Homo Erraticus, by Ian Anderson

Homo Erraticus

by Ian Anderson

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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) One can argue that Ian Anderson is milking his old masterpiece "Thick As A Brick" quite a bit by now, by recreating the classic Tull sound of that era, and even reviving good old Gerald Bostock for the lyrics. Well, why not? He does it in a most charming way, and yes, it was awesome and unique stuff then, much better than most of the experiments of his contemporaries - let it live on and evolve! Favorite track: Meliora Sequamur.

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1.	Doggerland 04:20	buy track
2.	Heavy Metals 01:32	buy track
3.	Enter The Uninvited 04:12	buy track
4.	Puer Ferox Adventus 07:13	buy track
5.	Meliora Sequamur 03:34	buy track
6.	The Turnpike Inn 03:07	buy track
7.	The Engineer 03:11	buy track
8.	The Pax Britannica 03:05	buy track
9.	Tripudium Ad Bellum 02:50	buy track
10.	After These Wars 04:29	buy track
11.	New Blood, Old Veins 02:31	buy track
12.	In For A Pound 00:36	buy track
13.	The Browning Of The Green 04:05	buy track
14.	Per Errationes Ad Astra 01:34	buy track
15.	Cold Dead Reckoning 05:31	buy track

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THE 2014 UK TOP 20 ALBUM FROM THE JETHRO TULL FRONTMAN

In 2012 Ian Anderson released Thick As A Brick 2, the follow-up to Jethro Tull's legendary concept album. The album was a critical and commercial success, charting around the world. In April 2014 he returned with the UK top 20 album Homo Erraticus.

The original Thick As A Brick album, released in 1972, was based around the poem of disgraced child prodigy Gerald Bostock. For Homo Erraticus Anderson is reunited with Bostock, using lyrics written by Gerald based on an old historical manuscript. The manuscript examines key events from throughout British history before going on to offer a number of prophecies for the future.

Suitably dramatised and exaggerated by Bostock as metaphors for modern life, he presented Anderson with ideas for 14 songs, which was then set to music. The result was Homo Erraticus.

Following the release of this "Jethro Tull album" in all but name, Ian and his band embarked on an extensive world tour where they played the album in its entirety followed by a selection of Tull classics, covering Europe, North and South America, and Australia. In 2017, Anderson self-released The String Quartets for which he performed new John O'Hara arrangements of classic Tull songs with the Carducci String Quartet.

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