Benefit | Jethro Tull | The Blade Being Sharpened

Jethro Tull | Benefit (1970) | The Blade Being Sharpened

What happens after you reinvent yourself? Just twelve months after Stand Up, Jethro Tull returned louder, sharper, and more certain of who they were. Benefit captures a band mid‑stride, urgent and unstoppable.

In this episode of An Informed View, we decode the album highlights, from the biting irony of “With You There to Help Me” to the haunting vulnerability of “Son,” the centerpiece groove of “To Cry You a Song,” and the rebellious energy of “Teacher.” Benefit is both declaration and sharpening stone. Proof that reinvention worked.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction: Jethro Tull Benefit
1:50 - “With You There to Help Me”: Jethro Tull Benefit
2:07 - “Nothing to Say”: Jethro Tull Benefit
2:26 - “Son”: Jethro Tull Benefit
2:40 - “For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me”: Jethro Tull Benefit
3:00 - “To Cry you A Song”: Jethro Tull Benefit
3:23 - “A Time for Everything”: Jethro Tull Benefit
3:44 - “Teacher”: Jethro Tull Benefit
4:06 - “Play in Time”: Jethro Tull Benefit
4:26 - Beyond The Highlights: Jethro Tull Benefit
5:14 - In Closing: Jethro Tull Benefit

Where does Benefit sit for you? The underrated middle chapter, or the essential sharpening stone before Aqualung? Share your thoughts below, the vault is richer when your stories join the music.

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Next time: 'This Was'. The blues‑soaked debut where it all began, completing the Origins Trilogy.

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