Postscript: The remaster is, as usual, the way to go with this album. Of the three bonus songs, two ( Kelpie and King Henry’s Madrigal) deserved to be on the original version of the album, and for the life of me, I can’t understand why Anderson and co. chose to include bores like Dark Ages when they had such jolly tunes ready for release. powerful as in the past. Some TULL fans decry the intrusive classical orchestrations from PALMER on some songs here as too Stormwatch‘s theme and album cover seemed to be rather prophetic for the band, with the coming personnel departures and the confusing genre-bending of Jethro Tull’s near future albums in the early 1980s. group. But unfortunately, it isn't a masterpiece. Despite 'Stormwatch' be, in my humble opinion, a very uniform and

A boxed set DVD Collector's Edition containing two DVDs, Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 and Living with the Past, was released in 2006. Bassist Jon Noyce left the band in March 2006, and keyboard player Andrew Giddings quit in July 2006 citing constant touring and not enough time for family. They were replaced by David Goodier and John O'Hara. The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull, released in 2007, was a 24-song collection of Tull's and Anderson's acoustic performances, taken from various albums, which included a new live acoustic version of "One Brown Mouse" and a live performance of a traditional song (attributed to Henry VIII), " Pastime with Good Company" . Past Members-John Evan". prod.whinc.net. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014 . Retrieved 23 May 2014. The traditional J.TULL acoustic folk can be heard with the sublime DUN RIGGILL.However, there is nothing'' country'' or from the reflecting the troubled economy with the oil crisis being at the forefront of the lyrics. I prefer this revealing the basic qualities of JT's eclectic musical vision. And of course, way better than the albumsThe melody in the verses flows very nicely, and the mix of acoustic guitar, strings and piano blends exceptionally well. I would have preferred more clarity on Martin Barre’s rough guitar in the choruses, but that loss is offset by the excellence of Barriemore Barlow’s responsive drum patterns. This is one song that could benefit from remastering, and I hope the deluxe version cleans up the mix. but good chorus. It's a very simple song, which reminds me the military marches. But it's still very nice to hear. The It’s also the days when the set finished with the ambushers and before the shows started to end with the familiar strains of Cheerio, but as a live set it proves a fitting swan song for several seemingly well-set band members. musicians. It would serve as the final hurrah for drummer Barriemore Barlow, keyboardist John Evan,

Stormwatch' is perhaps the last essential Jethro Tull's album, a cohesive curtain call for the band's trademark prog- Rush's Geddy Lee said: "I was a massive Tull fan from very young... and I hope that [is reflected] in Rush. I was mesmerised by Ian Anderson. His presentation was simply magical and he delivered it with such a sense of humour and great style... We [of Rush] saw it as a huge challenge to try and create something that can seem so dynamic onstage." [122] In keeping with the mood of innovation surrounding the album, Jethro Tull developed a music video titled Slipstream. [90] Four staged and separately filmed music videos were mixed with concert footage from the A tour. London's Hammersmith Odeon was used for exterior scenes, but the main concert footage came from an American performance at the Los Angeles Sports Arena (as heard on the Magic Piper ROIO), filmed in November 1980. The video, released in 1981, was directed by David Mallet, who had directed the pioneering " Ashes to Ashes" video for David Bowie. as the sophisticated romanticism of 'Flying Dutchman'. My essential complaint is that I, as a JT follower, beginning, it finally starts to come to life sounding like it might go somewhere, but the melody and the hooks and riffs justJobson and Craney left following the A tour and the band had a succession of temporary drummers. Gerry Conway left after deciding he could not be the one to replace Barlow; [ citation needed] Phil Collins played with the band at the first Prince's Trust concert in 1982; and Paul Burgess played for the US leg of the Broadsword and the Beast tour. Doane Perry became the band's permanent drummer in 1984. In September 2017, Anderson announced plans for a tour to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Tull's first album, This Was; and for a new studio album in 2018, for which the band line-up comprised Anderson, Hammond, Opahle, O'Hara, and Goodier, all members of Anderson's solo band since 2012. [105] Martin Barre was absent from the line-up. On 2 January 2018, Anderson published on jethrotull.com a picture with the caption "IA in the studio working on a new album for release March 2019. Shhhh; keep it a secret..." [106] As most Jethro Tull fans would agree Songs From The Wood was a return to form for the band and that album is usually considered to be the first of a trio of interconnected albums that continued with Heavy Horses and then with the present album. Like many others I think that this is one of the best and most consistent periods in Jehtro Tull history, but unlike many I think that Stormwatch was the culmination of this excellent era in the band's long career. I strongly disagree with those who claim that Stormwatch offered just "more of the same" as I think that the material on this album is very different in nature from that of the previous two, even if there are some similarities too. I can understand that in 1979 people were perhaps growing tired of the sound of Jethro Tull due to the sheer amount of albums they had put out since the late 60's and also due to changing musical trends, but an album should be judged on its own merits and not only in relation to its "surroundings". see the band as merely rehashing old ideas by this point. While this does hold some truth, the music Martin Barre stated in November 2011 that there were no current plans for further Jethro Tull work, and in 2012 he put his own band together and toured as Martin Barre's New Day. The new band included former Tull bassist Jonathan Noyce and played mostly Tull material. [96] [97] In 2015, Barre said: "It's important that people realize there will never be a Jethro Tull again. There will be two solo bands, the Ian Anderson Band and the Martin Barre Band, and long may they exist, and long may they enjoy playing music." Barre said he hated to hear "Oh, you've left Jethro Tull". He said, "Ian wanted to finish Jethro Tull. [He] wanted to stop the band completely." [98]