Jethro Tull / discography

Jethro Tull (Ian Anderson and Martin Barre) live in Chicago 1973

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British rock band Jethro Tull . This only contains legal publications, so no bootlegs. With the exception of the entries in the “Publications without exclusive material” section, each listed publication contains exclusive content, i.e. at least one otherwise unpublished title. CDs that do not contain any additional material compared to a DVD of the same name and would therefore be dispensable for a complete inventory of the authorized music are listed but marked accordingly. Releases that once contained exclusive material, but which are now fully included in the form of bonus tracks on the revised albums, are not listed, or are only listed in the section “Releases without exclusive material”.

The studio albums up to and including Roots to Branches (1995) are available as reworked CDs, which compared to earlier releases mostly contain bonus tracks.

Solo releases of the band head Ian Anderson can be found in his personal article.

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1968	This what	DE28 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK10 (17 weeks) UK	US62 (17 weeks) US	in DE 2018 in the 50th Anniversary Edition in the charts
1969	Stand up	DE5 (36 weeks) DE	-	-	UK1 silver (29 weeks)UK	US20th gold (40 weeks)US
1970	Benefit	DE5 (28 weeks) DE	-	-	UK3 (13 weeks) UK	US11 gold (41 weeks)US
1971	Aqualung	DE5 gold (34 weeks)DE	AT60 (1 week) AT	-	UK4th gold (23 weeks)UK	US7th × 3 Triple platinum (76 weeks)US	337th place in the Rolling Stone 500, re-released in 1996 as the 25th Anniversary Edition and 2011 as the 40th Anniversary Edition
1972	Thick As a Brick	DE2 (25 weeks) DE	-	-	UK5 (14 weeks) UK	US1 gold (46 weeks)US
1973	A passion play	DE5 (21 weeks) DE	AT4 (16 weeks) AT	-	UK16 silver (7 weeks)UK	US1 gold (32 weeks)US
1974	Was child	DE27 (12 weeks) DE	-	-	UK14 (4 weeks) UK	US2 gold (31 weeks)US
1975	Minstrel in the Gallery	DE30 (12 weeks) DE	AT7 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK20th silver (6 weeks)UK	US7th gold (14 weeks)US	Re-release in 2015
1976	Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!	DE26 (16 weeks) DE	AT10 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK25 (10 weeks) UK	US14 (21 weeks) US
1977	Songs from the Wood	DE10 (7 weeks) DE	AT23 (8 weeks) AT	CH45 (1 week) CH	UK13 silver (12 weeks)UK	US8th gold (22 weeks)US
1978	Heavy horses	DE4 (16 weeks) DE	AT18 (17 weeks) AT	CH30 (1 week) CH	UK20th silver (11 weeks)UK	US19th gold (17 weeks)US
1979	Stormwatch	DE8 (10 weeks) DE	AT46 (... weeks) AT	CH42 (1 week) CH	UK27 (4 weeks) UK	US22nd gold (17 weeks)US
1980	A.	DE21 (13 weeks) DE	AT10 (8 weeks) AT	-	UK25 (5 weeks) UK	US30 (12 weeks) US
1982	The Broadsword and the Beast	DE14 (31 weeks) DE	AT18 (4 weeks) AT	-	UK27 silver (19 weeks)UK	US19 (12 weeks) US
1984	Under wraps	DE15 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH9 (7 weeks) CH	UK18 (5 weeks) UK	US76 (12 weeks) US
1987	Crest of a Knave	DE10 (16 weeks) DE	AT19 (4 weeks) AT	CH7 (9 weeks) CH	UK19th gold (10 weeks)UK	US32 gold (28 weeks)US	Grammy (hard rock album)
1989	Rock Island	DE5 (15 weeks) DE	AT20 (2 weeks) AT	CH7 (9 weeks) CH	UK18th silver (6 weeks)UK	US56 (18 weeks) US
1991	Catfish Rising	DE21 (12 weeks) DE	AT36 (5 weeks) AT	CH12 (7 weeks) CH	UK27 (3 weeks) UK	US88 (5 weeks) US
1995	Roots to branches	DE55 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH25 (5 weeks) CH	UK20 (4 weeks) UK	US114 (1 week) US
1999	J-Tull Dot Com	DE15 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH50 (1 week) CH	UK44 (2 weeks) UK	US161 (1 week) US
2003	The Jethro Tull Christmas Album	DE51 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	Christmas album

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Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1978	Jethro Tull Live - Bursting Out	DE16 (12 weeks) DE	AT16 (8 weeks) AT	-	UK17th silver (8 weeks)UK	US21st gold (15 weeks)US	Double live album
1992	A Little Light Music	-	-	CH22 (6 weeks) CH	UK34 (2 weeks) UK	US150 (2 weeks) US
2002	Living with the Past (live)	DE75 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	Other title list than DVD of the same name should not be confused with the compilation Living in the Past 1972
2005	Aqualung Live	DE78 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	Live performance of the complete Aqualung album as part of the “Then Again Live” program on the XM radio station, in which well-known bands re-record classic studio albums live
2007	Live at Montreux 2003	DE38 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	also as a DVD with an identical title list
2013	Around the World Live [DVD]	DE66 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-
2015	Minstrel in the Gallery - 40th Anniversary: ​​La Grande Édition	DE14 (5 weeks) DE	AT67 (1 week) AT	-	UK59 (1 week) UK	-	Album from 1975 in the "New Steven Wilson Stereo Remix" including bonus CD "Live at The Palais Des Sports, Paris, July 5, 1975 (A Jakko Jakszyk Stereo Mix)"

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More live albums

• 1990: Live at Hammersmith '84
• 2004: Nothing Is Easy: Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 (different track list than the DVD of the same name)
• 2009: Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 (shorter than the DVD of the same name)
• 2015: Live at Carnegie Hall 1970

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1972	Living in the past	DE8 (24 weeks) DE	-	-	UK8 (11 weeks) UK	US3 gold (31 weeks)US	Double album
1976	MU - The Best of Jethro Tull	DE- gold DE	-	-	UK44 gold (5 weeks)UK	US13 platinum (23 weeks)US	Best of 2003 re-released under the title The Essential Jethro Tull M. U. stands for Musicers Union
1977	Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull, Vol. II	-	-	-	-	US94 (6 weeks) US	Best of album
1985	Original Masters	-	-	-	UK63 silver (3 weeks)UK	US- platinum US
1988	20 Years of Jethro Tull	-	-	-	UK78 (1 week) UK	US97 (15 weeks) US
1993	25th Anniversary Box Set	DE81 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-
2001	The very best of	DE65 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH99 (1 week) CH	UK- gold UK	-	Best of album
2017	1984 Revisited	-	-	-	UK56 (1 week) UK	-
2018	50th Anniversary Collection	DE48 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK73 (1 week) UK	-
	Number one albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK1UK	US2US
	Top 10 albums	DE10DE	AT4thAT	CH3CH	UK6thUK	US7thUS
	Albums in the charts	DE29DE	AT14thAT	CH12CH	UK27UK	US26thUS

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More compilations

• 1993: Nightcap (chateau d'isaster tapes, unreleased & rare)
• 2018: 50 for 50

More exclusive publications

Jethro Tull live at Forest National ( Brussels ) on June 1st 2007

• 25th Anniversary Box Set , 1993. The material of the four CDs was completely exclusive until October 2010, after which the second CD with additional titles was added as a bonus CD to the deluxe edition of “Stand Up”.

The order in the following list is chronological, in the case of compilations after the time of publication, otherwise according to the time of the recording of the material. The publications are available on CD unless otherwise stated. The entries contain information about the type and scope of the exclusive shares.

• The Derek Lawrence Sampler , 1991. Line Records CD single titled Blues for the 18th , one of the first studio recordings from 1968; Derek Lawrence was the producer. In 1998 the title was published again on Line Music, on the compilation Some Sides of Line - 20th Anniversary . The song has also been available on the 50th anniversary edition of This Was since 2018 .
• Seventeen , 1969. B-side of the 7-inch vinyl single Sweet Dream . A shortened version (dramatically, but not implausible in view of the repetitive song structure) can be found as a bonus title on the revised version of Stand Up . The complete version is now also included in the Deluxe Edition of Stand Up .
• A Stitch in Time , 1978. B-side of the 7-inch vinyl single Sweet Dream (live) . A shortened version (not implausible in view of the repetitive outro) can be found as a bonus title on the revised version of Stormwatch . However, the title was published in its complete version on the 40th Anniversary Force 10 Edition of Stormwatch in 2019 .
• 20 Years of Jethro Tull , 1988. 3-CD or 5-LP box set. Contains live recordings from 1977 to 1987, exclusive BBC recordings, exclusive studio material and a remix by Moths . Some of the material that was exclusive at the time of publication has now been distributed as an extra title on the revised albums. Since then, seventeen titles have been exclusive to the box, two of which are studio titles. There is also a slimmed-down single CD release.
• 20 Years of Jethro Tull (video), 1988. Contains exclusive material such as interviews and promo clips. So far only released as VHS video.
• Rocks on the Road , double CD single from 1991. Exclusive tracks: demo version by Jack-A-Lynn (Ian Anderson solo) and six live tracks.
• 25th Anniversary Box Set , 4-CD box set from 1993. CD 1 contains remix versions, CD 2 the concert in New York's Carnegie Hall from 1970, with the exception of the portions that have already been released on Living in the Past , CD 3 new recordings of older pieces and CD 4 live recordings from the period 1969 to 1992. The concert in Carnegie Hall on CD 2 has now been completed with the parts that were on Living in the Past and with improved sound as a bonus CD (79 min.) Re-released with the deluxe edition of “Stand Up”. This version is also supplied with an audio DVD, on which the concert can be heard in full length of 1 hour and 42 minutes with all announcements and solos in 5.1 surround sound and in stereo.
• Nightcap , double CD from 1993. The first CD contains the largely complete Chateau D'Herouville sessions ( Chateau D'Isaster Tapes ), the previously "lost album" from 1973. To complete the recordings, Ian Anderson played for the partly missing vocal traces in 1993 new flute traces. The second CD contains more exclusive studio tracks from 1974 to 1991, some of which were later re-released as bonus tracks on the revised studio albums.
• Something with a Pulse , 1997. Tribute CD for the already seriously ill drummer of the A- Sessions and subsequent tour, who died in 2005 , Mark Craney, who can be heard on six tracks on drums. Exclusive Tull track: Black Sunday (live 1980). Also includes: A new recording of Song for Jeffrey by Ian Anderson.
• Bends Like a Willow , CD single from 1999 with the exclusive studio track All Trickles Down .
• It's for you! , 2001. Contains two exclusive Tull Live tracks; very limited but authorized publication in the form of a free supplement to Tull magazine A New Day .
• It's for You - Two! , 2003. Contains four exclusive Tull Live tracks; very limited but authorized publication in the form of a free supplement to Tull magazine A New Day .
• Ring out Solstice Bells , CD single from 2004 with a live recording by God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen from that year and a new recording also recorded in 2004 by Slipstream .
• The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull , 2007. Compilation of already published titles except for two exclusive tracks: a new recording by One Brown Mouse and a live version of King Henry's Madrigal , here titled Pastime with Good Company .

Other relevant publications

• The John Evan Band: Live '66 (released 1990). Mono recording of a concert by the band of Ian Anderson and John Evan, from which Jethro Tull would develop. Very limited but authorized publication that could only be purchased through Tull magazine A New Day .
• Maddy Prior : Woman in the Wings , 1978. On this album, which was co-produced by Ian Anderson, the entire line-up of Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson, Martin Barre, Barrie Barlow, David Palmer and with the exception of John Evan, is involved John Glascock - but they don't all work together on any track: Anderson's flute can only be heard in the piece Gutter Geese , Barre's electric guitar only in the piece Cold Flame . Barlow plays the drums on these two and four other tracks; especially the drums in Cold Flame are very reminiscent of his style at Tull.
• A Classic Case , 1985. (Re-released in 1993 under the title Classic Jethro Tull ; re-released in 2008 under the title The London Symphony Orchestra Plays Jethro Tull .) On this album, the London Symphony Orchestra , conducted by David Palmer, recorded pieces by Jethro Tull; Ian Anderson and Martin Barre participated.
• To Cry You a Song - A Collection of Tull Tales , 1996. It is a tribute album with cover versions of Tull songs, on which Mick Abrahams , Clive Bunker, Glenn Cornick and David Pegg u. a. and Keith Emerson , Roy Harper , John Wetton and Robert Berry participate.
• Mick Abrahams (& the This Was Band): This Is , 1998. Live re-recording of the Tull debut album This Was from 1968 by the first Tull guitarist and his band from 1998, who played a key role in it.

Publications without exclusive material

There are numerous compilations ("best-of" albums), EPs and singles, the content of which is not (no longer) exclusive, which means that you can dispense with a complete inventory of the published music. The following exemplary list does not claim to be complete.

• Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull Vol II (1977)
• The Best of Jethro Tull: The Anniversary Collection (1993) (2 CDs)
• A Jethro Tull Collection (1997)
• Through the Years (1997)
• The Very Best of Jethro Tull (2001)

• Life Is a Long Song (vinyl EP, 1971)
• Ring Out, Solstice Bells (vinyl EP, 1976)
• Home (vinyl EP, 1979)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1969	Love Story Living in the Past	-	-	-	UK29 (8 weeks) UK	-
	Living in the Past Living in the Past	-	-	-	UK3 (14 weeks) UK	US11 (14 weeks) US	in USA only in the charts in 1972
	Sweet Dream Living in the Past	DE14 (12 weeks) DE	AT13 (8 weeks) AT	-	UK7 (11 weeks) UK	-
1970	The Witch's Promise / Teacher Living in the Past / Benefit	DE28 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4 (9 weeks) UK	-
	Bourée Stand Up	DE37 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	Instrumental, the melody comes from the fifth movement (Bourrée) of the Suite in E minor BWV 996 by Johann Sebastian Bach
1971	Hymn 43 Aqualung	-	-	-	-	US91 (2 weeks) US
	Life Is a Long Song / Up the Pool Living in the Past	DE41 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK11 (8 weeks) UK	-
1973	A Passion Play (Edit No. 8) A Passion Play	DE50 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	US80 (5 weeks) US
1974	Bungle in the Jungle War Child	-	-	-	-	US79 (4 weeks) US
1975	Minstrel in the Gallery Minstrel in the Gallery	-	-	-	-	US79 (4 weeks) US
1976	Locomotive Breath Aqualung	-	-	-	-	US62 (8 weeks) US	First published in 1971
	Ring Out, Solstice Bells Songs from the Wood	-	-	-	UK28 (5 weeks) UK	-
1977	The Whistler Songs from the Wood	-	-	-	-	US59 (6 weeks) US
1984	Lap of Luxury Under Wraps	-	-	-	UK70 (4 weeks) UK	-
1987	Steel Monkey Crest of a Knave	-	-	-	UK84 (4 weeks) UK	-
1988	Said She Was a Dancer Crest of a Knave	-	-	-	UK55 (4 weeks) UK	-
1989	Another Christmas Song Rock Island	-	-	-	UK95 (2 weeks) UK	-
1992	Rocks on the Road Catfish Rising	-	-	-	UK47 (3 weeks) UK	-
1993	Living in the (Slightly More Recent) Past	-	-	-	UK32 (3 weeks) UK	-	Number 31 on the US dance charts
2004	The Jethro Tull Christmas EP	-	-	-	UK78 (1 week) UK	-
	Number one singles	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US
	Top 10 singles	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK3UK	US-US
	Singles in the charts	DE5DE	AT1AT	CH-CH	UK13UK	US7thUS

Video albums

Chronologically in ascending order according to the time of the first publication of the material contained:

• Slipstream . Originally released as VHS video in 1980; on DVD as a bonus supplement to the revised publication of the studio album A available.
• This is the first 20 Years (US:gold)
• A New Day Yesterday - The 25th Anniversary Collection , 2003. Originally released in 1994 as a VHS video under the title 25th Anniversary Video .
• Living with the Past , 2002. A different track list than the live CD of the same name. (US:gold)
• Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 (released 2005). Track list other than the live CD of the same name.
• Live at Montreux 2003 (released 2007). Also available on CD with an identical track list.
• Jack in the Green , 2008. Various live clips from performances in Germany from 1971 to 1993.
• Passion Flute - Live 2005 (released 2008).
• Jethro Tull - Their Fully Authorized Story , 2008.
• Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 (released 2009). More material than on the live CD of the same name. The portion filmed in October 1978 was the first transatlantic broadcast of a rock concert in history. The portions that have not been filmed are highlighted with still images.
• Live at Avo Session Basel , 2009.

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Canada 1978: for the album Heavy Horses 1978: for the album Songs From The Wood 1979: for the album Bursting Out 1980: for the album Stormwatch 1988: for the album Crest Of A Knave 2005: for the video album Living With The Past

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	500,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	-	6 × gold6th	-	255,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	14 × gold14th	5 × platinum5	11,100,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	9 × silver9	4 × gold4th	-	940,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	9 × silver9	26 × gold26th	5 × platinum5

literature

• US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 .
• US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

swell

1. ^ Jethro Tull's discography , accessed February 1, 2016
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
3. ↑ Jethro Tull , Raymond Benson, Oldcastle Books, December 3, 2012 (excerpt from Google Books )

Web links

• Jethro Tull discography (English)
• Jethro Tull at Allmusic (English)