Ranking the Albums of Jethro Tull w/ special guest Aaron Kupferberg 

Such a great Evolving Band. Jethro Tull is my go to band. Thanks guys!!

Nice show by the two of you. I dare to rank my favorite Tull albums as well: 10. Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die! 09. A 08. Aqualung (should be higher but it is so overplayed - it has to be in the top ten for sure) 07. War Child 06. Benefit 05. Stormwatch 04. Heavy Horses 03. Benefit 02. Thick As A Brick 01. Songs From The Wood 11. Minstrel In The Gallery 12. This Was - 12a. Stand Up (just can't decide) 13. A Passion Play 14. Broadsword And The Beast 15. Rock Island

Not a huge Tull fan myself, but this has been an enjoyable conversation to listen to. Well done guys!

My 11 through 15 Tull albums; 11 - The Jethro Tull Christmas Album 12 - Crest of a Knave 13 - Roots to Branches 14 - Broadsword and the Beast 15 - Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die

I've always "sort of" been a fan and "Bungle in Jungle" reminds me of being a kid (7-8) in the mid 70s. Excellent show fellas!

Cool video. I enjoyed this one.

Jack , finally watched this vid. Excellent. Please bring your friend back for future vids. BTW Tull @ MSG on Stormwatch tour was my first Rock concert. A formative experience !

Fun conversation about a truly pathfinding band. My 10 ---> 1 Stormwatch, A Passion Play, Minstrel in the Gallery, Heavy Horses, Benefit, War Child, Crest of A Knave, A, Stand Up, Songs From the Wood My 15 --> 11 Rock Island, Too Old To Rock and Roll: Too Young to Die!, Thick As A Brick, This Was, The Broadsword and the Beast

1. Songs From The Wood (1977) 2. Aqualung (1971) 3. Thick as a Brick (1972) 4. Heavy Horses (1978) 5. War Child (1974) 6. Stormwatch (1979) 7. Minstrel In The Gallery (1975) 8. The Broadsword and The Beast (1982) 9. Benefit (1970) 10. A (1980) 11. A Passion Play (1973) 12. Stand Up (1969) 13. The Zealot Gene (2022) 14. Roots to Branches (1995) 15. Rock Island (1989) 16. Crest of a Knave (1987) 17. The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003) 18. Too Old to Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young to Die (1976) 19. Catfish Rising (1991) 20. This Was (1968) 21. J-Tull Dot Com (1999) 22. Under Wraps (1984)

New album drops this Friday guys cannot wait 🙌

I have heard about Jethro Tull since I watched somthing Metallica related with the Grammy award thing... I haven't really listened to Tull I must confess... But it was a really insitefull and great episode 🤘

Songs From The Wood is their best album!! Pretty close is A Passion Play!! I think A Passion Play gets more memorable the more you listen to it! Of course that goes with most albums, but A Passion Play is unique in J. T's catalogue because the somtimes querky - strange melodies becomes strong special evoking melodies that are one of its kind if you invest time and eford!

Good morning Jack and your guest. I like Tull not as well as Zeppelin though. I have some of there albums Aqualung, thick as a Brick, War Child and there Greatest hits. My favorite songs are Aqualung, Cross eye Mary, and Locomotive Breath. I have listened to these ablums for a while. I'm not sure which one has Locomotive Breath on it. I just have to tell you this when my father was a live he belong to the Odd Fellows and the Masons and a lot of different parts of it. I belong to the Eastern Star and I'm a pasted Matrion. I was listening to the history of the moody blues and they had Ian Anderson on he wanted to play the flute with this was after the loss of Ray Thomas.

Gr8 show guys - im only a best off / early albums guy - so will check out the later records

No Deluxe book editions? They are the definitive archive of the music and the story of Tull in the 100 page books.

The following are my favorite: 1. Aqualung 2. Thick as a Brick 3. Stand Up The rest all sound the same, unfortunately they never came up with anything new.

I deal with Perseveration. Which in easy description is stuck thoughts. I’ve had a song stuck in my head for 6 years now. It’s Japanese Boy by Aneka. Came out in 1982. When I hear people complain about a song stuck in there head all day. I have ZERO sympathy.

Cry You A Song is modeled very closely on Had To Cry Today by Blind Faith; the riff, the drumming, the soloing, even the lyrics almost a complete lift from the Blind Faith song

Thick as a brick is my no 1 by faaaaaaaar…. then Stand Up, then Living in the Past, then the Minstrel…

The name is pronounced Bar not Bear

No offense intended and I respect all opions and we can certainly agree on how great Tull was; but I am blown away by how many people put Heavy Horses in their top ten list. But number 1?!! Outside of one great song (Moths) the rest are mediocre at best, terrible at worst with lyrics that are trite and straining to be, well something. Journeyman compared to Skating Away? One Brown Mouse compared to One White Duck, not to mention a bad song ripping off the title of a great song. Rover compared to Cold Wind to Valhalla? Acres Wild compared to The Third Hoorah or Back Door Angels? I am one of those rabid fans of classic Tull who thought HH was the beginning of a downward slide. I was not alone. There is a reason why War Child was number 2 in the U.S. and HH number 19. And the only reason it was that high was because those of us who grew up on their great work up to Songs From the Wood assumed HH would be the next winner. All the Tull fans I knew where disappointed. My list, if you care. Not that you should, but if not you've stopped reading by now anyway. 1. Thick as a Brick 2. War Child 3. Minstrel in the Gallery 4. Living in the Past 5. Songs from the Wood 6. A Passion Play 7. Too Old to Rock and Roll 8. Aqualung 9. Benefit 10. The Broadsword and the Beast 11. Stormwatch 12. Stand Up 13. A 14. Heavy Horses (This high because Moths is worth the price of admission.) 15. This Was I wouldn't argue with anyone who wanted to rearrange the top 12 on this list, but hope we can agree that their later work doesn't belong. Did try to get into it. Bought Rock Island. Listened to it once. But the classic 15 still makes Tull the best ever in my humble opinion. Of course I am an old timer.