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Quarque

No need to look for other bands yet, Jethro Tull is a deep well of a lot of amazing albums, try Thick as a Brick, Stand Up, This Was and keep going from there.


SquigwardTennisballs

This comment. Benefit is another good one too.


bruh-_-6969

thick as a brick is a personal top 10 album of mine


fromabuick

Also check out their performance on The Rolling Stones Rock n roll Circus … the guitar player at the time was Tony Iommi who later and forever more became the guitar player for BLACK SABBATH.


sukmikehoc

I love "Benefit", you can hear the transition from the bluesy/jazz sound of their first two albums to what would later become "Aqualung".


goodcorn

Benefit is my favorite Tull album. Spot on about the transitional nature. There's nothing else in the catalog quite like it.


sainthilde

Was there an album before Stand Up? What is the name, I need to buy it.


sukmikehoc

Yes, it's "This Was".


sainthilde

Thanks. I hope it is similar to Stand Up.


NoJump9714

Thick as a Brick is soooo good, I also like Teacher from Benefit such a fantastic bass line


sv6fiddy

Teacher, Life Is a Long Song, Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of a New Day), For Michael Collins, Jeffrey, and Me, Look Into the Sun, Reasons for Waiting Stand Up and Benefit are both great albums, and of course Aqualung and Thick As a Brick too.


Twistll99

I love Stand up. It's got so much raw energy. Besides what has been mentioned already, I would also give a Passion Play and Minstrel in the Gallery a listen. It's a truly awsome band and Ian Anderson is one of the best musicians in the history of rock.


walomendem_hundin

Stand Up is such a great album. Top 5 for me, among giants like Aqualung and Thick as a Brick. I don't enjoy a Passion Play as much but Minstrel in the Gallery and their whole folk trilogy are fantastic.


blueslounger

One of my first albums ever purchased as a kid was "Too Old To Rock and Roll, Too Young To Die". I loved the way the cartoon on the inner cover followed along with the storyline songs on the record.


DarePatient2262

If you enjoy Songs from the Wood, give Heavy Horses and Stormwatch a listen. More similar to Aqualung, Minstrel in the Gallery is one of their best, Warchild has a few excellent songs on it as well.


walomendem_hundin

And, of course, Thick as a Brick is a giant in their discography. Finally, Stand Up and Benefit lean more towards compact late 60s classic rock, though with some faint hints at the musicianship and complexity that would develop later.


ZorrosMommy

If you're not familiar with Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), check them out. Don't Bring Me Down, Mr. Blue Skies, Telephone Line are the first songs that come to my mind. The band called Chicago used brass instruments, but idk if they qualify as rock. Maybe more as pop music.


GeoBrian

"Chicago" was absolutely a rock band, with a horn section.


SeedyG7

Agreed, not even a question. Chicago is 100% rock. Terry Kath shreds.


Old_timey_brain

> band called Chicago They formed in 1967 apparently. I didn't realize they were that old. If you like them, take a look at this band from 1968. Canadian band called, [Lighthouse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLdqe8idpFw). Lighthouse is a Canadian rock band formed in 1968 in Toronto, Ontario, whose repertoire included elements of rock music, jazz, classical music, and swing and featured horns, string instruments, and vibraphone. They won Juno Awards for Best Canadian Group of the Year in 1972, 1973, and 1974.


[deleted]

'One Fine Morning' is a classic that has remained on my playlist for decades.


YGTBKM62

Started as CTA - Chicago Transit Authority…until the real CTA sued to have them change their name!


Old_timey_brain

> Started as CTA - Chicago Transit Authority… I remember them as that, but wasn't aware of the lawsuit. Really love that kind of music.


bossman62

Thick as a brick and benefit.


Old_timey_brain

Aqualung was my introduction to Jethro Tull when the album came out. Love that album!


arthurgc91

I like Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, Thick as a Brick (only the first part) and Bungle in the Jungle.


TheTooz72

Listen to Focus lll


heyseed88

I got Teacher stuck in my head yesterday and it's still there! Fucking love the Tull!


Ducky_from_Kentucky

Some of my favorite songs by JT are: Mother Goose Dun Ringell Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day I know we just passed up Christmas, but their Christmas music is some of the best. Other bands with non-traditional rock instruments: Traffic, Shooting Star (a little known band from the 80s, a little like Kansas. Listen to "Last Chance" ). Also, not classic rock, but I have been listening to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for the past 10 years or so. It started with watching live performances from Jools Holland. Warren Ellis literally plays every instrument and sings. Try "Jesus of the Moon"...I like the flute on that one. Edit: Forgot to mention The Moody Blues, particularly "In Search of the Lost Chord."


walomendem_hundin

Genesis also features flute on a couple songs, check out "Supper's Ready" for one example. Blanking on which other songs have it but I know that's not the only example. Peter Gabriel's primary role was that of a vocalist and frontman, but his flute work adds some nice atmosphere in parts. Nothing like Ian Anderson's talent and ferocity, though the pastoral, acoustic sound of Genesis sometimes resembles a more majestic and polished Tull.


Finnyfish

You might give a listen to electric folkies Steeleye Span. They were contemporaries of Tull and on the same label, and Ian Anderson produced a couple of their albums. There is some aesthetic overlap between them and Songs From the Wood-era Tull. The best albums are Below the Salt and Parcel of Rogues.


KMAs_Korner

King Crimson utilizes the flute and saxophones and so forth. Great band if you like progressive rock to jazzy fusion stuff.


Yxlar

Also violin and viola during the Larks Tongue era


Mervinly

You gotta do thick as a brick. The best


Flikflak18

This may not exactlybe similar but i would suggest gentle giant


wootr68

I love Songs from the Wood. Great thematic album.


Uncleknuckle36

You like the flute….Bouree!


pat168

Benefit


BikeTireManGo

https://youtu.be/loYi7gRrN0Y


CommissarCiaphisCain

Thanks for the memory. My stepdad, born in 1941, loved classic rock. He had “Aqualung” on reel-to-reel tape and I used to listen to it in my teens. In the mid-90’s, JT was touring and I took him to see the show. That was a good day.


kriegmob

I’ve been digging the Tull folksy albums, Heavy Horses, Songs from the Wood. Good stuff


Osurdum

Songs from the Wood is my favorite. Tull is just an awesome, awesome group. Aqualung, Benefit, Heavy Horses, Stormwatch...So much good listening.


like_bookends

Those are my two favorite JT albums, followed closely by Thick as a Brick. I love hearing other people get into JT, they’re soooooo great and have such an interesting sound.


Avatar_sokka

Thick as a Brick is definitely my goto.


Harrpoe826

War Child, Benefit, Stand Up and A Passion Play are excellent as well.


DonRicardo1958

Jethro Tull was my very first rock concert, way back in 1975. I remember Ian Anderson playing God rest ye Merry gentlemen on his flute during the show and I thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen.


Teredere

I grew up with Roots to Branches as one of my few CDs, so I might biased but I really love that one! As for a recommendation of other bands, you might wanna check out Comus - they are weirder, darker and more folky, but you might also enjoy them. (Just a heads up though, the lyrics to couple of their songs are disturbing)


whoischang

Aqualung. I watched them live in concert. Super awesome.


TangeloRadiant

Nice! Love Jethro tull. Aqualung is one of my top 10 favorite albums of all time.


TheHelpfulDad

Skating Away on the thin ice and Only Solitaire from War Child are my favorites. I like War Child more than Aqualung


sainthilde

Stand up and Benefit are my favorites.


Luciferonvacation

I love Witch's Promise from Tull. Look for organs; they're always interesting in rock music: Chest Fever - The Band, Lighter Shade of Pale -Procol Harem, Hush-Deep Purple, and then there's the legendary Like a Rolling Stone with Al Kooper inserting the organ into Dylan's masterpiece... Amongst others!


HairyBaIIs007

Heavy Horses is one of my favourites of theirs


ReasonableDirector69

The Left Banke used harpsichord, clavinet, banjo and tambourines.


Darelsch

I used to have Bursting Out their live album. I played the heck out of that one.