Tull is one of the greatest bands ever that should have been more famous than Zepplin or Deep Purple. Their lyrics are deep. Their music is both solid but also experimental in appropriate places. Is it all amazing? Nope. But there’s so much there that’s worth listening through their discography, and it’s sad that more people today don’t see them as one of the best and most creative rock bands of all time.
Yes you are right there. Jethro Tull is an amazing band lead by an extremely talented and creative composer/performer named Ian Anderson.
Martin and the others wrote their parts and deserve lots of credit as well. But they would have been nothing without Ian. Ian can write incredible pieces of music extremely fast and seemingly effortlessly. Just read how quickly Thick as a Brick was written and recorded to get a sense of it.
A forgotten gem of an LP is Benefit when the band was finding its way. One guy who ranks albums rated it his favorite FWIW. Not sure I agree with that but it was a great album.