War Child is a Rock album by Jethro Tull, originally released in 1974. On Gatefold: 178 pressings tracked, owned by 28 collectors.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1War Child4:33
- A2Queen And Country2:59
- A3Ladies3:16
- A4Back-door Angels5:30
- A5Sea Lion3:35
Side B
- B1Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day4:02
- B2Bungle In The Jungle3:34
- B3Only Solitaire1:28
- B4The Third Hoorah4:47
- B5Two Fingers5:07
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- playful
- pastoral
- layered
"War Child" (aka both "WarChild" & "Warchild") is the seventh studio album by Jethro Tull, released in October 1974.
The original front cover is a composite photograph featuring a positive color print of Melbourne, Australia at night, and a negative print of a studio photo of lead singer Ian Anderson. Some rare reissues (like this one (opens in a new tab)) have a different cover sleeve with a "positive" print of Ian Anderson, and no picture in the background.
Despite the seemingly disconnected themes of the songs, the album was originally planned as a movie soundtrack. But the film project was abandoned after failed attempts to find a major movie studio to finance it, and the planned double-album set was reconstituted as a ten-song, single-disk rock album. In 2002, the CD reissue added seven new songs as a bonus, taken from the previously aborted double-album sessions.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Barriemore BarlowDRUMS, GLOCKENSPIEL DRUMS, GLOCKENSPIEL, MARIMBA, PERCUSSION DRUMS, GLOCKENSPIEL, PERCUSSION
- David PalmerCONDUCTOR CONDUCTOR, ORCHESTRATED BY MARIMBA, PERCUSSION , ORCHESTRATED BY, CONDUCTOR
- Ian AndersonVOCALS, FLUTE, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ALTO SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, SOPRANINO SAXOPHONE VOCALS, FLUTE, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ALTO SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, SOPRANINO SAXOPHONE, WRITTEN-BY VOCALS, FLUTE, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SAXOPHONE
- Jeffrey Hammond-HammondBASS BASS GUITAR BASS GUITAR, 6-STRING BASS
- John EvanORGAN, PIANO, SYNTHESIZER , PIANO ACCORDION ORGAN, PIANO, SYNTHESIZER , ACCORDION ORGAN, PIANO, SYNTHESIZER, ACCORDION
- Martin BarreELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR, CLASSICAL GUITAR
- Philomusica Of LondonORCHESTRA
28 collectors on Gatefold own this · 178 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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