Deliberate simplicity

Of all the British rock bands that have drawn attention to itself in the seventies, Jethro Tull is one of the most enduring, most creative - and most versatile. Although the group had already shown with "Minstrel In The Gallery" that it quite a - in parts - was quite folky long groove capable of, but after the more moderate "Too Old To Rock'n'Roll" was "Songs From The Wood" 1977 a real surprise.

The move to the country has apparently brought to the band leader Ian Anderson a lot of new ideas with them. Here he and his companion again quite convincing from leather. The extremely closed-sounding album wins very inspired by the remarkable performance of the musicians tuning as well as by his ballad-like compositions with very beautiful melodies.

With "Songs From The Wood" Jethro Tull have significantly expanded their unique position in the musical landscape. The songs - reduced to the essentials - are interwoven with a compositional elegance, which can be for decades to one of my favorite is this album. The deliberate simplicity what structure, sound and song structure are concerned, until today impressed fans and critics alike.