I consider myself a decently sized Jethro Tull fan. Beyond the copious amounts of flute in their music, everything else surrounding the band is more oft than not, sublime. Catchy, progressive, engaging, yadda yadda yadda. And beyond their blockbuster records like Thick as a Brick and Aqualung, they have a ton of other albums that never received the spotlight like their earlier albums. One era of the band that many people slam was when they took a journey down a more synthesizer heavy route adding many electronic elements to their music. Personally, I think that the concept of adding non-folk instruments to a band heavily rooted in folk music rubbed many in the wrong way and the handful of albums released on this path never got the attention they deserved. One of those albums released during that period quickly found its way to becoming a personal favorite Tull album for…
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Rhythm in Gold 