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Songs from the Wood (1977) is the tenth studio album by Jethro Tull and is considered to be the first of a trio of folk rock albums (Songs from the Wood, Heavy Horses and Stormwatch) despite the fact that folk music elements are present in the work of Jethro Tull both before and after this trilogy. Songs from the Wood was the first Tull album to receive unambiguously positive reviews since the time of Thick as a Brick.
Filled with folk and fantasy imagery, and ornamental folk arrangement, the album is a departure from the hard rock of earlier Tull material, though it still retained some of the band’s older sound. The album reached #8 on the Billboard album chart, making it the last top ten album for the band to date. The song “The Whistler” was the only song to chart as a single...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ Walking on velvet green ... Walking on velvet green. Scots pine growing ... Tell your mother that you walked all night on velvet green ♫
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