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Jethro Tull - The Best of Jethro Tull Audio CD

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Jethro Tull Band: Jethro Tull
Title: The Best of Jethro Tull
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Release Date: 2008-07-01
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Song for Jeffrey 2: Beggar's Farm 3: Christmas Song 4: New Day Yesterday 5: Bour�e 6: Nothing Is Easy 7: Living in the Past 8: To Cry You a Song 9: Teacher 10: Sweet Dream 11: Cross-Eyed Mary 12: Mother Goose 13: Aqualung 14: Locomotive Breath 15: Life Is a Long Song 16: Thick as a Brick [Extract] 17: Passion Play [Extract] 18: Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day 19: Bungle in the Jungle 20: Fylingdale Flyer 21: Minstrel in the Gallery [Digitally Edited from Original Master] 22: Too Old to Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young to Die 23: Songs from the Wood 24: Jack-In-The-Green 25: Whistler 26: Heavy Horses 27: Dun Ringill 28: Fylingdale Flyer 29: Jack-A-Lynn 30: Pussy Willow 31: Broadsword 32: Under Wraps, No. 2 33: Steel Monkey 34: Farm on the Freeway 35: Jump Start 36: Kissing Willie 37: This Is Not Love

Great Overview Of Jethro Tull
There is over 77 minutes of music on each of the two CDs in this anthology, which covers the years from 1968 up through the 1990s. THE BEST OF JETHRO TULL is the most complete overview of Jethro Tull available since 20 YEARS OF JETHRO TULL and 25 YEARS OF JETHRO TULL went out of print several years ago. If you can only afford two Tull releases, make them AQUALUNG and this one.


good compilation
I wish he had a boxed set that only contained their first 5 albums like the Steely Dan set. A pretty good representation of the career of Ian Anderson. Like most rockers, the best stuff was done when they were young and hungry.


One of the Best Compilations I've Ever Heard
Within the constraint of a 2-CD format, you can't ask for much more. This has over 77 minutes on each CD. I like EVERY song on this collection. I was 18 when "Aqualung" came out in 1971 and really liked the heavier Jethro Tull songs on "Stand Up", "Benefit" and "Aqualung. " I eagerly purchased the "Thick As A Brick" LP when it came out in 1972 but found it somewhat tedious and really lost interest in this band after that. So I was familiar with most of the songs on CD-1 in this collection and love having them together on one CD. Maybe one other 3 minute excerpt from TAAB would have been nice as well as the Aqualung ballad "Wond'ring Aloud" but what do you cut out?

I had not heard most of what was on CD-2 except the great "Minstrel In the Gallery" and I like the edit on this - it's still over 6 minutes. But I have to say I LOVE the other CD-2 tunes. "Farm On the Freeway" is an unbelieveable Dire Straits-sounding rocking epic of over 6 minutes. "Jump Start" has a kicking flute and guitar interplay and rips for almost 5 minutes - wow!! The music on "Pussy Willow" is fantastic, a beautiful transition of lilting woodwinds with driving guitar and drums - I just wish Ian had come up with something besides the phrase "Pussy Willow" - sounds kinda dorky, sorry. How about "wishing you well" or "missing my hell". Sorry, it's just hard to tell my rocker friends (yep - and we're over 50!) that I found a great new song called "Pussy Willow!" But I digress. . . .

Great, great stuff overall. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Too bad there are no liner notes about the songs, but at least it says what album and year each song came from. Also, it would have been nice if the songs were numbered in the booklet. Can't tell you how many times I've had to count down the list to see if it's song 10, 11 or 14. There are a few booklet essentials that should be mandatory such as that in spite of all the needs for "artistic" expression of booklet designers. But I digress again - just bring me my broadsword and clear understanding (wow, what a devastating line from "Broadsword" - sums up the whole torment of going to battle - pretty relevant today isn't it?). Thanks, Mr. Anderson!!
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A great compilation
All of their albums are represented up until Catfish Rising. This is a great 2 CD set if your new to this band or if this is your favorite which in my case Tull is my favorite band. I have all of the bands studio albums and from time to time put these discs in my player when I don't feel like listening to the proper studio albums. It is unfortunate that this album is an import and really expensive.

Buy it buy it buy it you won't be disappointed.


Good Compilation, but...
Of course, concept tracks like Thick as a Brick and Passion Play were necessarily truncated. Other reviews have pointed out that this is a good set for the casual, rather than die hard fan, and I would agree. My biggest gripe is the utter lack of liner notes. Given the significance and history of this band, the least Chrysalis/Capitol could have done was a decent booklet. Other than that, it's a decent package.


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