Jethro Tull – Songs From The Wood (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1977

Songs From The Wood is an LP by Jethro Tull from 1977 released on the Chrysalis label.

About this album

Songs From The Wood is Jethro Tull’s most celebrated turn into folk-prog, balancing acoustic colour, eccentric humour and tightly arranged rock power. Issued in 1977, the album drew deeply on English folk traditions without losing the band’s progressive bite, with Ian Anderson’s flute, strings and rustic imagery giving the songs their distinctive character. The title track, Jack-In-The-Green and Ring Out, Solstice Bells became key examples of Tull’s late-1970s identity: erudite, theatrical and rooted in melody. Often regarded as one of the band’s finest albums, it marked a high point in their fusion of pastoral folk and progressive rock.