Stormwatch (album)

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Stormwatch
Stormwatch cover
Studio album by Jethro Tull
Released September 14, 1979
Recorded 1978 - 1979
Genre Progressive rock
Length 44:58
Label Island Records (UK)
Chrysalis Records (US)
Producer(s) Ian Anderson
Robin Black
Professional reviews
Jethro Tull chronology
Bursting Out
(1978)
Stormwatch
(1979)
A
(1980)


Stormwatch (1979) is an album by the rock group Jethro Tull - the third in a trilogy of albums mixing traditional British Isles folk harmonies with more conventional pop rock music. The album deals with the deterioration of the environment, warning of an apocalyptic future if mankind does not cease its drive for economic growth and pay attention to nature. Indeed, it is the last stage of the growth of pessimism following the hope of Songs from the Wood and the darker view of Heavy Horses.

In 2004, a remastered version of Stormwatch was released with an additional four bonus tracks.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "North Sea Oil" – 3:12
  2. "Orion" – 3:58
  3. "Home" – 2:46
  4. "Dark Ages" – 9:13
  5. "Warm Sporran" – 3:33
  6. "Something's On The Move" – 4:27
  7. "Old Ghosts" – 4:23
  8. "Dun Ringill" – 2:41
  9. "Flying Dutchman" – 7:46
  10. "Elegy" – 3:38
  11. "A Stitch In Time" – 3:40 (bonus track)
  12. "Crossword" – 3:38 (bonus track)
  13. "Kelpie" – 3:47 (bonus track)
  14. "King Henry's Madrigal" – 3:01 (bonus track)

[edit] Credits

All songs composed by Ian Anderson, except Elegy by David Palmer and King Henry's Madrigal, a traditional composition.

[edit] Trivia

  • Dun Ringill is the historic site of an Iron Age fort on the Isle of Skye, which served as the original seat of the Clan MacKinnon. Anderson once owned and lived in nearby Kilmarie House, until he sold the estate in 1994.[1]
  • It is sometimes rumored that "Elegy" was a homage to John Glascock — who was very ill at the time due to a congenital heart defect, and would die shortly after the album's release. Actually, it is an elegy to David Palmer's father and is one of the few tracks on which Glascock plays, the bass duties for most of the album going to Ian Anderson.

[edit] External links

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
Studio: This Was | Stand Up | Benefit | Aqualung | Thick as a Brick | A Passion Play | War Child |Minstrel in the Gallery | Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! | Songs From The Wood | Heavy Horses | Stormwatch | A | Broadsword and the Beast | Under Wraps | Crest of a Knave | Rock Island | Catfish Rising | Roots to Branches | J-Tull Dot Com | The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

Live: Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 | Bursting Out | Live at Hammersmith '84 | A Classic Case | Jethro Tull In Concert | A Little Light Music | Living with the Past | Aqualung Live

Compilation: M.U. - The Best Of Jethro Tull - Vol I | Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II | Original Masters | 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights | The Best Of Jethro Tull - The Anniversary Collection | The Very Best of Jethro Tull | The Essential Jethro Tull

Compilation containing previously-unreleased material: Living in the Past | Nightcap

Box set: 20 Years of Jethro Tull | 25th Anniversary Box Set