Crest of a Knave is their sixteenth studio album, released in 1987. It was recorded after a three-year hiatus caused by a throat infection of vocalist Ian Anderson, resulting in his changed singing style. Following the unsuccessful electronic rock album Under Wraps, Crest of a Knave had the band returning to a more hard rock…

  ClemofNazareth said of the song: Reasons for waiting is a bit of a jam song, just a little bit of pretty much every instrument on the album finds its way into this one. Here again the bass is surprising prominent for a folk album. The Whistler says: Reasons for Waiting is another lush ballad,…

Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! is their ninth studio album, recorded in December 1975 and released in 1976. It is the first album to include bassist John Glascock who also contributes with backing vocals. Ian Anderson explains that the concept came from the turmoil of the rise of the punk…

Songs from the Wood is their tenth studio album, released February 1977. Inspired by English pagan folklore and countryside living, it signaled a stylistic change. Performing in a wide-ranging folk rock style which combined traditional instruments and melodies with hard rock drums and electric guitars, it is rooted in the band’s complex progressive rock style….

Ivan Melgar M at Prog Archives said of the “Stormwatch” album: Being absolutely honest I must say that 1979 was not the best year for Progressive Rock; the former big bands were taking giant steps towards mainstream, flirting without embarrassment with easy POP and trying to be a lucrative alternative to Disco and Punk that…

During an interview with BraveWords in 2015, Anderson selected Stand Up as his favorite Tull album: “I suppose if you were to really twist my arm, I would probably go back to 1969, with the Stand Up album, because that was my first album of first really original music. It has a special place in…