track Listings
| 1. Lap Of Luxury (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 2. Under Wraps #1 (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 3. European Legacy (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 4. Later That Same Evening (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 5. Saboteur (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 6. Radio Free Moscow (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 7. Astronomy (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 8. Tundra (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 9. Nobody's Car (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 10. Heat (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 11. Under Wraps #2 (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 12. Paparazzi (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 13. Apogee (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 14. Automotive Engineering (2005 Digital Remaster) |
| 15. General Crossing (2005 Digital Remaster) |
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
No drummer - just a drum machine on this album. Sounds more like Devo/Art of Noise/The Cars than Tull. Somehow I can't imagine Tull wearing mullets and shoulder pads and doing the Miami Vice thing.
More electronic than Tull's usual organic acoustic sound. Nevertheless the songs are as good as anything Tull have ever done.
But I guess the electronic style is a bit of a culture shock to many Tull fans. Still: credit to the band for trying something different. Even if at times it doesn't quite work.
After this album Tull went back to their more familiar style. And I'm glad they did.
More electronic than Tull's usual organic acoustic sound. Nevertheless the songs are as good as anything Tull have ever done.
But I guess the electronic style is a bit of a culture shock to many Tull fans. Still: credit to the band for trying something different. Even if at times it doesn't quite work.
After this album Tull went back to their more familiar style. And I'm glad they did.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Unfortunately this CD expanded and interspersed with extra tracks is far more patchy than the original excellent LP which I played nearly to death.
A case of free extra tracks detracting from and disrupting the flow one of my favourite Tull albums. Would have been better if all the extra freebies had been added to the end so you could opt not to listen to them!
Good try Ian.
A case of free extra tracks detracting from and disrupting the flow one of my favourite Tull albums. Would have been better if all the extra freebies had been added to the end so you could opt not to listen to them!
Good try Ian.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Out of all the Jethro tull albums in existence this has to be the most Un-Jethro Tull one of the lot. Yes I know it's all very clever keyboard related stuff, but it sits horifically uneasily within the back catalogue as a whole. I can remember thinking that 'A' was worrying, but Under Wraps seemed to throw the Jethro Tull rule book out of the window completely. If you are like me and into the more rustic and earthier side of Jethro Tull, then this is not the album for you. In fact the only really good thing that I can say about it is that it is a good album to provoke contoversy, in-depth conversations and debates amongst Tull fans the world over. That is I suppose a good thing as it gets people talking together. The track 'Under Wraps 2' does offer some acoustic and lyrical comfort though, but is far too short to rescue the album from its sore thumb and overblown eighties keyboards status. Never forget though, that despite what I've said, it's still a Jethro Tull album and all Jethro Tull fans should own a copy so as to show support. However, Whether or not you choose to have it on display to visitors is another matter.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Much better in hindsight
Like most Tull fans I greeted the synth-driven and pop-inflected "Under Wraps" with dismay. Indeed, for years I subscribed to the Tull orthodoxy that splits the band's output into... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jon Rowe
In the bin with it!!
With the exception of the freebie CDs given away in newspapers, up until yesterday I had never thrown away an LP, CD or cassette in my life. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Chris Lawson (otispie)
UNDER WRAPS (A BIT LIKE MARMITE !!)
The much maligned Jethro Tull album 'Under Wraps' from 1984 is a bit like Marmite, you either love it or hate it, there is no in-between. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Bert Swiss
Well, I like it (and he autographed my hankie).
I've long had a soft spot for this one. Anderson was always a mischievous old curmudgeon and I'm sure he had half an eye on hacking off the flute brigade when he wrote this. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Bass God
As You Dislike It?
Tull do medieval? Yes. Tull do eighties "Synth Rock"? Hell NO!
I bought this on vinyl back in the eighties, having been a Tull fan since the "Benefit" era. Read more
I bought this on vinyl back in the eighties, having been a Tull fan since the "Benefit" era. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2010 by Labsmgr9
Oh dear, what were they thinking?
What a sad waste of Tull. As if the mighty Yes had made a Reggae album, or the Floyd a Rap album. There are plenty of true Tull albums out there - so don't bother with this (unless... Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2009 by M. R. N. Shackelford
Tull Fans, Lighten Up
You know, Under Wraps is apparently a controversial album. So called Tull experts seem to hate it - so it can't be any good, right?
Heck... Read more
Heck... Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2009 by Vaughan
What do you want?
Times change and creative artists of John Anderson's rank move with them exploring new ideas and sounds. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2008 by M. Maxwell
Worth a listen? Not really.
This is the album that pretty much ended my love affair with Jethro Tull. After this Synth rock monstrosity I would never again automaticaly buy the latest Tull release. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2007 by Lee Vincent Crawford
Under Wrated !
Probably the most underrated of all the Tull albums. Yes it 80's synth rock, a genre I generally hate, but this is it at it's very best. Read more
Published on 14 July 2007 by A. Straw
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