Jethro Tull - Benefit (1970) {2001, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}
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Folk Rock, Progressive Rock | Chrysalis / Toshiba-EMI Ltd. #TOCP-65881
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 372 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 141 Mb
Covers Included | 00:54:53 | RAR 5% Recovery
Folk Rock, Progressive Rock | Chrysalis / Toshiba-EMI Ltd. #TOCP-65881
Benefit was the album on which the Jethro Tull sound solidified around folk music, abandoning blues entirely. Beginning with the opening number, "With You There to Help Me," Anderson adopts his now-familiar, slightly mournful folksinger/sage persona, with a rather sardonic outlook on life and the world; his acoustic guitar carries the melody, joined by Martin Barre's electric instrument for the crescendos. This would be the model for much of the material on Aqualung and especially Thick as a Brick, although the acoustic/electric pairing would be executed more effectively on those albums.