Essential (Jethro Tull album)

"The Essential"
"The Essential"
Greatest hits album by Jethro Tull
Released	24 March 2003 (UK; March 31, 2003 (U.S.)
Genre	Progressive rock; hard rock;
Length	43:41
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Ian Anderson; Terry Ellis
Jethro Tull chronology

The Essential (2003) is a greatest hits album by Jethro Tull, digitally remastered. The songs included and their order are the same as Tull's first greatest hits album, M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull.

Track listing[]

"Teacher" – 4:07
"Aqualung" – 6:34
"Thick as a Brick (Edit No.1)" – 3:01
"Bungle in the Jungle" – 3:34
"Locomotive Breath" – 4:23
"Fat Man" – 2:50
"Living in the Past" – 3:18
"A Passion Play Edit #8" – 3:28
"Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" – 4:02
"Rainbow Blues" – 3:37
"Nothing Is Easy" – 4:23

Personnel[]

Ian Anderson – flute, vocals, saxophone, acoustic guitar (all tracks)
Martin Barre – electric guitar (all tracks)
Glenn Cornick – bass (tracks 1, 7, 11)
Clive Bunker – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5 – 7, 11)
John Evan – Hammond organ, piano, synthesizers (tracks 1 – 5, 8 – 10 )
Jeffrey Hammond – bass (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
Barriemore Barlow – drums, percussion, glockenspiel (tracks 3, 4, 8 – 10)
David Palmer – orchestration, orchestra conducting

External links[]

Jethro Tull - The Essential (2003) album review by Wade Kergan, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
Jethro Tull - The Essential (2003) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
Jethro Tull - The Essential (2003) album credits & user reviews at ProgArchives.com
Jethro Tull - The Essential (2003) / M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull (1976) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com

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Ian Anderson David Goodier John O'Hara Scott Hammond Joe Parrish Mick Abrahams Clive Bunker Glenn Cornick Tony Iommi Martin Barre John Evan Jeffrey Hammond Barriemore Barlow John Glascock Dee Palmer Dave Pegg Mark Craney Eddie Jobson Gerry Conway Peter-John Vettese Paul Burgess Doane Perry Don Airey Maartin Allcock Andrew Giddings Dave Mattacks Jonathan Noyce Florian Opahle
Studio albums	This Was Stand Up Benefit Aqualung Thick as a Brick A Passion Play War Child Minstrel in the Gallery Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! Songs from the Wood Heavy Horses Stormwatch A The Broadsword and the Beast Under Wraps Crest of a Knave Rock Island Catfish Rising Roots to Branches J-Tull Dot Com The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
Live albums	Bursting Out Live at Hammersmith '84 A Little Light Music Jethro Tull in Concert Living with the Past Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Aqualung Live Live at Montreux 2003 Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at Carnegie Hall 1970
Compilations	Living in the Past M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II Original Masters 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights Nightcap The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection Through the Years The Very Best Of The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull The Essential 50 for 50
Boxed sets	20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Box Set
Videos	Slipstream 20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Video Living with the Past A New Day Yesterday Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Live at Montreux 2003 Jack in the Green Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at AVO Session Basel Around the World Live
Songs	"Sunshine Day" "A Song for Jeffrey" "Love Story" "Living in the Past" "Sweet Dream" "The Witch's Promise" "Aqualung" "Cross-Eyed Mary" "Mother Goose" "Hymn 43" "Locomotive Breath" "Life Is a Long Song" "Bungle in the Jungle" "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" "The Whistler" "Songs from the Wood" "Heavy Horses"
Related	Discography Members A Billion Hands Concert The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus A Classic Case Thick as a Brick 2 Jethro Tull – The String Quartets
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