Heavy Horses

Heavy Horses
Studio album by
Released10 April 1978 (US)
21 April 1978 (UK)
RecordedMay 1977 – January 1978
StudioMaison Rouge Studio, Fulham, London[1]
Genre
Length42:25 (original release)
43:11 (2018 remix)
LabelChrysalis
ProducerIan Anderson
Jethro Tull chronology
Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II
(1977)
Heavy Horses
(1978)
Bursting Out
(1978)
Singles from
Heavy Horses
  1. "Moths"
    Released: 31 March 1978 [2]

Heavy Horses is the eleventh studio album by British progressive rock band Jethro Tull, released on 10 April 1978.

The album is often considered the second in a trio of folk rock albums released by the band at the end of the 1970s, alongside Songs from the Wood (1977) and Stormwatch (1979). In contrast to the British folklore-inspired lyrical content found on Songs from the Wood, Heavy Horses adopts a more realist and earthly perspective of country living — the album and its title track are dedicated to the "indigenous working ponies and horses of Great Britain".[3] Musically, the album sees the band continuing the combination of folk and progressive rock found on Songs from the Wood, although with an overall darker and more sober sound fitting the changed lyrical content.

  1. ^ Heavy Horses (New Shoes Edition) Booklet. Chrysalis Records.
  2. ^ "Jethro Tull singles".
  3. ^ Hughes, Rob (23 January 2015). "Jethro Tull: keeping the folk fires burning". ClassicRock.TeamRock.com. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

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