An artistic success

Jethro Tull Minstrel fate InThe Gallery in 1975. This is the ninth album of the British group and certainly the most successful artistically. It follows the highly unequal and War Child found in this album everything that made the characteristic style and charm of Jethro Tull Aqualung. This is powerful, varied and acoustic guitar is carving the spotlight with great acoustic folk themes. Otherwise, the sound is also enriched. The result is an album just incredible and wonderfully orchestrated, with sun compositions, sharp texts, very personal and introspective Ian Anderson who, if I remember correctly was then in marital breakdown period. It is not an element of this disc, which encourages us to let go and give up listening. On the contrary, interest in Minstrel In The Gallery is ever increasing as the stories which we want to absolutely know the fall. Jethro Tull, who was then a little breathless, takes things from the right point with this disc with an intimate atmosphere, which prefigures the success record that the group will still known after 1975 and until 1978. Côté titles the title track sets the tone with his folk record, then more aggressive passage, Cold Wind To Valhalla, more theatrical and melodic chains before a Black Satin Dancer, whose melody is one of the most beautiful ever written by leaping and Minstrel the perfect example of the sublime stamped Jethro Tull progressive rock. The calm and airy Requiem is not unlike what we proposed Jethro Tull Aqualung already (I also think that this album is very close to Aqualung) while One White Duck / Nothing At All is of great acoustic beauty, dark and touching. Comes the ambitious and very good Baker Street Muse and almost 17 minutes, epic last song written by the group. Minstrel In The Gallery announces the return of Tull. This album has a soul. Personally, I find that the group never sounded so hard and I class unquestionably Minstrel In The Gallery on the same footing qu'Aqualung. It is a cornerstone of progressive rock which I never tire. N / A!