Jethro Tull - Stand Up or Aqualung or Thick As A Brick?

Aqualung

 

NO!

You can't make me!

 

Thick as a Brick!

As far as Stand Up and Benefit go.....

I love Benefit, never got into Stand Up no matter how I tried. I should try it again this weekend.

 

ditto

 

Thick as a Brick
Stand Up
Aqualung

 

Stand Up for me, tull could get pretensious on later releases but I still like all three

 

Thick as a Brick for me, although Minstrel in a Gallery is my favorite.

Tull's "pretensiousness" is one of the things drew me to them

 

Final bump

 

Aqualung
Also loved TAAB after that my enthusiasm for Tull went down hill a bit.

 

Thick as a Brick-an incredible piece of music, and their best playing to boot.

 

Stand Up is my favorite Tull.

 

My sentiment,

 

I guess I'll go with Aqualung, but the run from Stand Up to Thick As A Brick is Tull's golden era, all 4 are must owns

 

aqua

 

Stand Up AND Aqualung AND Thick As A Brick!

 

Thick as a Brick, then Aqualung. Thick of a Brick has GREAT lyrics and music. Never gets old.

 

I'd probably have to go with Stand Up. Thick as a Brick has some great ideas and playing, but it starts to drag during the second half, rehashing the same ideas endlessly. To be honest, I don't have Aqualung at the moment, though I remember it well from my youth, so I'll be curious to re-examine it with the reissue. That was certainly a fertile period for the band and there are plenty of great singles/outtakes there as well (see Living In The Past).

 

Stand Up, my second choice would be Benefit

 

Aqualung my friend...

 

Benefit first, Aqualung second, Stand Up third.

 

will always be AQUALUNG for me...STILL.