Best of Acoustic

Jethro Tull | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 27, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000NHG73Y
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,441 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite side of Tull, May 8, 2007

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Ashton "informed consumer" (New York State, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Acoustic (Audio CD)

Being a devoted Jethro Tull fan for 30 ++ years, I have always been partial to acoustic Tull, and I believe in his pre-golden years, Ian is too!! The set list could not be better. I highly recommend this collection to anyone who knows there is more to Jethro Tull then Aqualung and Locomotive Breath!

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars genuine and eccentric, May 9, 2007

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haregrog "haregrog" (Wilmington, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of Acoustic (Audio CD)

If you're looking for just the greatest hits, i.e. the most popular Tull songs on Classic Rock radio, you wouldn't go for this one first. But the acoustic side of Tull is an essential part of the Tull canon, and this collection represents an idea that has been decades overdue. The acoustic format allows for a combination of genuine expressiveness and Tull's patented eccentric creativity. That said, some of these great acoustic pieces are latter-day re-workings, and they tend to be inferior to the originals, interesting primarily to collectors. But many of these songs are the original tracks, beautifully remastered. So there's a lot here for the afficionados, and it's not a bad place to start for the curious.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Acoustic Performances by JT, June 6, 2007

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K. L. Woomer (San Antonio Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Acoustic (Audio CD)

Some bands, older bands that have been around a while and have an actual catalog to pick and choose from, often find themselves with material that suddenly comes into mainstream light. Not that JT is commercial, but the style of UNPLUGGED is and has been popular for quite some time...

I bought this CD due to a college roomate being such a JT fan, and thought it might be nice to get a JT for my collection.

This is a fantastic CD. The recordings are touched up and sound fantastic as they would be - due to Ian Anderson being as picky as Frank Zappa used to be... and they sound so crisp.

The flute, the masterful acoustic (and occasionally electric) playing of Martin Barre is fantastic, and the language I am using doesn't do it justice. I really feel that anyone could put this CD in and immediatly get the attention of anyone in the room. This is enjoyable, talent laden and worth every freakin penny.

Have fun,