5856. Jethro Tull - Seal Driver

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From: The Broadsword and the Beast; Year: 1982; Genre: Progressive Rock/Hard Rock
Just for the sheer amount of great songs on the record, I have to say that Broadsword and the Beast is my favourite 'Tull album from the 1980s. I don't know if it was that I first bought the compact disc of it during my impressionable late teens or some other factor unbeknownst to myself, but there is always something I find interesting musically and/or lyrically about every track; even the ones that weren't released initially.
I really believe this track in particular embodies the overall transitory nature of the album in that it has some of elements that hearken back to the band's material of the '70s and some of the short-lived synth-heavy sound they had throughout the early to mid '80s.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My song pick 4 years ago today: .38 Special - Teacher, Teacher

My song pick 5 years ago today: Sonny & Cher - Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer

My song pick 6 years ago today: Weather Report - Cannonball

My song pick 7 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Pan Dance

My song pick 8 years ago today: Chris Squire - Silently Falling

My song pick 9 years ago today: Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

My song pick 10 years ago today: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - Life in Eleven

My song pick 11 years ago today: Red Rider - White Hot

My song pick 12 years ago today: The Allman Brothers Band - Melissa

My song pick 13 years ago today: Queen - Play The Game

My song pick 14 years ago today: Jerry Reed - Guitar Man

My song pick 15 years ago today: Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
 
 

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