Jethro Tull - Benefit [2LP]

Jethro Tull - Benefit [2LP]Benefit is a definitive pressing of the band's hauntingly rich third studio album, originally released in 1970. This lush reissue spreads the music across four sides of 180 gram vinyl, allowing every nuance of Ian Andersons flute and Martin Barres guitar to shine with pristine clarity. This edition boasts the original U. S. tracklisting, plus the U. K. bonus cut Alive And Well And Living In. Tracks like With You There to Help Me and To Cry You a Song

" frontman Honus Honus (née Ryan Kattner) was in a state of unrest

No lazy Pebbles compilation wanna-bees or drippy long-form psych yawns here

which is followed by the beautiful deep "Ain't That Love"

You can't not tap those feet

Full of rawkus garage rock

The B Side "Selector" pushes up the pace with a SOCA and West-Indies style guitar + drum machine workout

"Saving My Face"

or just beautifully dramatic

this album is a sonic testament to the band's ability to channel pain

"Everything you once thought was familiar

" which captures the excitement right before the holiday - and his versions of five Christmas classics

fleshed out album to date