Benefit (album)

Benefit
Studio album by
Released20 April 1970
Recorded3 September 1969 – 25 February 1970
StudioMorgan Studios, London
Genre
Length42:00
LabelChrysalis/Island (Europe)
Reprise (America, Japan and Oceania)
ProducerIan Anderson, Terry Ellis (exec.)
Jethro Tull chronology
Stand Up
(1969)
Benefit
(1970)
Aqualung
(1971)
Singles from Benefit
  1. "Inside"
    Released: 24 April 1970[1]

Benefit is the third studio album by the British rock band Jethro Tull, released in April 1970. It was the first Tull album to include pianist and organist John Evan – though he was not yet considered a permanent member of the group – and the last to include bass guitarist Glenn Cornick, who was fired from the band upon completion of touring for the album. It was recorded at Morgan Studios, the same studio where the band recorded its previous album Stand Up; however, they experimented with more advanced recording techniques.[2]

Frontman Ian Anderson said that he considers Benefit to be a much darker album than Stand Up, owing to the pressures of an extensive U.S. tour and frustration with the music business.[3]

  1. ^ "Jethro Tull singles". Dutchcharts.nl.
  2. ^ "Jethro Tull - Benefit (May 1, 1970)". JethroTull.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  3. ^ Morton, Tom (27 August 2001). "BBC Radio Scotland: Old Wild Men". Tull Press.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

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