(25-08-2012, 06:40)CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:

JETHRO TULL "war child" cd,1974. #14 UK, #2 US, #9 AU.

a recent convert to all things Ian anderson & Co, and loving almost every minute of it....
this another i bought some time ago,thanks to recommendation from Jerome-Esquire!
this one varies slightly from the the other albums i now own, due simply to the fact that most of these tracks  are relatively short by Tull's standards, most clocking in at just over 4 minutes...
this was originally concieved to be the soundtrack to a movie to be written by Tull, and based around the tracks herewithin.
Anderson had got the actors together,the director and additional script writers and took the idea to Hollywood, apparently the movie moguls wanted him to use American actors, scrpitwriters and also demanded he seek out a competant well known US director, as Anderson puts it in the linnear notes in the cd....he told them to 'shove it',went back to England and gave up on the idea because he wanted to do it his way.
album also contains seven additional tracks that recorded for the album but due to the constraints of vinyl albums they were left in his vaults until he remastered this album!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: back door angels
best track: skating away on the thin ice of the new day

tracks:

1. war child ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVn2wbWFz5I audio
2. queen and country ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiatYS2W1gA audio
3. ladies **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnGeSQLBrv4 audio
4. back door angels **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k53DGIb5LA audio
5. sealion ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6mohomQvRo audio
6. skating away on the thin ice of the new day ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTKu-L1b--o audio
7. bungle in the jungle ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw0YKg07Zz0 audio
8. only solitaire ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvH95ALHCYU audio
9. the third hoorah **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA3M6lNX21U audio
10. two fingers **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTX4cEtMQ0Q audio

3s=6
2s=4
1s=0

rating: 2.6



bonus tracks:

1. warchild waltz *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh9NtSUMJ0U audio
2. quartet *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tQ9hWwIyiE audio
3. paradise steakhouse **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pjgxANCuDc audio
4. sealion II **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxVTVvB-vYM audio
5. rainbow blues ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zql2DDldRcg live
6. glory row **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEE2w2PeDqM audio
7. saturation **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXY8UA-mj-M audio

3s=1
2s=4
1s=2

bonus material rating: 2.0