Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
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Artist: Jethro TullEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-05-20
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps
- Acres Wild
- No Lullaby
- Months
- Journeyman
- Rover
- One Brown Mouse
- Heavy Horses
- Weathercook
- Living In These Hard Times
- Broadford Bazaar
Free Music Notes for Heavy Horses
Free Music Review: Underwhelming compared to early Tull
Hit: 3 Stars
I'll admit upfront that I'm not a rabid Tull fan. Neither am I a passionate detractor. I recently bought Stand Up on CD after not having listened to it since the eighties when I had it on vinyl and have been enjoying it quite a bit. I picked up Heavy Horses based on the many positive reviews here, expecting something special. I was actually quite underwhelmed. The main deficiency is a lack of memorable melodic content/themes. By contrast with the material on Stand Up, very few songs here have what I would call strong melodies. Nor are the lyrics particularly noteworthy. And Ian Anderson's voice sounds rather anemic as well-- perhaps this is due to the production, which tends to bury his vocals in the mix. The arrangements are most interesting in terms of texture. The guitar playing is not at all prominent on most of the tunes and displays a tone I don't care for-- too processed for my taste-- especially compared to Martin Barre's plug-in-and-play tones on Stand Up. One could say this material is "more complex" than that on Stand Up, but in my opinion, that's not an improvement. Amazon reviews are generally dominated by true believers, so this review will no doubt be buried under the weight of plaudits. All I can say is if you like Stand Up or any of the other early Tull albums, be forewarned: this is quite a differently flavored slice of musical pie.
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Like 1977's Songs from the Wood, Heavy Horses is often unfairly posited as the thematic follow-up to its aforementioned studio predecessor. While Songs from the Wood evokes a magical atmosphere, Heavy Horses is far more earthly. Indeed, on the nine-minute-long title-track--a most poetic ode to the England's plough horses--Ian Anderson sings with the sorrow of a farmhand witnessing modern harvesting equipment coming over the horizon for the first time. One can even forgive him the rather randy line, "Let me find you a filly for your proud stallion seed, to keep the old line going." Sure, there's plenty of prattle about drinking afternoon tea with mice, but tracks like "Moths" and "Acres Wild" mark Heavy Horses as a must-own title in the Jethro Tull canon. --Kevin MaidmentDigitally remastered reissue of 1978 album includes 2 bonus tracks 'Living In These Hard Times' (taken from the album 20 Years Of Jethro Tull - recorded at Maison Rouge 1978) & 'Broadford Bazaar' (taken from the album Nightcap Unreleased Masters). 11 tracks & liner notes written by Ian Anderson. Chrysalis. 2003.
Digitally Remastered Edition of their 1978 Studio Album which Only Increased the Passion and Fire Rekindled on "Songs from the Wood" the Year Prior. Anderson was Keenly Aware of the Modern Music Scene and was Determined Not to Be Lumped Into the "Dinosaur" Category and Kept Jethro Tull's Music Fresh and Invigorating.
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