Stormwatch (studio album) by Jethro Tull

Let’s start with I love Jethro Tull. Ignoring their great albums; I.e thick as a brick, aqualung, passion play, minstrel in the gallery, songs from the wood, heavy horses, bursting out, and stand up. I feel you are left with the 2nd tier albums such as: this was, benefit, too old to rock n roll and too young die, etc. so where does this album stand in the tull hierarchy? Very badly from my standpoint until just recently - Something On The Move was always good, the last great single as far as I’m concerned, but the rest of the album had no grab on my attention. I recently pressed myself to reanalyze the Tull discography after Heavy Horses and I listened to Stormwatch a few times…it has several moments and upon relistening it has great moments, aside of the aforementioned something on the move there is Dark Ages, Dun Ringall, and Elergy. This is not a starting point for someone to get their Tull experience, but it might be the last Great Tull album before their less than stellar 80s onwards as these albums all sound the same or sadly horrible as under wraps

Under-rated but still a slightly underwhelming finale to their late 70s 'folk trilogy', this is not a bad JT album. It's not a great one either, but I'm sure fans will like it.

From sssvnnn 09/04/2013 22:53

5 extra points for "elegy"

A very good album! Home is a fantastic song!