Stand Up

The second album, which entered the British chart at number 1.
Jethro Tull, 1969

Released
25 July 1969
Recorded
17 April to 21 May 1969
Studio
Morgan and Olympic Studios, London
Label
Island (UK), Reprise (US)
Producer
Terry Ellis and Ian Anderson
Length
37:48

Made in London in the spring of 1969 and engineered by Andy Johns, it entered the British chart at number 1 in August 1969 and reached 20 in America. Rolling Stone found it quite marvellous at the time. James Grashow's pop-up gatefold won NME's award for the best album artwork of 1969. The 2001 remaster added Living in the Past as a bonus track, and the 2016 Elevated Edition carries a Steven Wilson remix.

Track listing

  1. A New Day Yesterday4:10
  2. Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square2:12
  3. Bourée3:46
  4. Back to the Family3:48
  5. Look into the Sun4:20
  6. Nothing Is Easy4:25
  7. Fat Man2:52
  8. We Used to Know4:00
  9. Reasons for Waiting4:05
  10. For a Thousand Mothers4:13

More from Jethro Tull

The Broadsword and the Beast (1982), The Very Best of Jethro Tull (2001)

Sources

  1. Stand Up (Jethro Tull album), Wikipedia