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Stand Up
Studio album by Jethro Tull
Released	August 1, 1969 (U.K.)
Recorded	April 1969
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	41:36
Label	Island Records (U.K.) Reprise Records (U.S.)
Producer	Ian Anderson and Terry Ellis
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (favourable) link Disc and Music Echo (mixed) August 2, 1969 George Starostin (overall rating: 13/15) link
Jethro Tull chronology
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 music, folk and classical music. It reached #1 on the British charts.^[1] The album cover, originally a woodcut designed by artist James Grashow, opened up and the band's personnel stood up, similar to a child's pop-up book, linking into the album's title. Stand Up won N.M.E.'s best album artwork of the year, 1969.

• Glenn Cornick: bass guitar
• Clive Bunker: 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

(All songs by Ian Anderson unless otherwise indicated)

1. "A New Day Yesterday" – 4:10
2. "Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square" – 2:12
3. "Bourée" (J. S. Bach arr. Jethro Tull) – 3:46
4. "Back To The Family" – 3:48
5. "Look Into The Sun" – 4:20
6. "Nothing Is Easy" – 4:25
7. "Fat Man" – 2:52
8. "We Used To Know" – 3:59
9. "Reasons For Waiting" – 4:05
10. "For A Thousand Mothers" – 4:13

This album was remastered with four additional bonus tracks:

1. "Living In The Past" (Bonus) – 3:23
2. "Driving Song" (Bonus) – 2:44
3. "Sweet Dream" (Bonus) – 4:05
4. "17" (Bonus) – 3:07

The instrumental "Bourée" is one of Jethro Tull's better-known songs, and is a re-working of Bourrée in E minor by J.S.Bach.

The song "We Used to Know" was 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".^[2]

• Stand Up (1969) at All Music Guide
• Stand Up (2001) at All Music Guide (bonus tracks)
• Stand Up at Progressive World