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| 2.5 average | GamamJ | April 26th 20 |
Very average, especially for Tull. Has its good jammy, jazzy blues moments in the first half, and Dharma for One is a clear highlight, but the second half of the album especially feels a lot like goal-less, disjointed blues.
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| 4.0 excellent | Deadwing2112 | November 13th 19 |
An excellent blues rock debut which suggests very little of the progressive direction the band would follow afterwards. However the upper grade musicianship - complete with flute - clearly auditions towards a promising future for Jethro Tull. "This Was" is perhaps never a more apt debut album title in modern rock history. And that drum solo concluding Dharma for One is not to be missed.
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| 3.5 great | Alabaster Jones | December 16th 15 |
One of the most famed progressive rock bands out there originally started off as a blues rock band. Yes, that sentence can describe Rush, but it also describes Jethro Tull. Yet, even back then, when their music was mostly made up of classic blues progressions, Jethro Tull had something extra about them. For one, Ian Anderson and his famous flute, which he uses to great effect on several of the record's best tracks. For two, their knowledge of jazz and their decision to include a cover of Roland Kirk's "A Serenade To A Cuckoo", which proves to be one of the best songs on the album. Through these things, you can see the beginnings of something special. It was because Mick Abrahams leaving of the band, as he wanted to continue in blues, that Ian Anderson was allowed creative control over the band, which eventually led to them becoming the progressive rock giants they are known as today.
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| 4.0 excellent | Sowilei | May 8th 12 |
Serenade to a Cuckoo, a wonderful play, wrote by the simple genius Roland Kirk
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| 4.0 excellent | Lodger | September 3rd 25 |
| 5.0 classic | Rick64 | August 14th 24 |
| 3.0 good | johmi | August 17th 23 |
| 3.0 good | HalapenYo CONTRIBUTOR | August 5th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Timmy | January 21st 23 |
| 3.5 great | Bren80 | June 15th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Djibura | April 20th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Robbit | November 19th 20 |
| 2.5 average | remi | October 30th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | Nymox | October 23rd 20 |
| 3.0 good | ehbuh | May 1st 19 |
| 3.5 great | ghworin | February 13th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Erik | January 14th 19 |
| 3.0 good | dlbk03 | October 19th 18 |
| 3.0 good | J1m1 | September 8th 18 |
| 3.5 great | RUSH | January 13th 18 |
| 2.5 average | igi78 | May 7th 17 |
| 3.5 great | bSmith | January 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | December 11th 16 |
| 3.5 great | RouJe | November 7th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | mlsrstc | September 30th 16 |
| 3.0 good | DarthGL | September 25th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Noakesy | September 13th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Ianman | June 2nd 16 |
| 3.0 good | EBM | April 9th 16 |
| 2.5 average | zx890c | February 24th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Pegana | January 1st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | daFigz | November 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | wham49 | October 9th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | Abraxas | September 29th 15 |
| 3.5 great | e210013 | September 16th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Potesin | September 3rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | August 15th 15 |
| 2.5 average | jodro | March 2nd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Nylg | January 21st 15 |
| 3.5 great | RTCW | August 11th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | et66 | April 29th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lilt98 | April 20th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Miata | April 8th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | mark7477 | November 10th 13 |
| 3.0 good | rrodjf | September 27th 13 |
| 3.0 good | alvahe | August 15th 13 |
| 3.5 great | SmersH | July 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | slackr | June 27th 13 |
| 3.0 good | manosg EMERITUS | March 19th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gard3n | March 12th 13 |
| 1.5 very poor | Veritus | January 21st 13 |
| 3.0 good | DRZ | October 16th 12 |
| 3.5 great | elry2k | April 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | lasitten | September 30th 11 |
| 3.5 great | GROK | September 21st 11 |
| 3.0 good | true | July 13th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Ricpru | February 19th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Oli100 | January 31st 11 |
| 3.0 good | wrax | November 21st 10 |
| 3.0 good | Matski | August 7th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Nach0 | February 16th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Boaz | May 1st 09 |
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