... Benefit heralded Jethro Tulls second appearance on Top Of The Pops with “The Witches Promise”. This album saw the introduction of keyboards and the Tull sound maturing. Heavy riff pieces like “Son” and “To Cry You A Song” were included alongside acoustic ... Read review
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...is Jethro Tull's third album. Benefit heralded Jethro Tulls second appearance on Top Of The Pops with “The Witches Promise”. This album saw the introduction of keyboards and the Tull sound maturing. Heavy riff pieces like “Son” and “To Cry You A Song” were included alongside acoustic masterpieces like “Sossity: Your A Woman”. This album is more humourless than Stand Up but like many of Tull's albums ... more
This is Jethro Tull's third album. Benefit heralded Jethro Tulls second appearance on Top Of The Pops with “The Witches Promise”. This album saw the introduction of keyboards and the Tull sound maturing. Heavy riff pieces like “Son” and “To Cry You A Song” were included alongside acoustic masterpieces like “Sossity: Your A Woman”. This album is more humourless than Stand Up but like many of Tull's albums it has stood the test of time. It can be heard that Ian Andersons confidence was building and it shows on his vocals and flute playing throughout the album.
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Product details
Title
Benefit [Remastered]
Performer
Jethro Tull
Genre
Rock & Pop
Sub Genre
Progressive Rock
Release Date
01/10/2001
Recomended Retail Price
8.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1970
Label / Distributor
EMI / EMI Operations/CEVA Logistics
Engineer
Robin Black
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
724353545727
Catalogue Number
5354572
Additional notes
Album Notes
Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson (vocals, flute); Martin Barre (electric guitar); John Evans (keyboards); Glenn Cornick (bass); Clive Bunker (drums). Additional personnel: John Evan (piano, organ). Producer: Ian Anderson. Reissue producers: Jo Brooks, Nigel Reeve. Principally recorded at Morgan Studios, London, England. Includes liner notes by Ian Anderson. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Tull's third album finds them pulling definitively away from their blues-rock beginnings and heading towards the folk-influenced prog-rock that would become their trademark. It captures a brief, crucial moment in the band's life. They hadn't yet adopted the complex, medieval-oriented approach of their most famous works, but they had progressed enough to record some of Ian Anderson's most unpretentious, personal and affecting songs. Instead of courtly prog-rock or Cream-ish electric blues, BENEFIT is full of visceral, electrified folk-rock. The light, acoustic-flavored "With You There to Help Me" and "Inside" are full of thoughtful passion. The harder-edged "To Cry You a Song" and "Teacher" are examples of Tull's ever-present way with a hooky riff. For those distrustful of fancy time signatures and complex song suites, a strong case could be made for BENEFIT as Tull's most satisfying effort.
Album Reviews
Q (11/01, p.139) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...A steady consolidation of its predecessor....File not alongside Yes or ELP but Fairport Convention and The Crazy World OF Arthur Brown..."
Titles on disc 1
1.
With You There To Help Me
2.
Nothing To Say
3.
Alive And Well And Living In
4.
Son For Michael Collins
5.
Jeffrey And Me
6.
To Cry You A Song
7.
Time For Everything
8.
Inside
9.
Play In Time
10.
Sossity
11.
You're A Woman
12.
Teacher (original UK mix)
13.
Witch's Promise
14.
Just Trying To Be
15.
Teacher (original US mix)
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