Essential (Jethro Tull album)

"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
Living with the Past (2002) Essential Jethro Tull (2003) The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)

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 list

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

Credits

• 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 - 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

• Essential at Allmusic.