Under Wraps (studio album) by Jethro Tull

Under Wraps by Jethro Tull
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 33,877th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
58/100 (from 47 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (413th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (4,314th)
Award Best albums of all time (33,877th)
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Jethro Tull bestography

Under Wraps is ranked 27th best out of 43 albums by Jethro Tull on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Jethro Tull is Thick As A Brick which is ranked number 290 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,166.

Jethro Tull album bestography « Higher ranked (29,967th) This album (33,877th) Lower ranked (38,341st) »
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Under Wraps track list

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From 09/08/2021 15:37
Most fantastic bands release an album that should of stayed on the shelf.
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From 09/08/2021 14:45
European Legacy and "Under Wraps #2" are both enjoyable, the rest could be bad B-Sides. The Synths and Drum machines didnt worked out well in my opinion. Especially after the great "folk rock era". Good thing is the mistake was recognized ...
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From 05/02/2020 14:11
So if I gave you a choice: Ian Anderson still with decent voice but awful songwriting or Ian Anderson with awful voice but decent songwriting which will you pick?

If you chose the former, Under Wraps is for you. European legacy is a passable tune, as is Under Wraps 2. The rest is just too awful to bear repeated plays. But apparently the live concerts during this year had better versions of these songs.

If you chose the latter, you have 1985-2000 of Jethro Tull catalogue to consider.
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From 10/26/2015 13:19
And then the 80s happened to Jethro Tull. Abandoning their whimsical folk-prog recipe that worked so well for them before, Ian Anderson fires the band, messes around with synths and drum machines, and this is the result. For completists and masochists only.
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