#JethroHeepJourney 51/50

A year has passed since this epic journey and I have to update my Jethro Tull ranking.

First of all: Thick as a Brick has to be the #1. I keep coming back to this masterpiece and everytime I fall in love with it more and more

Second: Songs from the Wood needs to go to 2 for similar reasons.

Third: Curious Ruminant was release this year and it was a really good album.

#JethroTull

#JethroHeepJourney 50/50

48 albums done in roughly a month.

So, #JethroTull or #UriahHeep?

These journeys definitely make more fun when bands continue to develop and experiment. Both did that but I thought Heep has a bit more to offer here hence I they entertained me a bit better. But this is only valid if you listen to the albums back to back. Individually, #JethroTull has more high quality albums than Heep.

If I had to decide, I'd take: JethroHeep. Because I don't have to decide 😉

With the combined album ranking, my #JethroHeepJourney has come to an end.

Thank you for reading 🤘

#JethroHeepJourney 49/50

Summarising my 25 album Uriah Heep journey:

In contrast to Jethro Tull, #UriahHeep did have some bad albums, especially in the late 70s. But they also have extremely high highs, including their latest albums.

They acutally took a very similar path to Saxon, who took their music to more heavy spheres in the mid 2000s.

I was blown away by Look at Yourself and I even put it above Demons and Wizards nor Salisbury and ...Very 'Eavy. The latter has the best Heep song on it (Gypsy), but it isn't as consistent.

So, here is my final Uriah Heep studio album ranking:

#UriahHeepAlbumsRanked

#JethroHeepJourney 48/50

So this is it, I listened to all 23 Jethro Tull albums.

To summarise this journey in short: Jethro Tull kept the quality up and except for Under Wraps, there aren't any bad albums. They even managed to pull off a good Christmas album. And a Dire Straits album.

Although I ranked Aqualung 1st, I think my go-to album would be Songs From The Wood. I just love the folky cozy campfire atmosphere. This is Jethro Tull for me.

So without further ado, here is my final ranking of #JethroTull studio albums:

#JethroTullAlbumsRanked

#JethroHeepJourney 47/50

Uriah Heep's latest album Chaos & Colour was released last year, just like Tull's RökFlöte.
The direct comparison is astounding. While RökFlöte lacks drive due to lackluster guitar and drum works, Heep go all in on this one.

The guitars are on fire, the drums are thrashing and driving, the vocals are top notch! I was privileged to see "Hurricane" from this album earlier this year, and let me thell you: these guys still got it!

Chaos & Colour is a great album and #UriahHeep is very much alive!

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 (upgraded, see edit)

Edit: ah what the hell, this one is even better than ...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble

4.5 out of 5! 👏 🤘

#JethroHeepJourney 46/50

#RökFlöte is #JethroTull's latest album. I listened to it when it was released last year and I was quite fond of it. It's less folk and more rock compared to "The Zealot Gene". Last year I rated it "good album" (3.5).

Listening to it again, I have a bit of a problem with it. It's the guitar tracks and partly also the drumming.
They sound very generic and cheap, almost as if they've been bought in a backing tracks shop. There's no life in them, they are just there to support the vocals and the flute.

2.5/5 solid, but I'm probably not gonna pick it up again.

A complete ranking will follow in toot 48.

https://album.link/y/OLAK5uy_mzWdtrjWQG9graVO6KHO47FX26TxD8uxk

#JethroHeepJourney 45/50

My wife and I were driving through Sicily in September of 2018 in a red Opel Adam.
I put on Uriah Heeps latest release "Living The Dream" and I was nicely surprised.

By then, I only knew the obvious #UriahHeep songs. But this sounded different, it sounded modern and heavy. But it still had the Hammond organ so it definitely was Uriah Heep.

Living The Dream is basically my go-to album of modern era Heep.

It's great!

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

https://album.link/y/OLAK5uy_mgWKOsQUijb9hr8W6caJIFP1WirP6pIno

#JethroHeepJourney 44/50

After a 19 year hiatus Jethro Tull released The Zealot Gene in 2022. The album was 5 years in the making with a completely new lineup. Some songs of the album don't have a drum track, because a pandemic happened and drummer Scott Hammond was unable to record at home.

But honestly, these songs don't need drums. They are just great.

In their simplicity, the songs on The Zealot Gene wrap you in a warm blanket of cheerful feelings.

I think this album was the first #JethroTull album I listened to in full and I thought that this was a remarkable folk album. My verdict still stands.

⭐ ⭐⭐⭐/5 ...great album!

https://album.link/y/OLAK5uy_kJaPc5ZqCIM4aKO-LVZsMRZBuk7BidwyI