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| ARTIST: | Jethro Tull |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Capitol |
| TYPE: | Rock |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | This is Not Love, Occasional Demons, Roll Yer Own, Rocks on the Road, Sparrow on the Schoolyard Wall, Thinking Round Corners, Still Loving You Tonight, Doctor to my Disease, Like a Tall Thin Girl, White Innocence, Sleeping with the Dog, Gold-tipped Boots,Black Jacket and Tie, When Jesus Came to Play |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 094632186324 |
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Customer Reviews of Catfish Rising
not quite a long-delayed return to form This is clearly much better than the albums that immediately preceded it, Crest of a Knave and Rock Island, but that is saying very little. The lyrics are interesting (an improvement), but interesting is not the same as good. (I don't agree, by the way, that White has more in particular to do with Budapest than various other Ian Anderson songs, and White's lyrics are much better--if again, not quite good.)
The main problem once again is Ian Anderson's singing and the extreme compositional compromises he is forced to make to accommodate it. Again he is droning on a single (or two or three) pitches and nevertheless often croaking. Again he is misappropriating an extremely nasal late-70's to mid-eighties Dylan vocal artifice.
We have, however, occasionally in the instrumental section of various songs snippets of actual real music. The especially intriguing thing is how little these snippets have to do with the songs proper. In the most curious and satisfying example, what sounds like a string orchestra briefly appears than disappears forever. If it seems as if I'm disparaging the disparity, I'm not; the disparity is presumably deliberate, and I appreciate it. Still these episodes are not enough to salvage the album.
Arguably Jethro Tull's best album
Jethro Tull fans disagree among themselves regarding which Tull album is the best. This fan can't make up his mind. But, "Catfish Rising" is, in my opinion, among the serious contestants. I hated it at first, just as I disliked most Tull albums on first listen. Eventually I began to enjoy all 13 tracks.
My personal favorites are "Like A Tall Thin Girl," and "Rocks on the Road". My least favorite on the album is "White Innocence." It's a decent song, but it sounds too similar to "Budapest" (from Crest of a Knave). This album features lots of electric guitar, but contains material that is more varied than "Rock Island," their previous release.
Some highlights but overall only an average effort
This recording has some good moments but doesn't rank in my mind with my list of Tull's best ('Stand Up', 'Aqualung','Songs from the Wood',maybe 'Roots to Branches'). The highlights in this varied set include the more acoustically oriented pieces ('Gold Tipped Boots Black Jacket and Tie', 'Thinking Round Corners', 'Like a Tall Thin Girl') and one of the harder rockers ('Doctor To My Disease'). I think that the bluesy number 'Sleeping With The Dog' sounds forced and pales greatly in comparison to 'Someday the Sun Won't Shine For You' from their first album, recently resurrected on their highly recommended live 'Living With The Past' album. The long piece 'White Innocence' drags a bit. The rest of the material is average.