The Broadsword and the Beast is the 14th studio album by Jethro Tull, released on the 10 April 1982. According to Ian Anderson in the liner notes of the remastered CD, contains some of Jethro Tulls best music. It mixes electronic sound with acoustic intruments and is a cross between the synthesiser sound of the 1980s and the folk influenced style that Tull had in the previous decade.The album was going to be called Beastie, responding to the first track on side one. But during production the band deliberated over the prefernce between Beastie and Broadsword, the first track on side two. In the end they decided (as on Aqualung) (1971) to give each side its own title and thus its own identity and to combine both in the album title. Ian Anderson himself thinks of the album as Broadsword. As the artwork also puts much more emphasis on Broadsword, many owners and fans also refer to it as the Broadsword, many owners and fans refer to it as the Broadsword album.Side one - BeastieNo. Title Length1. Beastie 3:582. Clasp 4:183. Fallen on Hard Times 3:134. Flying Colours 4:395. Slow Marching Band 3:40Side two BroadswordNo. Title Length1. Broadsword 5:032. Pussy Willow 3:553. Watching Me, Watching You 3:414. Seal Driver 5:105. Cheerio 1:09BONUS TRACKSNo. Title Length11 Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow 3:2212. Jack A Lynn 4:4013. Mayhem Maybe (with vocals recorded circa 1988) 3:0614. Too Many Too 3:2815. Overhang 4:2916. Rhythm in Gold 3:0817. I Am Your Gun 3:1918. Down at the End of Your Road 3:31PERSONNEL1. IAN ANDERSON - vocals, flute, Fairlight CMI, acoustic guitar2. MATIN BARRE - electric acoustic guitar3. DAVE PEGG - bass guitar, mandolin, vocals4. PETER JOHN VETTESE - Keyboards, piano, synthesizer, vocals5. GERRY CONWAY - drums and percussionADDITIONAL PESONNELROBIN BLACK - Sound engineeringJIM GIBSON - ArtworkLEIGH MANTLE - Assistant engineerLAIN McCAIG - Artwork, IllustrationsPAUL SAMWELL-SMITH - ProducerLABEL - Chrysalis Records.