Track Listing

1. New day yesterday
2. Jeffrey goes to Leicester Square
3. Bouree
4. Back to the family
5. Look into the sun
6. Nothing is easy
7. Fat man
8. We used to know
9. Reasons for waiting
10. For a thousand mothers
11. Living in the past
12. Driving song
13. Sweet dream
14. 17

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6842 in Music
• Released on: 2001-09-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
Even as they began to fancy themselves as codpiece-wearing Elizabethan minstrels in the gallery, Jethro Tull was a blues-based hard-rock group, and an explosive one, at that. On Stand Up, they enjoy the best of both worlds, with lighter fare such as "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" and a jazzy instrumental take on J. S. Bach's "Bouree" mixing nicely with the blistering rock of "A New Day Yesterday", "Nothing Is Easy", and "For a Thousand Mothers". On Stand Up, the group's second album, you can hear the band, and the grand scheme behind it, begin to solidify. --Daniel Durchholz

CD Description
People often forget that Tull started out as a forward-looking blues-rock unit not dissimilar to contemporaries like Cream and Led Zeppelin. While the blues influence is heard most clearly on the debut THIS WAS, its successor STAND UP still shows some of those traces. Tracks like "A New Day Yesterday" and "Nothing Is Easy" are the prime examples of this hard-hitting, bluesy riff-rock approach. Elsewhere, though, theboys begin to show some of the folk, jazz, and classical influences that would soon make them a leading exponent of progressive rock.
"Bouree" is a flute-led instrumental trackthat combines Ian Anderson's improvisations with melodic bass work that's alternately jazzy and classical-influenced. The melancholy folk-rock feel of "Look Into the Sun" makes for an emotionally affecting, introspective ballad. The light-hearted "Fat Man" incorporates folk influences with an Eastern-sounding balalaika melody. STAND UP is a portrait of a band in transition, on its way to bigger things, but it's still eminently enjoyable.

Customer Reviews

One of Tull's Finest Efforts
Simply put, this is one of Tull's finest efforts. It marked the departure of Mick Abrahams and the arrival of Martin Barre to the band and signalled Tull's move away from a blues outfit to the quirky, progressive rock force they would become. And even though this was just their second album, it remains among their best and contains a number of standards including "A New Day Yesterday," "Bouree," "We Used to Know," "Fat Man," and "For a Tousand Mothers." The additional bonus tracks make this classic that much better.

The two things which stand out most on this album are Martin Barre's guitar work and Ian Anderson's personal, yet still somehow timeless lyrics. For the former, the best tracks are probably "A New Day Yesterday" and "For A Thousand Mothers," both of which are still Tull concert staples, as is the Bach cover "Bouree." "Nothing is Easy" is another great song with some catchy licks and is a nice tune to listen to at the end of a long work week with an ice cold beer in your hand.

So let's put it this way, if I were stuck on a desert island with a handful of CDs, this would be one of them. And I own EVERY Tull album, including the solo efforts of Ian Anderson and Martin Barre. So enjoy.

Stand up a Stand out album.
This is a stand out album from Tull as they were finding thier own path and leaving the more bluesy material behind.I originally bought this after hearing Living in the past/Driving song (thier first single that got big) being played all the time on jukeboxes in amusment arcades throughout the summer of 1969. I bought the album in the autumn of '69 when it was released and it was never off the record player. A bonus was the original cover which had a pop up Tull when it was opened up. All the tunes written by Ian Anderson, Bouree a standout instrumental which showcases his flute skills. Look into the sun a nice relaxing acoustic song, Nothiing is easy has a nice walking bass line, and We used to know which uses the same chord structure as the Eagles, Hotel California.All in all a great album nice to hear it again without the dust in the grooves. Well worth buying

marvellous!!
As a fan of jethro tull I cannot rave enough about this album . All of the songs are a joy to hear! Having owned the original vinyl,re-release and previous CD version of this album then I do not feel hard done by for shelving out for this again.The song's now sound fresher -definately benefiting from the remastering- just listen to this cd with head phones! I would like to have seen the packaging a little better but this is only a minor quibble.