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“Overblown. Slightly pompous. Too prog rock by half!” The Jethro Tull album Ian Anderson would rather forget
Created in a rush amid challenging circumstances, their sixth record disappointed most critics, confused many fans and led to talk of splitting up
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“They’ve had a lesser impact due to their complexity”: No-Man’s Tim Bowness on Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson
They collaborated on Bowness’ 2017 album Lost In The Ghost Light, but his appreciation for the rock flute icon goes back to Tull’s early trilogies
Ian Anderson explains why he does what he does – and the onstage mistake that sometimes stops him
The Jethro Tull mastermind reveals who he’s really performing for – and why he never plays as much flute as he planned to on his albums
Ian Anderson wonders if he should have sent a flute into space, and regrets William Shatner went there too
Jethro Tull leader on the true value of space travel, which he doubts is Elon Musk’s reason for funding it – and why he wishes the Star Trek star had never gone up either
Jethro Tull announce six-disc reissue of 1984 album Under Wraps
Jethro Tull's Under Wraps: The Unwrapped Edition brings together the band's 1984 album and Ian Anderson's 1983 debut solo album, Walk Into Light
“He persuaded me to stay. I never felt good about it”: When Martin Barre tried to quit Jethro Tull
Their musical partnership finally ended after 43 years – but the guitarist says he wanted to break it up decades earlier
“He denied ever hearing the album. I find that hard to believe”: Did Jethro Tull inspire a character in Spinal Tap?
British prog icon wonders if his American fans really got the humour in 1972 album Thick As A Brick – because they all laughed at the wrong moments
