Credits:Jethro TullDescription:M.U.fallsintotheclassicexampleofacompilationthatisboundtoirritatethededicatedyetwillsatisfytheneedsoflessdevotedlisteners.SinceJethroTullisaprogrockbandthatmadecohesiveconceptalbums,therewillalwaysbeanaudiencethatwillbelieveitisimpossibletoassembleacoherentanthology,butthefactofthematteris,thegrouphadalotofsongsthatwerestaplesonalbumrockradioandM.U.simplycompilesthosetracksforlistenerswhodon'twanttoinvestinaseriesofconceptrecords.Besides,theresultingcompilationisanentertaininglisten,thankstosuchgenreclassicsas"Aqualung,""ThickasaBrick,""BungleintheJungle,""LocomotiveBreath,""LivinginthePast,"and"APassionPlay."ThesearethesongsthatdefineTullforbothhardcoreandcasualfans,andthat'sthereasonwhyM.U.remainsapopularandusefulcompilation,evenifitisn'tdefinitive.~StephenThomasErlewine