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Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood (1977)

Album details

Label: Chrysalis Records    Ref#: misc-1484
Date: 1977   Category: misc
Length: 53:01    
Format: CD    
Audio: Stereo    
Genre: Alternative; Alt.Rock    

Notes/Reviews

The earth-worshipping revelry of 1977's frisky Songs from the Wood was far removed from the heavyweight progressive rock of Jethro Tull's early years. Taking a leaf from the book of Steeleye Span, Songs from the Wood is bright and festive as it mines a rich, green seam of ancient British folklore for inspiration. By marrying the characters ("Jack in the Green") and traditions of the old religion's ritual calendar ("Ring Out Solstice Bells" was an unlikely Christmas hit) to their eccentricity and half-imagined interpretations of British traditional music, Tull came up with one of their albums. This collection unintentionally beseeches the concrete-jungle-dwelling set to retreat to the countryside. With tin-whistles, peppy acoustic guitar, medieval twists and turns, much May Day gaiety and debauchery, and even the odd touch of prog, Songs from the Wood still sounds bewitching in the 21st century. --Kevin Maidment

Songs/Tracks

1.   Songs from the wood  4:55
2.   Jack-in-the-green  2:31
3.   Cup of wonder  4:33
4.   Hunting girl  5:12
5.   Ring out, solstice bells  3:47
6.   Velvet green  6:04
7.   The whistler  3:31
8.   Pibroch (Cap in hand)  8:35
9.   Fire at midnight  2:33
10.   Beltane  5:19
11.   Velvet green (Live)  5:56

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