Minstrel in the Gallery

Minstrel in the Gallery
Studio album by
Released5 September 1975
Recorded15 May – 7 June 1975
StudioMaison Rouge Mobile Studio, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Genre
Length45:02
LabelChrysalis
ProducerIan Anderson
Jethro Tull chronology
War Child
(1974)
Minstrel in the Gallery
(1975)
M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull
(1976)
Singles from
Minstrel in the Gallery
  1. "Minstrel in the Gallery"
    Released: August 1975

Minstrel in the Gallery is the eighth studio album by British rock band Jethro Tull, released in September 1975. The album sees the band going in a different direction from their previous work War Child (1974), returning to a blend of electric and acoustic songs, in a manner closer to their early 1970s albums such as Benefit (1970), Aqualung (1971) and Thick as a Brick (1972). Making use of a newly constructed mobile recording studio commissioned and constructed specifically for the band, the album was the first Jethro Tull album to be recorded outside of the UK, being recorded in tax exile in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

It was the last Jethro Tull album to feature bassist Jeffrey Hammond, who left the band upon completion of the album's touring in late 1975 and was replaced by former Carmen bass player John Glascock.