Essential (Jethro Tull album)
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.
| "The Essential" | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| 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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| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
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
 
References
    
- Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
 
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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