Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood flac album

Songs from the Wood is the tenth studio album by British progressive rock band Jethro Tull, released February 1977.

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The album is considered to be the first of a trio of folk rock albums: Songs from the Wood, Heavy Horses (1978) and Stormwatch (1979). On the album cover appears an extended title line: Jethro Tull-with kitchen prose, gutter rhymes and divers-Songs from the Wood. The title track of the album contain two of these phrases in its lyrics. The UK music-paper adverts read: Jethro Tull present ‘Songs From The Wood’. A new album of Old Magic. It’s inspired by the thought that perhaps nature isn’t as gentle as we’d like to believe.

Arranged By – Jethro Tull. Bass, Vocals – John Glascock. Cover – Shirt Sleeve Studio. Drums, Marimba, Glockenspiel, Bells, Percussion, Percussion – Barriemore Barlow. Effects – Keith Howard. Electric Guitar, Lute, Other – Martin Barre. Engineer – Robin Black. Songs From The Wood ‎(LP, Album).

Jethro Tull’s tenth album was inspired by Ian Anderson’s departure to a more rural environment in a transition which bore clear influence on the writing and recording process, with the band notably doffing a cap to British folklore and countryside. Songs From The Wood is often referred to as one of the most commercially appealing Jethro Tull albums, containing elements of rock, prog and folk-rock. Although media reaction at the time divided opinion, the album has certainly developed a nostalgic rapport with fans through the years and it is perceived today as one of the band’s most popular albums.

The group's sound was never more carefully balanced between acoustic folk and hard rock - the result is an album that sounds a great deal like the work of Tull's Chrysalis Records labelmates Steeleye Span (though Nigel Pegrum never attacked his cymbals - or his entire drum kit - with Barriemore Barlow's ferocity).