Stand Up
by Jethro Tull
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Jethro Tull bestography
Stand Up is ranked 3rd best out of 48 albums by Jethro Tull on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jethro Tull is Aqualung which is ranked number 325 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,078.
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Stand Up track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Stand Up rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1969 | 63/91 | - |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 49 Music Albums of 1969 | 26/49 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 85 Music Albums of 1969 | 19/85 | 4 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1969 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 78 Music Albums of 1969 | 51/78 | 2 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | My Favorite Prog-Rock Albums | 69/100 | - |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 28/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 45 Music Albums of the 1960s | 41/45 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 66/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Marswolf68 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 22/100 | 78 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 268 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,321 | |||
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Stand Up ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 2 hours ago | TheHutts | 2,127 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/16/2026 03:26 | BurndenAce | 1,352 | 76/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2026 16:33 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Stand Up forum mentions
Repo 10/19/2026 03:04 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 03/16/2024 20:00 in Album of the day (#4836): Stand Up by Jethro TullView latest topic →
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Stand Up comments
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Robert Anton Wilson TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/23/2012 14:37 | #49074 | TOP COMMENT
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Their first 3 albums (Stand Up, This Was & Benefit) share a hard blues feel that would be seriously dampened after their big hit Aqualung. If you like the heavier/blues side of Tull go towards these earlier albums; if you like their folksier/prog side, the '70s albums starting with TAAB are for you; if you like them heavy but want clean sound and less blues, then their late 80s albums and anything thereafter are the ones for you. It is amazing how this band has such an extended discography but only a few weak albums and Stand Up sure ain't one of the weak ones. (Edited)
complete and total WOW!!!!!!!!!!! stunningly realized. massive playing all around. stone-cold brilliant songwriting. the sky was the limit for this band, but i think they topped out early, with this. when this one is over, turn off the hi-fi and go to bed. (Edited)
Ah wow!! a real favourite of mine. Wish they'd stuck with this folkier sound for a bit longer. They did it SO well. Prog stuff was good too, but this had such a great feeling to it. (Edited)
Weaving more folk and less blues into their unique style, this is a different, sunnier record than both its predecessor and successor. Pretty strong throughout, not much I want to skip here. Bonus points for artwork, especially the pop-up sleeve on the vinyl edition. (Edited)
poppmusic TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/08/2015 06:18 | #131052 | TOP COMMENT
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Great songwriting! Would be better appreciated by audiences today. Ian Anderson is not usually thought of as a singer-songwriter but "Look Into the Sun", "We Used to Know", "Reasons for Waiting" suggest otherwise. (Edited)
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