Benefit (album)

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Benefit
Studio album by Jethro Tull
Released	April 20, 1970 (US)
Recorded	December 1969
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	42:49
Label	Island Records (UK) Reprise Records (US)
Producer(s)	Ian Anderson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (3/5) link
Jethro Tull chronology
Stand Up (1969)	Benefit (1970)	Aqualung (1971)

Benefit is the third album by Jethro Tull. It was released in April 1970. It was the first album to feature John Evan on keyboards.

Contents 1 Credits 2 US Track listing 3 UK Track listing 4 External links

[edit] Credits

• Ian Anderson: vocals, guitar and flute
• Martin Barre: electric guitar
• Glenn Cornick: bass guitar
• Clive Bunker: drums
• John Evan: piano and organ

[edit] US Track listing

(All songs by Ian Anderson)

1. "With You There To Help Me" – 6:15
2. "Nothing To Say" – 5:10
3. "Inside" – 3:46
4. "Son" – 2:48
5. "For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me" – 3:47
6. "To Cry You A Song" – 6:09
7. "A Time For Everything?" – 2:42
8. "Teacher" – 3:57
9. "Play In Time" – 3:44
10. "Sossity; You're A Woman" – 4:31

[edit] UK Track listing

1. "With You There To Help Me" – 6:15
2. "Nothing To Say" – 5:10
3. "Alive and Well and Living In" – 2:43
4. "Son" – 2:48
5. "For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me" – 3:47
6. "To Cry You A Song" – 6:09
7. "A Time For Everything?" – 2:42
8. "Inside" – 3:38
9. "Play In Time" – 3:44
10. "Sossity; You're A Woman" – 4:31

[edit] External links

• Benefit (1970) at All Music Guide
• Benefit (2001) at All Music Guide (bonus tracks)
• Benefit at Progressive World

Jethro Tull
Ian Anderson | Martin Barre | Jonathan Noyce | Andrew Giddings | Doane Perry
Mick Abrahams | Clive Bunker | Glenn Cornick | Barriemore Barlow | Jeffrey Hammond | John Evan | David Palmer | John Glascock | Mark Craney | Peter-John Vettese | Eddie Jobson | Dave Pegg | Gerry Conway | Maartin Allcock | Dave Mattacks
Discography
This Was | Stand Up | Benefit | Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 | Aqualung | Thick as a Brick | Living in the Past | A Passion Play | War Child |Minstrel in the Gallery | M.U. - The Best Of Jethro Tull - Vol I | Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! | Songs From The Wood | Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II | Heavy Horses | Bursting Out | Stormwatch | A | Broadsword and the Beast | Under Wraps | Live at Hammersmith '84 | A Classic Case | Original Masters | Crest of a Knave | 20 Years of Jethro Tull | 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights | Rock Island | Catfish Rising | Jethro Tull In Concert | A Little Light Music | 25th Anniversary Box Set | The Best Of Jethro Tull - The Anniversary Collection | Nightcap | Roots to Branches | J-Tull Dot Com | The Very Best of Jethro Tull | Living with the Past | The Essential Jethro Tull | The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | Aqualung Live