Heavy Horses

by Jethro Tull

Heavy Horses cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 21 April 1978
  • Label: Chrysalis
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 49:26
  • Community rating: 3.91/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Dee Palmer, Darryl Way, John Glascock, John Evan, Barriemore Barlow

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Standing as the center pillar of their famed folk-rock trilogy, Jethro Tull's 'Heavy Horses' offers a fiercely passionate, heavily acoustic ode to fading agrarian life. The album seamlessly melds deeply pastoral, nature-focused lyricism with highly complex, energetic progressive rock structures and robust string arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: nature, progressive, melodic, folk, storytelling, traditional, suite

Tracklist

  1. ...And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps (3:12)
  2. Acres Wild (3:24)
  3. No Lullaby (7:54)
  4. Moths (3:27)
  5. Journeyman (3:57)
  6. Rover (4:17)
  7. One Brown Mouse (3:22)
  8. Heavy Horses (8:54)
  9. Weathercock (4:06)
  10. Living in These Hard Times (3:10)
  11. Broadford Bazaar (3:38)

Credits

  • Jethro Tull - primary artist
  • John Glascock - bass guitar
  • David Palmer - composed by [additional material], organ [portative pipe organ], keyboards, arranged by [orchestra]
  • Martin Barre - composed by [additional material], electric guitar, additional composer
  • Ian Anderson - composed by [music and lyrics], producer, vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar electric guitar flute mandolin
  • Barriemore Barlow - drums, percussion, drums (drum set) percussion
  • Robin Black - engineer
  • Shona Anderson - photography by [back cover], photography
  • James Cotier - photography by [front cover], photography
  • John Evan - piano, organ, organ piano
  • Darryl Way - soloist, violin
  • Dee Palmer - arranger, additional composer, keyboard pipe organ

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