Songs From the Wood [Original recording reissued]

Jethro Tull | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 14, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1977
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000008H1Y
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,238 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Songs From the Wood

2. Jack-in-the-Green

3. Cup of Wonder

4. Hunting Girl

5. Ring Out, Solstice Bells

6. Velvet Green

7. The Whistler

8. Pibroch (Cap in Hand)

9. Fire at Midnight

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute classic, November 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Songs From the Wood (Audio CD)

One of the three or four best Tull albums and the finest synthesis of hard and prog rock, Celtic folk and more imaginable -- plus great lyrical themes. Not 70's bubble gum pop and not '70s heavy metal. Totally unique. With the exception of Pibroch, this is a relentlessly upbeat collection. My kids LOVE Hunting Girl (they don't understand the lyrics!), Whistler and Songs From The Wood. Cup Of Wonder, Fires At Midnight, Solstic Bells, Velvet Green, Jack-In-The Green -- oh, come on -- this is just a tremendous effort! If you don't have it BUY IT. If you have it already play it, and lose yourself in a better time. The gold CD has terrific sound quality.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Merry Jig of Celebrations and Gutter Rhymes, October 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Songs From the Wood (Audio CD)

SONGS FROM THE WOOD is Jethro Tull at their rustic best. The album flows easily from one classic Tull song to the next. The title track gets things off to a great start and sets the mood and pace for an album filled with celebrations and gutter rhymes. This is easily the Tull's most optimistic sounding record ever made. Jack in the Green is a classic fairy tale that holds you spellbound with it's storytelling and musical grooves, while Cup of Wonder gets you up on your feet to celebrate life in high fashion with a hook that catches you up in it's merry dance and never let's you go. Hunting Girl gallops along in rocking fashion to the fantasy of close encounters in the great outdoors, whipping up a frenzy as it goes. Solstice Bells rings in another rousing tune, while Velvet Green sends you back through the ages to another time for more intimate encounters under starry skies. The Whistler breathlessly hooks you into it's mesmerizing tune, while Pibroch creates a moody atmosphere of late night ships that have passed in the night, almost undermining the rest of the record's optimistic glow. But just when you think the mood has turned darker, the song kicks up it's heels and dances a merry jig. Fires at Midnight kicks up it's heels in another way, relaxing after a long day of hard playing. The fun of that "playing" is found here in these lively songs, written and performed with more than the usual flare of excellence that one expects from this modern day band of merry minstrels.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars JETHRO TULL'S MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!, August 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Songs From the Wood (Audio CD)

Move over Aqualung, Songs from the Wood is here!! Get ready for a ride through the velvet green hills of Ireland. Every time I listen to this album I think of the Renaissance Fair. Ian Anderson's flute and whistle playing is unbelievable. I have 14 of their albums (from This Was to Heavy Horses (except too old to rock...., Broadsword and the Beast, and Orginal Masters) and I don't think Ian plays the flute any better then in songs from the woods album. This album is the central album for Jethro Tull. Aqualung is good, but Songs from the Wood is definitively the album where Jethro Tull brings out their best. If I had to listen to one album the rest of my life it would be this one. Truly a masterpiece!! Find another album where someone plays the lute, mandolin, and glockenspiel and rock n' rolls!! Just a closing note: Ian Anderson plays every single instrument in Jack-in-the-Green!! Enjoy pure Tull at their very best!!