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Jethro Tull - Under Wraps
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Artist...............: Jethro Tull
Album................: Under Wraps
Genre................: Progressive Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1984
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 61 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
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Included.............: NFO, M3U, LOG, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back CD
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Tracklisting
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01. (00:03:35) - (66.27%) Jethro Tull - Lap Of Luxury
02. (00:04:03) - (65.79%) Jethro Tull - Under Wraps #1
03. (00:03:23) - (63.33%) Jethro Tull - European Legacy
04. (00:03:52) - (56.20%) Jethro Tull - Later, That Same Evening
05. (00:03:32) - (63.47%) Jethro Tull - Saboteur
06. (00:03:41) - (58.86%) Jethro Tull - Radio Free Moscow
07. (00:03:38) - (58.83%) Jethro Tull - Astronomy
08. (00:03:40) - (61.82%) Jethro Tull - Tundra
09. (00:04:08) - (60.73%) Jethro Tull - Nobody's Car
10. (00:05:38) - (64.89%) Jethro Tull - Heat
11. (00:02:14) - (54.21%) Jethro Tull - Under Wraps #2
12. (00:03:48) - (60.88%) Jethro Tull - Paparazzi
13. (00:05:29) - (55.63%) Jethro Tull - Apogee
14. (00:04:05) - (62.01%) Jethro Tull - Automotive Engineering
15. (00:04:03) - (60.69%) Jethro Tull - General Crossing
Playing Time.........: 00:58:49
Total Size...........: 362.38 MB
NFO generated on.....: 3/15/2010 5:19:20 AM
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Category Rock/Pop, Rock, Pop, Progressive, Art Rock, Enhanced CD
Label Capitol / EMI
Orig Year 1984
All Time Sales Rank 9102
CD Universe Part number 6841282
Catalog number 73415
Discs 1
Release Date Apr 26, 2005
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Ian Anderson
Personnel Ian Anderson - vocals, acoustic guitar, flute
Martin "Lancelot" Barre - electric guitar
Peter-John Vettese - keyboards
After revisiting some typically Tull motifs on 1982's BROADSWORD AND THE BEAST and releasing a
solo album in 1983, Ian Anderson resurrected the Jethro Tull name in 1984 with UNDER WRAPS. He
once again opted to distance himself from the Jethro ... Full DescriptionTull image of olde.
Throughout the '80s Anderson gamely tried various approaches toward recasting Tull for a musical
climate that had changed radically from the band's '70s heyday.
On UNDER WRAPS, Anderson shares songwriting credits with keyboardist Peter-John Vettesse, whose
electronic textures give the record its pronounced '80s feel. Lyrically, Anderson seems to have
jettisoned the past as well. On songs like "Radio Moscow" and "Paparazzi" he addresses modern
concerns via topical language and bleeping keyboards. Anderson shows he still has his knack for
a crisp and evocative melody on the relatively stripped-down title track and the simple, catchy
"Lap of Luxury."
Key ingredients of the Under Wraps tour in 1984 were naked ladies bursting out of paper bags,
astronaut moonwalking on stage, disturbing drum machine rhythms, 80’s keyboards galore and a vocal
crisis in the making. With the advent of the then new digital technology and more sophisticated
synthesizers, Jethro Tull embarked on a largely electronic album of songs mostly devoted to spies,
secrecy and subterfuge. The songs are good and the playing of M. Barre and D. Pegg was brilliant.
Anderson’s vocals were as good as they would ever be, extending his usually limited range and power
like never before.
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