Walk Into Light [Import]

Ian Anderson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
• ASIN: B0000011P7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #374,644 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fly By Night

2. Made In England

3. Walk Into Light

4. Trains

5. End Game

6. Black and White Television

7. Toad In The Hole

8. Looking For Eden

9. User-Friendly

10. Different Germany

Editorial Reviews

Remastered 1997 BGO reissue of the Jethro Tull vocalist/ leader's 1983 solo album for Chrysalis. Also featuring extensive sleeve notes & faithfully restored artwork, it contains 10 tracks, including 'Trains', 'End Game' and 'ToadIn The Hole'.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Dance on a printed circuit board", August 15, 2004

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mwreview "mwreview" (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Walk Into Light (Audio CD)

In his first solo album, Ian Anderson set out to make something different from the acoustic guitar/flute music he is known for. He went into the studio with Peter-John Vettese, a young, innovative keyboardist who worked on Jethro Tull's previous album Broadsword and the Beast and Tull's next album Under Wraps. He had no outtakes from previous Tull recordings with which to work. Everything on this album was written from scratch (Vettese co-wrote half the songs). The result was a very electronic album and, clocking in at under 40 minutes, a very quick yet interesting trip through one man's imagination in the emerging computer age. It is even more experimental than what Tull was doing at the time because, alas, Martin Barre does not appear on the album and even Anderson's characteristic flute only emerges occasionally. Think a softer "A" (which was originally meant to be Anderson's first solo project; the "A" standing for "Anderson") and Under Wraps completely dominated by synthesizers. I enjoy the overall sound of this album, but, then again, I am also a big fan of Tull's experimental years of the early 1980s. Under Wraps is one of my all-time favorite albums, and Walk Into Light resembles that album more than any other Tull record. It does not have the same variety of sound as Under Wraps, but each track can stand alone very well though, for the most part, they all have a similar feel. One stand-out track is "Made in England." I find myself humming along. It is excellent with interesting lyrics: "Watches the democratic process grind its way through the Commons who would pave the streets with England's gold." "Fly By Night," the haunting "Black & White Television" and "Toad in the Hole" are also very catchy. "User-Friendly" reminds me of "Dot Com" from Tull's 1999 release of the same name; both using buzzwords of the day showing that Anderson definitely keeps up with the times. "Different Germany" is interesting both lyrically and musically. I wonder if a specific experience prompted Anderson to write "Different Germany, history repeats somehow. Different Germany, afraid to know you now" (written, of course, before the wall came down). At one point, Vettese kicks in with a progressive keyboard part that wakes up the listener. If you do not like Tull's A--Under Wraps material...I recommend listening to them again because those albums are awesome. But, if you know you will never like electronic experimental Tull, you will probably not like Walk Into Light. Fans of early 1980s Tull and/or electronic music, will enjoy Anderson's first, and for the most part forgotten, solo project.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ian goes techno...kinda sorta, November 24, 2003

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Paul Campbell (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Walk Into Light (Audio CD)

The classic "Give me Aqualung or Death" Tull fans usually savage this disc...and with some understanding. Walk Into Light is very different, primarily because of the heavy contributions of Peter-John Vetesse's keyboards to Ian's voice and flute. That said, lyrically, this disc contains some very personal, literate comments and observations. It's an intelligent album. This was a worthy experiment that midwifed to the Techno-Tull album Under Wraps, another experiment which when combined with Martin Barre and David Pegg rocked out in a couple places. Not for everyone and not for me all the time, but it is a testament to Ian Anderson's abilities that he pulled off something so stunningly different.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's different...but what did you expect?, August 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Walk Into Light (Audio CD)

For the new Tull disc buyer, this is a warning. The first Ian Anderson solo disc from '83 sounds nothing like Tull, with exception of '84's Under Wraps and because of the prominence given keyboardist Peter-John Vettesse. If you didn't like Under Wraps, you won't like Walk Into Light. To be very honest, as a long-time Tull fan, I blow hot and cold on this disc. When I want to hear crunchy guitars and hot rockin', this disc won't do. But when I am feeling mellower or introspective, this is really a very good disc to listen to. Despite the heavy keyboard presence which contributes to a less warm album, the lyrics are really Ian's most personal at that point in Tull's long career. The production and arrangements are very well done. Stand-out tracks: Fly By Night, Trains, Endgame, Toad In The Hole, and User-Friendly.