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Stand up

Stand Up
LP by Jethro Tull
Released	1969
Recorded	1969
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	41 min 36 s
Record label	Island Records (UK), Reprise Records (US)
Producers	Ian Anderson and This Was (1968)		Stand Up (1969)	Benefit (1970)

Stand Up is the second album by Jethro Tull. Prior to this album, original guitarist Mick Abrahams had left the band due to musical conflicts with Ian Anderson. Abrahams wanted to stay with the blues-rock sound of This Was, while Anderson wished to branch out into other musical forms. Stand Up represents the first album where Anderson is in full control of the music and lyrics. The album goes in a different direction, introducing influences from Celtic folk and classical music. It reached #1 on the British charts.

Personnel

• Glenn Cornick: bass guitar
• drums, percussion
• Martin Lancelot Barre: electric guitar, flute
• Ian Anderson: flute, acoustic guitar, Hammond organ, piano, balalaika, mouth organ, vocals
• Strings arranged and conducted by David Palmer

Track listing

(All songs by Ian Anderson unless otherwise indicated)

1. "A New Day Yesterday"
2. "Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square"
3. "Bourree" (J. S. Bach arr. Jethro Tull)
4. "Back To The Family"
5. "Look Into The Sun"
6. "Nothing Is Easy"
7. "Fat Man"
8. "We Used To Know"
9. "Reasons For Waiting"
10. "For A Thousand Mothers"

The instrumental "Bourree" is one of Jethro Tull's better-known songs, and is a re-working of a melody by J.S.Bach.

The song "We Used to Know" may have been the inspiration for The Eagles' 1976 hit song "Hotel California". The chord progressions are nearly identical, and the bands toured together prior to the release of "Hotel".