This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Before you start imagining cyberpunk versions of Aqualung, let’s get one thing straight: The website-inspired title is the only concession to the modern world on this comeback disc from Ian Anderson and his hippie folk-prog outfit Jethro Tull.
In fact, this 15-song set actually takes a few steps away from modern rock. In the Tull catalog, Dot Com sits closer to the rustic Songs From The Wood than the heavy rock of Thick As A Brick, thanks to Anderson’s ever-twittering Renaissance Fayre flute, an endless succession of jangly acoustic guitars and keyboards you haven’t heard since the last Yes album. Oh, it’s pleasant enough, but even Tull fans may be reminded of another Tull title: Too Old To Rock ’N’ Roll … Too Young To Die.
