Been listening to this over and over since I bought the remastered CD w/ bonus tracks back in July (I have it on vinyl as well). It seemed to really fit into my prevailing mood over the summer.
Listening to
Benefit yet again ... I just cannot get enough of this record, and have been spinning it alternately on CD, iPod, and computer, depending on what technology is available to me any given moment. I cannot say enough good things about it. Just the best all-around combination of crunchy early-'70s British rock sound, mind-boggling background textures, great lyrics and flute solos, absolutely bitching brain-warping guitar parts. Adjectives fail me. It finally surpassed
Aqualung as my favorite Jethro Tull album, and is now one of my favorite albums from
anyone.
And we'll laugh and we'll sing
get someone to bring
our friends here for tea in the evening --
Old Jeffrey makes three.
Take a walk in the park,
does the wind in the dark
sound like music to you?
Well I'm thinking it does to me.
Can you cook, can you sew --
well, I don't want to know.
That is not what you need on the inside,
to make the time go.
