Benefit (album)

Benefit
Studio album by Jethro Tull
Released	20 April 1970 (US) 1 May 1970 (UK)
Recorded	December 1969 at Morgan Studio, London
Genre	Progressive rock, Hard rock
Length	42:49
Label	Island (UK) Reprise Records (USA) Chrysalis Records (1973 reissue)
Producer	Ian Anderson
Jethro Tull chronology
Stand Up (1969) Benefit (1970) Aqualung (1971)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
George Starostin
Rolling Stone	(unfavourable)
Robert Christgau	(B-)

Benefit is the third album by Jethro Tull. It was released in April 1970. It was the first album to include pianist and organist John Evan (although he was not yet considered a regular member of the group), and the last to include bass guitarist Glenn Cornick. It reached #3 in the UK album charts.

The album has more hard rock than its predecessor, Stand Up. Several of the tracks make greater use of tape-manipulation techniques than the groups's earlier recordings. There is, for example, backward flute on "With You There To Help Me" and backward piano and sped up guitar on "Play In Time". There are more instances of obvious overdubbing.

Credits

• Ian Anderson: vocals, guitar and flute
• Martin Barre: electric guitar
• Glenn Cornick: bass guitar
• Clive Bunker: drums
• David Palmer: orchestral arrangements

Guest musician:

• John Evan: piano and organ

UK Track listing

Side one

1. "With You There to Help Me" – 6:15
2. "Nothing to Say" – 5:10
3. "Alive and Well and Living In" – 2:43
4. "Son" – 2:48
5. "For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me" – 3:47

Side two

1. "To Cry You a Song" – 6:09
2. "A Time for Everything?" – 2:42
3. "Inside" – 3:38
4. "Play in Time" – 3:44
5. "Sossity; You're a Woman" – 4:31

Bonus tracks

The 2001 remastered CD follows the UK track listing, adding four bonus tracks and extensive liner notes:

11. "Singing All Day" - 3:07
12. "Witch's Promise" - 3:52
13. "Just Trying To Be" - 1:37
14. "Teacher (original UK mix)" - 3:49

Despite the label, "Teacher" is not the original UK mix but the same version that appeared on the US single, in the US version of the album and on "Living in the Past". The original UK mix is only available on the "20 Years of Jethro Tull" boxset and it's a radically different version clocking at 4:48.

US track listing

(All songs by Ian Anderson)

Side one

1. "With You There To Help Me" – 6:15
2. "Nothing To Say" – 5:10
3. "Inside" – 3:46
4. "Son" – 2:48
5. "For Michael Collins, Jeffrey And Me" – 3:47

Side two

1. "To Cry You A Song" – 6:09
2. "A Time For Everything?" – 2:42
3. "Teacher" – 3:57
4. "Play In Time" – 3:44
5. "Sossity; You're A Woman" – 4:31

External links

• Benefit (1970) at Allmusic
• Benefit (2001) at Allmusic (bonus tracks)