Essential (Jethro Tull album)
2003 greatest hits album by Jethro Tull
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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. It is not to be confused with the similarly named Jethro Tull compilation "Essential", released in 2011.
Length43:41
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| Released | 24 March 2003 (UK March 31, 2003 (U.S.) | |||
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| Length | 43:41 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Producer | Ian Anderson Terry Ellis | |||
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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
