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(File: JETHRO TULL) 1983 debut solo album from the erstwhile frontman
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is Ian Anderson's first solo offering and is an album overlooked by many. Released in November 1983 a year after Broadsword And The Beast I can remember at the time hoping that it would be of similar style but with possibly more of an acoustic edge. In short I had hoped for some songs similar to Wondering Aloud and Slipstream from Aqualung. Just Ian Anderson and guitar, that sort of thing. Sad then to report that the finished product turned out to be nothing of the sort, consisting of typical 1980's keyboards and of all things a drum machine. Even the album cover looks grey and rather dismal.
I can remember the day in 1983 when I purchased the record from Subway Records in Brighton and at the time feeling rather upset by the look of the cover. I felt sure that soundwise it was going to be similar to Tull's controversial 1980 'A' album which I was almost violently anti at the time. Even a friend of mine who I was with at the time refused to stand next to me in the queue such was the unfashionable look of the album cover and indeed the name Ian Anderson.
However, I went ahead with the purchase and now some 23 years on I think it a very good album packed with some very good songs and tunes. Yes, some of the keyboards and drum machine sounds do seem a bit dated now but somehow Ian Anderson gets away with it and the songs still manage to sound good. At the time Anderson was working with keyboardist Peter Vettese and to be honest the collection of songs is more a joint effort between the two of them rather than an absolute Ian Anderson solo effort.
In my opinion if Walk Into Light had been released as a fully fledged Jethro tull album of the Broadsword era minus drum machine, and made earthier and warmer with mandolins and more flute etc then we would be looking now at an absolute classic.
It's a fact that good tunes last forever regardless of the passing fashions of the instruments that make them. And it's the good tunes that keep this album very much alive today. In fact it's pretty much a perfect set from start to finish with standout songs for me being Made In England, Toad In The Hole and Looking For Eden.
Lyrically also it comes up trumps. A particular favourite line for me that paints a vivid picture is on Toad In The Hole..."Kicking through the wet leaves lying all along the Station Road. Past tired graffitti wailing, raw emotion to unload". Now that's good writing and worthy of a place on any classic Jethro Tull album.
Also of merit on Walk Into Light is the quality of Ian Anderson's vocals which sound superb. It's sad to reflect that only a year or so later his voice would become damaged and never be quite the same again.
So, to sum up Walk Into Light I would say that yes it has suffered a bit with 1980's style keyboard related fashion problems. However, that said it is still a hidden gem packed with instantly accessible tunes and definitely worth seeking out. In short no proper Jethro Tull fan should be without this record.
I can remember the day in 1983 when I purchased the record from Subway Records in Brighton and at the time feeling rather upset by the look of the cover. I felt sure that soundwise it was going to be similar to Tull's controversial 1980 'A' album which I was almost violently anti at the time. Even a friend of mine who I was with at the time refused to stand next to me in the queue such was the unfashionable look of the album cover and indeed the name Ian Anderson.
However, I went ahead with the purchase and now some 23 years on I think it a very good album packed with some very good songs and tunes. Yes, some of the keyboards and drum machine sounds do seem a bit dated now but somehow Ian Anderson gets away with it and the songs still manage to sound good. At the time Anderson was working with keyboardist Peter Vettese and to be honest the collection of songs is more a joint effort between the two of them rather than an absolute Ian Anderson solo effort.
In my opinion if Walk Into Light had been released as a fully fledged Jethro tull album of the Broadsword era minus drum machine, and made earthier and warmer with mandolins and more flute etc then we would be looking now at an absolute classic.
It's a fact that good tunes last forever regardless of the passing fashions of the instruments that make them. And it's the good tunes that keep this album very much alive today. In fact it's pretty much a perfect set from start to finish with standout songs for me being Made In England, Toad In The Hole and Looking For Eden.
Lyrically also it comes up trumps. A particular favourite line for me that paints a vivid picture is on Toad In The Hole..."Kicking through the wet leaves lying all along the Station Road. Past tired graffitti wailing, raw emotion to unload". Now that's good writing and worthy of a place on any classic Jethro Tull album.
Also of merit on Walk Into Light is the quality of Ian Anderson's vocals which sound superb. It's sad to reflect that only a year or so later his voice would become damaged and never be quite the same again.
So, to sum up Walk Into Light I would say that yes it has suffered a bit with 1980's style keyboard related fashion problems. However, that said it is still a hidden gem packed with instantly accessible tunes and definitely worth seeking out. In short no proper Jethro Tull fan should be without this record.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
At the time we all held our breath, expecting a woody sound, rustic lyrics and, well, another "Songs from the Wood".
At first, there was huge disappointment from the fan-base. What went wrong? Had Ian fallen under the spell of Vetesse and Moog?
But then the songs took hold. Of course, the sound was very different, the electronic sound a little overpowering, but what would Tull's music have been without experimentation? We'd still be listening to 'White Man's Blues'... or not! (Would Tull have survived without testing new sounds? I doubt it)
Once you get beyond the shock of how different this is from the late '70s sound, you realise that it echoes 'Under Wraps' and some of the hints we had in 'Broadsword'.
Fly by Night is catchy and punchy, end game has a moody quality, and "Looking for Eden" is possibly in my top 10 of Anderson's lyrical skills.
"I'd rather look around me and find a better song,
'cause that's the honest measure of my worth"
All-in-all, an essential addition to a Tull collector's library, but not one to keep on the shelf for the sake of completeness.
At first, there was huge disappointment from the fan-base. What went wrong? Had Ian fallen under the spell of Vetesse and Moog?
But then the songs took hold. Of course, the sound was very different, the electronic sound a little overpowering, but what would Tull's music have been without experimentation? We'd still be listening to 'White Man's Blues'... or not! (Would Tull have survived without testing new sounds? I doubt it)
Once you get beyond the shock of how different this is from the late '70s sound, you realise that it echoes 'Under Wraps' and some of the hints we had in 'Broadsword'.
Fly by Night is catchy and punchy, end game has a moody quality, and "Looking for Eden" is possibly in my top 10 of Anderson's lyrical skills.
"I'd rather look around me and find a better song,
'cause that's the honest measure of my worth"
All-in-all, an essential addition to a Tull collector's library, but not one to keep on the shelf for the sake of completeness.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The strength of this offering is that it didn't throw out the baby with the bath water. The Tull sound is very much at the fore of Anderson's first solo album, as you you may well have expected, but to it he has added the sound of electronics and the mix of folk and futurism produced sit comfortably together. Ian Anderson's vocals add the crowning achievement of this album; The lightly cynical, kind of sleazy but razor sharp wit of his lyrics and their delivery make it an interesting commentary on many facets of a world that Mr. Anderson obviously thinks a great deal about
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Not a Remaster
Those of you, who wants to know whether this is a remaster or not, please note, that this is NOT A REMASTER, this is just a RE-ISSUE. The sound here is the same as on 1989 issue.
Published 8 months ago by Aleksei Kovalev
Finally on CD!
I have been searching for a CD copy of this for years, and I'm so pleased it finally got reissued - thank you Ian! Read more
Published 12 months ago by Zuzupants
Ian Plays With Peter
Released between the Broadsword and the Beast and Underwraps albums and written and played with keyboard player Peter John Vettese, it's not very surprising that this was Ian... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Stalker
Memorable
I can't really add much to what these reviews already say. The thoughts in these reviews pretty much are the same as my own. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. P. G. Mccarthy
fantastic
A GREAT ALBUM FOR ANY TULL FAN ONE NOT TO BE MISSED ABSOLUTLEY FANTASTIC A REAL MUSIC MUST!
Published on 19 Feb 2004 by "patkirk100"
Ian Anderson trying to be different and failing
I am a huge fan of Jethro Tull and consider several Tull albums to be amongst my all time favourites. But this offering from Ian Anderson is just awful. Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2002 by K. D. Law
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