Search - Jethro Tull :: Rock Island

It's not THAT bad

mrjimothy | 05/05/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"i've read some really negatory reviews of this album on here, but really its not that bad. it does rock and there are some good tull songs. this album is simpler than alot of tull's more "concept" heavy recent albums. rock island particularly is damn catchy. i really think you can find albums that are better examples of putrid trash or whatever these yahoos called it. tull rocks your socks."

Be patient!

mrjimothy | The southwest corner of northeast North Carolina | 12/01/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Like many of Jethro Tull's albums, this one takes awhile to get used to. However, unlike some of the other ones, Rock Island is pretty shoddy at first, yet after it has been listened to a few times, it becomes better than most.The album follows a few definite themes, such as man's destruction of nature (Heavy Water, The Whalers' Dues,) isolation (Ears of Tin, Rock Island, Another Christmas Song,) and Big Riff and Mando being possibly the funniest track that Ian has ever written. If you listen to this album a few times before throwing it onto a trash heap, you'll be glad that you did. Trust me."