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  • Summary: The sixth solo release for the Jethro Tull frontman is a concept album based on a writings of a historian named Ernest T. Parritt.
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Doggerland
Our footsteps o'er the Doggerland, chased retreating ice and snow, left us breathing high and dry, Land's End to Scapa Flow. The seeds of Albion,... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Aug 28, 2014
    70
    Yes, the production on Homo Erraticus is too precise--there's too much air, there's too much room to roam, decisions that diminish the impact of the music --but the contours of the compositions deliberately and delicately recallclassic Tull, so Homo Erraticus winds up satisfying: it's as close to '70s prog as is possible in 2014.
  2. Aug 28, 2014
    60
    The themes that combine to create this opus are also suitably sprawling, with subjects that touch upon key events and cultural touchstones essential to British history.
  3. Mojo
    Aug 28, 2014
    60
    Anyone with a dog-eared Thick As A brick or A Passion Play album will be familiar with the rich brew of prog, folk, metal and whimsy he has served here. [Jun 2014, p.95]
  4. Q Magazine
    Aug 28, 2014
    60
    These tales of iron-age blacksmiths, 17th-century highwaymen and modern-day ecological disaster are brilliantly told, long on smart wordplay, but light on tunes. [Jun 2014, p.103]
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