Catfish Rising
by Jethro Tull
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Jethro Tull bestography
Catfish Rising is ranked 25th best out of 48 albums by Jethro Tull on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Jethro Tull is Aqualung which is ranked number 319 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,158.
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Catfish Rising track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Catfish Rising rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 87 Music Albums of 1991 | 79/87 | 1 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 68 Music Albums of the 1990s | 56/68 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 72 Music Albums of 1991 | 38/72 | 2 |
| 2025 | ExTeaSea | F2LF: Jethro Tull | 17/19 | - |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Jethro Tull Albums Ranked | 19/21 | - |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 70 Music Albums of 1991 | 41/70 | 2 |
| 2025 | Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | steve397 | Top 10 Music Albums of 1991 | 6/10 | 3 |
| 2023 | ThuramThugood | Ranked - Jethro Tull (UK) - Ranked | 36/41 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 18 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 30 | |||
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Catfish Rising ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/25/2026 22:48 | Menelao | 183 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2025 14:16 | steve397 | 513 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/10/2025 02:34 | RainW | 173 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.6/100, a mean average of 64.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.
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What can I say about this 1991 Jethro Tull album? The craftsmanship is as usual sublime. With musicians behind, such as guitarist Martin Barre, bassist Dave Pegg and drummer Doane Perry, Ian Anderson has a very strong band who musically supplies quality support. As far as songwriting is concerned, Ian Anderson this time takes a strong base in the blues and Mark Knopfler's influence on both vocals and guitars is pronounced on several songs.
Fortunately, the production has been significantly improved in comparison to the 1980's albums, where dominant keys and heavy drums ruined much of the group's original fine sound. Especially the album "Under Wraps" is an example of a terrible 1980s sound/production. The reason that I do not feel that "Catfish Rising" is up there with the best Tull albums, is mostly due to the songwriting, which I feel only in a few cases, rises above mediocrity.
The positive exceptions to me are the folkish / bluesy "Rocks on the Road", "Thinking Round Corners", which almost sounds like the golden age in the 1970s with albums like "Heavy Horses" and "Minstrel in the Gallery" and finally "Like a Tall Thin Girl ", which also has much of the original" Tull-Feel "
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