Prog Album of the Week - Week 63 (12/03/2014): Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood

As always, we encourage participation from everyone - if you've never heard the album, there's a YouTube link provided! Go check it out and report back!

Welcome to the sixty-third week of r/progrockmusic's Album of the Week! Last week we discussed Van Der Graaf Generator's H to He, Who Am the Only One and that was lovely.

If you'd like to peruse previous weeks' discussions, please visit the archive.

Jethro Tull goes full-on Folk.

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###Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood (1977)

Track Listing:

Track listing: 1) Songs From the Wood; 2) Jack in the Green; 3) Cup of Wonder; 4) Hunting Girl; 5) Ring Out, Solstice Bells; 6) Velvet Green; 7) The Whistler; 8) Pibroch (Cap in Hand); 9) Fire at Midnight.

• The album on YouTube
• The album on Wikipedia
• Progarchives review (4.16)

####Potential Discussion Questions:

• Now that we've discussed a decent amount of Jethro Tull, how do we all feel about this switch from early-70's progginess to late-70's folkiness? It felt a bit inevitable, didn't it? Anyway, this record is one of a trilogy of folk records (the other two being Heavy Horses and Stormwatch); how does this album compare to the two albums that followed it?

• How would you personally rate the album?

• Are there any moments on the album you consider particularly strong or particularly weak (i.e., favourite/least favourite moments)?

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