Jethro Tull

"Although not in the shops yet, I was able to acquire a 'white label' pressing of the current
Jethro winner Thick As A Brick from their London agents, Chrysalis Artists.... The group
consists of Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, John Evan, Jeffery Hammond-Hammond and
Barriemore Barlow. Written around a poem by St. Cleve child prodigy Gerald Bostock, their
music spins a delicate web of sensitive sounds: sometimes lilting, sometimes soari... More >

Ian Anderson is the type of guy who'll tell you on one album that a whole side is one theme and then tell you on the next that the whole album is one song. The usual sh*t--rock (getting heavier), folk (getting feyer), classical (getting schlockier), flute (getting better because it has no choice), words. (Grade: C-)