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Title: Under Wraps? Underwhelming.
Review: As someone who loves the "Songs from the Wood" and "Broadsword and the Beast" sections of the Tull catalog, it's probably not stunning that I was less excited by "Under Wraps," with its excessive (and frankly, rather tepid) electronica. Having adored "Broadsword" and its evocative textures, I pounced on this album immediately after release, but ultimately it just leaves me cold. There are always great moments in a Tull album, and "Under Wraps" certainly has a few, but ultimately the memorable is outweighed by the annoying. If you liked "A" -- and I'm in the middle of the road there, feeling that the players were better than the material -- you might find something in "Under Wraps" to like, but there are at least 15 better places to start where Jethro Tull is concerned.
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