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Ian Anderson said that Benefit was a "guitar riff" album, recorded at a time when the riff-oriented music of artists like Cream, Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin was much in evidence.
"Benefit", the band third album released in 1970, confirmed the band departure from blues to their own Jethro Tull Sound combining the heavy use of flute and acoustic guitar as rhythm section which anchored their music into what people mentioned later as progressive folk music.
Nov 5, 2021 · Jethro Tull’s third album, 1970’s Benefit, marked the transition from the R&B-driven Stand Up and the defining merger of acoustic arrangements and heavy guitar riffs that would characterise Aqualung and beyond.
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The best favorite track out of this album is probably "To Cry You a Song" which also became a title of tribute album released by Magna Carta (see my review in this site under Various Artists). This song forms its style in heavy rock with soft guitar riffs as main rhythm section with dry singing style by Anderson.
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Apr 20, 2015 · Recorded at London’s Morgan Studios in December 1969 and January 1970, Benefit became an eclectic set containing a little bit of the old, a little of the new and some things that would never...
Oct 11, 2016 · This opening track from Jethro Tull’s third album, Benefit (1970), announced that the rock world had a distinctive new guitar hero, and his name was Martin Barre.
Benefit is a music album by Jethro Tull released in 1970. Benefit is ranked 2,777th in the overall chart, 508th in the 1970s, and 58th in the year 1970. This album appears in 130 charts and has received 11 comments and 207 ratings from BestEverAlbums.com site members.
