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Walk Into Light (Audio Cassette) [Import]

Ian Anderson (Artist) | Format: Audio Cassette
3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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The First Solo Album from the Co-founder and Focal Pointman of the Legendary Rock Band Jethro Tull. The Bgo Label Has Cleaned Up the Sound and Added Liner Notes and Restored the Original Artwork.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Find the light Aug 15 2006
By legograeme
Format:Audio CD
To me this is IA's best solo album. Yes, it's dated by technology and reeks of 80's electronica, lacks the punch of Broadsword and the Beast but it remains exciting, catchy and for me Fly By Night and Looking for Eden symbolise the social troubles facing the UK in the early 80's, a grey, monchromatic period in post war history.

I was fortunate enough to hear Fly By Night live in London, 1984 where IA's voice, teamed with the electronica and Barre's searing guitar riffs underpinning won over the most jaded of fans.

Some jewels in the crown and a constant favorite on the gramophone, now I should add listened too extensively by my daughter of her own free will.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Ian goes techno...kinda sorta Nov 24 2003
By Paul Campbell
Format:Audio CD
The classic "Give me Aqualung or Death" Tull fans usually savage this disc...and with some understanding. Walk Into Light is very different, primarily because of the heavy contributions of Peter-John Vetesse's keyboards to Ian's voice and flute. That said, lyrically, this disc contains some very personal, literate comments and observations. It's an intelligent album. This was a worthy experiment that midwifed to the Techno-Tull album Under Wraps, another experiment which when combined with Martin Barre and David Pegg rocked out in a couple places. Not for everyone and not for me all the time, but it is a testament to Ian Anderson's abilities that he pulled off something so stunningly different.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Walk Into Light ~ by Ian Anderson Sep 6 2003
By Donald R. McMenimen
Format:Audio CD
When this solo album was first released in LP format around 1983-84, I played it more than any other Tull album that came out around the same time. So what if Peter-John Vettese contributed with synthesizers, piano and whatever else? I loved the album and still do.

Rather than start with a list of songs on here that I think stand out, let me say that on every Tull or Ian Anderson solo album there has always been one and ONLY one clunker that I don't like. "Trains" gets the gate here. Delete. It's just too repetitious and doesn't have much of a melody.

Other than that, I love every song on here especially "Looking For Eden," one of my favorite songs ever. On my own home made Best of Tull CD's, Vol. I and II, I added it and "Made In England" as well from the 33 songs I included. Another haunting but beautiful number included here is "Different Germany."

I've read that Ian Anderson has said that perhaps this wasn't what a solo album should be. True. "The Secret Language Of Birds" and "Rupi's Dance" are more in keeping with Ian's use of flute, acoustic guitar and vocals. Okay, then let's consider this to be "Tull-lite." I still enjoy it just as much and give it high vibes (fives). :-)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Experiment
The first time I put this CD in, I was honestly disappointed. It's not Tull. Even Under Wraps doesn't seem much more than a distant cousin to this recording. Read more
Published on July 22 2003 by Alexander Haas
3.0 out of 5 stars uninspired
>Ian Anderson's 1st solo album,well what's so different about that, virtually every Tull album since Mick Abrahams [sic]
departure is an Ian solo album. Read more
Published on July 6 2003
2.0 out of 5 stars No thank you very much, Mr. Roboto.
At the risk of becoming a pariah among Tull/Ian Anderson fans, I must respectfully give this work low marks. Read more
Published on Jun 17 2002 by Joseph Kimsey
4.0 out of 5 stars an aquired taste
at first i was cold to this CD, but after a few months of listens i would rank it as one of my favorite tull/ian anderson albums, and i own them all (this was the last one i... Read more
Published on Nov 16 1999
4.0 out of 5 stars A Winding Down from Winding Up
It would be unfair to review ANY record based upon anything other than how well written and performed it is. Read more
Published on Nov 5 1999
3.0 out of 5 stars reasonably good techno-rock
This was released at the height of the techno-rock craze (so to speak) and is much better than most techno-rock--which is saying very little. Read more
Published on Sep 17 1999
3.0 out of 5 stars It's different...but what did you expect?
For the new Tull disc buyer, this is a warning. The first Ian Anderson solo disc from '83 sounds nothing like Tull, with exception of '84's Under Wraps and because of the... Read more
Published on Aug 18 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD for any Tull fan. I really LOVE IT!!
For all the best Tull albums Ian Anderson wrote all the music. It therefore, only makes sense that when he went "solo", the compositions remained just as great as when... Read more
Published on Jun 4 1999
3.0 out of 5 stars I really kind of like this one.
I bought the c.d. to replace a worn out cassette that I had bought a long time ago. Some songs like "End Game" and "Trains" are really pretty good. Read more
Published on May 2 1999
3.0 out of 5 stars Listenable
This is a mediocre album by Ian anderson considering his abilities.As a genuine tull fan I would rank this as an O.k album. Read more
Published on Jan 29 1999
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