Benefit (album)
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Benefit is the third album
by Jethro Tull
. It was released in April 1970. It was the first album to include pianist and organist John Evan
(although he was not yet considered a regular member of the group), and the last to include bass guitarist Glenn Cornick
. It reached #3 in the UK album charts.
The album has more hard rock than its predecessor, Stand Up
. Several of the tracks make greater use of tape-manipulation techniques than the groups's earlier recordings. There is, for example, backward flute on "With You There To Help Me" and backward piano and sped up guitar on "Play In Time". There are more instances of obvious overdubbing.
Guest musician:
Despite the label, "Teacher" is not the original UK mix but the same version that appeared on the US single, in the US version of the album and on "Living in the Past". The original UK mix is only available on the "20 Years of Jethro Tull
" boxset and it's a radically different version clocking at 4:48.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)
Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
. It was released in April 1970. It was the first album to include pianist and organist John Evan
John Evan
John Evan , played keyboards for Jethro Tull from April 1970 to June 1980. He was educated at King's College London....
(although he was not yet considered a regular member of the group), and the last to include bass guitarist Glenn Cornick
Glenn Cornick
Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick was the bespectacled, first bass guitar player in the progressive rock band, Jethro Tull....
. It reached #3 in the UK album charts.
The album has more hard rock than its predecessor, Stand Up
Stand Up (Jethro Tull album)
2010 Deluxe EditionCD 1: Stand Up# "A New Day Yesterday" [2001 Digital Remaster]# "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" [2001 Digital Remaster]# "Bourée" [2001 Digital Remaster]# "Back to the Family" [2001 Digital Remaster]...
. Several of the tracks make greater use of tape-manipulation techniques than the groups's earlier recordings. There is, for example, backward flute on "With You There To Help Me" and backward piano and sped up guitar on "Play In Time". There are more instances of obvious overdubbing.
Credits
- Ian Anderson: vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening... - Martin BarreMartin BarreMartin Lancelot Barre is an English rock musician.Barre has been the guitarist for rock band Jethro Tull since 1969. He has appeared on every Jethro Tull album except their debut This Was...
: electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Glenn CornickGlenn CornickGlenn Douglas Barnard Cornick was the bespectacled, first bass guitar player in the progressive rock band, Jethro Tull....
: bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Clive BunkerClive BunkerClive William Bunker is a British rock drummer. He was the original drummer in the British band Jethro Tull....
: drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - David PalmerDee PalmerDee Palmer is an English composer arranger and keyboardist best known for having been a member of the rock group Jethro Tull.Palmer studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Richard Rodney Bennet,winning the Eric Coates Prize and The Boosey and Hawkes Prize...
: orchestral arrangements
Guest musician:
- John EvanJohn EvanJohn Evan , played keyboards for Jethro Tull from April 1970 to June 1980. He was educated at King's College London....
: pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
and organOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
Side one
- "With You There to Help Me" – 6:15
- "Nothing to Say" – 5:10
- "Alive and Well and Living In" – 2:43
- "Son" – 2:48
- "For Michael Collins, JeffreyJeffrey HammondJeffrey Hammond sometimes credited as Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, is a former bass guitar player for the progressive rock band Jethro Tull....
and Me" – 3:47
Side two
- "To Cry You a Song" – 6:09
- "A Time for Everything?" – 2:42
- "Inside" – 3:38
- "Play in Time" – 3:44
- "Sossity; You're a Woman" – 4:31
Bonus tracks
The 2001 remastered CD follows the UK track listing, adding four bonus tracks and extensive liner notes:- "Singing All Day" - 3:07
- "Witch's Promise" - 3:52
- "Just Trying To Be" - 1:37
- "Teacher (original UK mix)" - 3:49
Despite the label, "Teacher" is not the original UK mix but the same version that appeared on the US single, in the US version of the album and on "Living in the Past". The original UK mix is only available on the "20 Years of Jethro Tull
20 Years of Jethro Tull
-Disc two:Flawed Gems and Other Sides Of Tull-Disc three:The Essential Tull-LP Track listing:The track numbers shown below are for the five LP set...
" boxset and it's a radically different version clocking at 4:48.
Side one
- "With You There To Help Me" – 6:15
- "Nothing To Say" – 5:10
- "Inside" – 3:46
- "Son" – 2:48
- "For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me" – 3:47
Side two
- "To Cry You A Song" – 6:09
- "A Time For Everything?" – 2:42
- "Teacher" – 3:57
- "Play In Time" – 3:44
- "Sossity; You're A Woman" – 4:31
External links
(bonus tracks)Hidden track
In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener...