Links

Links to album reviews, band interviews, and other articles.

Reviews

From then & now

This Was – Track by Track 50th Anniversary Retrospective – Billboard.com, Sept, 2018

Stand Up – Album review – Ben Gerson, Rolling Stone, 1969.

Graded on a Curve: Jethro Tull, Stand Up – The Vinyl District, Feb 2014.

The new album, Benefit, is a sluggish bore – Jack Shadoian, Rolling Stone, Aug 1970.

For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Us – Jethro Tull’s Benefit at 50 – Rock and Roll Globe, June 2020.

Aqualung- Album Review, Ben Gerson, Rolling Stone review, July 1971.

Aqualung At 50- Jethro Tull’s Half-Concept Album Hits Half a Century, Tony Sokol, Den of Geek, Mar 2021.

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Interviews

In their own words

Ian Anderson’s Ten Records That Changed My Life – Classic Rock, March, 2016

Ian Anderson: My Life in 10 Songs – Rolling Stone, June 2018

Mick Abrahams Interview – SomethingElseReviews, June 2016

Ian Anderson on his Musical Influences – Pennyblackmusic.co.uk – April, 2010.

Ian Anderson on Eastern & Western Music – Bill Kopp’s Music Scribe magazine, Oct 2009.

The delight of writing music is that you don’t have a formula – Ian Anderson interview with Songfacts, April 2013.

The philosopher of prog rock – Ian Anderson interview with Indeflagration, Mar 2017.

The Real Story Behind Jethro Tull’s Stand Up – Ian Anderson interview with Music Afficiando, undated, but likely early 2010s.

How I Wrote “Living in the Past” – Ian Anderson interview in Songwriting, Mar 2018.

Their Greatest Asset – But, Is He Also Jethro Tull’s Worst Enemy? – The Man and his Music, New Musical Express, Oct 1970.

Good Heavens, Now Ian Anderson Wants Us to Think, Ian Anderson on Aqualung, Mar 1971.

On the Side of God and the Outcast Tramp – Ian Anderson on Jethro’s controversial Aqualung EP, New Musical Express, Mar 1971.

Aqualung Was “The Tester” – Ian Anderson on Jethro Tull’s Classic Album, Dig!, Mar 2021.

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Articles

Everything else

Jethro Tull’s Holy Trinity – article in PopMatters, Nov 2013.

Ian Anderson’s Guide to Indian Food – posted on JethroTull.com, undated.

Did the Eagles Get the “Hotel California” Chords from Jethro Tull? – Guitar World, January 2019.

The Life of a Song: Living in the Past – Ian McCann in the Financial Times, April 2016.

Celebrating 50 Years of Jethro Tull’s Aqualung, Prog Magazine, Feb 2021 (subscription required).