Jethro Tull (Pocket Essential series)

I don't think I'm really the target audience for this one. It's a short history of the band, followed by a review of each album in chronological order. With each review is a potted history of where the band is at that point in time.To be honest, there's nothing here that any fan of the band wouldn't already know, and I'm reasonably sure a lot of fans would argue with the ratings used. I'm not sure rating albums out of 5 is the best way to go.On the plus side, it is a short inexpensive book, and for those looking to explore the music of Tull who don't know the band well this would be a good starting point.

A1

This is a book promising great things for the seasoned Jethro Tull fan but doesn't really come up with the goods as it falls into the author's own opinion far too much rather than explaining source, inspiration and links with each of the Jethro Tull songs. Explanations of every song are included in terms of whether they're fast, slow or their instrumentation. For instance Black Satin Dancer is 'a bit too long' but no information about possible motive for writing the song is given.The one line 'album trivia' at the end of each recording is welcome as are the few anectdotes scattered throughout the book, but these are in rare supply.Of course the author's assertions of which albums are the best are sure to be areas of discussion, but 5/5 for A little Light music? An interesting book - quite cheap so probably worth the price of a magazine although paper quality on mine was hardly outstanding.