Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull is a British progressive-rock band and Grammy Award-winner from Blackpool, founded in 1968 around the Scottish frontman Ian Anderson. Their music is characterised by the remarkable singing style and the unique flute work of Anderson, who has led the song structures and to the intelligent lyrics.



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[hide] *Style 1  ==Style[ Edit] == Their music, started as blues with an experimental impact, has conclusively influences from classical music, hard rock and alternative rock, as well as Asian and Celtic folk music. This makes it very difficult to designate similar other musicians making music. More than other rock bands is their music apart from other rock music.
 * 2 current line-up
 * 3 History
 * 3.1 early years
 * 3.2 Progressive rock
 * 3.3 folk rock
 * 3.4 electronic rock
 * 3.5 Hard rock
 * birthdays 3.6
 * 3.7 alternative rock
 * 3.8 New millennium
 * 4 relationship with the press
 * 5 Popularity
 * 6 Jethro Tull in Netherlands and Belgium
 * 7 In popular culture
 * 8 Trivia
 * 9 discography
 * 9.1 Lps of Jethro Tull
 * 9.2 Cds by Ian Anderson
 * 9.3 Videos of Jethro Tull
 * 9.4 Ian Anderson's Dvds
 * 9.5 Dvds of Jethro Tull
 * 10 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 11 external link

Prominent feature of Jethro Tull is Anderson almost only acoustic instruments that foreman plays: the "un-plugged guy in a medium to heavy rock band". He plays primarily flute and acoustic guitar. "My role in life was always to be an acoustic musician, but over the last 38 years I have quite noisy friends!"

Anderson writes the difference between their music and that of other progrockbands inter alia to Jethro Tulls aversion to drugs: "I can safely say: I hate hippies, okay? And I hate psychedelic music and I hate everything that has to do with drugs. Jethro Tull has never been there."

While other bands still affected them in the early years, they quickly developed a unique, always recognizable sound.

More or less consciously choose the slipstream of Anderson in the pop to stay. A bit in the Lee but always present, according to him, the band would keep on artistically. Generally got the band over the years often overwhelming critical acclaim. They are known as eccentrics, top musicians and people with humor. Ian Anderson let through his texts already know that he is and does a language alchemist there verbally during his concerts even more exciting.

Quotes from Ian Anderson about the identity of Jethro Tull:


 * "We cannot have a heavy riff band, because Led Zeppelin is the best in the world. We cannot have a blues-influenced R & B rock 'n' roll band , because The Rolling Stones are the best in the world. We cannot have a slightly sort of airy-fairy mystical sci-fi synthesizing abstract freak-out band , because Pink Floyd is the best in the world. So what is it about? Exactly, that is what we have always done: we build the bridges and fill in the gaps. "
 * "We are over the years by everyone already classified in each genre. We started as a little old blues band, a blues rock band, and a progressive-rock band; a hard rock band; a heavy metal band where we even won a Grammy for once. Art rock, folk rock; they ascribed all kinds of fucking rock us, really... Whatever you want to call it, it's pretty fun to do though. "

==Current occupation[ Edit] == Jethro Tull in 2007; in the background the Frankfurt Neue Phil harmony, in front (from left to right): John O'Hara (keyboards), David Goodier on bass guitar, Martin Barre (electric guitar), Ian Anderson (flute), Doane Perry (drums)*Ian Anderson -flute, vocals, among other acoustic guitar, harmonica, mandolin and bansuri Since 2012 touring Anderson with Thick As A Brick 1 & 2 on the world under the banner Ian Anderson's Jethro Tull. ==History<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Early Years<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Ian Anderson's first band, 1963 in Blackpool, was called The Blades. This band was around 1966 turned into a seven-headed white soulband called John Evan Band (later The John Evan Smash), named after pianist and drummer John Evans, which omitted the "s" to make it sound less ordinary. At this point it was the drummer barriemore Barlow of the band. Both Evan as Barlow would later return in Jethro Tull. Anyway, after the move of the band to London left most band members the band and they left Anderson and bassist Glenn Cornick behind, which joined forces with blues guitarist Mick Abrahams and his friend, drummer Clive Bunker, both from the band McGREGOR's Engine. In the beginning they had problems to be booked and repeatedly exchanged thereby frequent from band name (among other Navy Blue, Ian Henderson's Bag ' o Blues, and the suicidal Candy Coloured Rain that lets you even in the hippie time was not taken seriously) into the club circuit of London to be able to continue playing. Usually the names proposed by their booking agent. One of them, a history enthusiast, came up with the name Jethro Tull, the name of an 18th-century agronomist who invented the seeder. This name they eventually held to the simple fact that during the action in which they used this name for the first time, the club manager John Gee of The Marquee Club their show well liked and invited them to come back. He has, along with Brian Matthew and John Peel of BBC Radio made sure that Jethro Tull came on bigger stages in England. By their actions they performed in Hyde Park, and the Sunburry Jazz and Blues Festival, where they were discovered by the general public.
 * Florian Opahle -electric and acoustic guitar
 * David Goodier - bass guitar and glockenspiel
 * John O'Hara -keyboards and accordion
 * Scott Hammond -drums
 * Anna Phoebe -violin
 * Ryan O'Donnell-singing and mime

<p lang="en" len="113" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">When Anderson was asked what he wanted if he could change one thing from the past, he replied:


 * "The Jethro in Jethro Tull. Norman, Julien, Damon-everything but the bloody J-word"" it's not funny when you start a band, and after a while back comes that you have named after him to a dead guy. But it could have been worse had. If I accidentally Robin Hood or Adolf Hitler had chosen for example. Maybe if I had better please note at history lessons, then this was not the case. "

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">After an unsuccessful single (a pop song written by Abrahams called Sunshine Day, on which the band name was misspelled To Jethro, what makes it a collector's item) they released the bluesy album This Was in 1968, with music written by both Anderson as Abrahams. The traditional arrangement cat's Squirrel, was the culmination of Abrahams ' blues-rock style. The Rahsaan Roland Kirk-jazz cover versions of any pieceSerenade To A Cuckoo gave Anderson a showcase for his growing talents as flautist.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Abrahams left the band after this album (in order to form his own band Blodwyn Pig ). There were several reasons for his retirement: he was a blues purist, while Anderson wanted to take other musical paths; Abrahams and Cornick couldn't find well together; and Abrahams did not want any international voyages or occur more than three nights a week, while the others wanted to be successful by as much as possible, to play and to build an international fan base. In its place chose Anderson for Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath. Iommi did uncomfortable and decided to leave the band after only a short period. Though he continued to to the appearance in The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus. (In that program, where the band played A Song For Jeffrey, was only Anderson's vocals and flute live; the other music was from a backing tape.) Iommi was replaced by former- Motivation, Penny Peepsand Gethsemane-member Martin Barre, which Anderson above all impressed with his perseverance, more than anything else: he was so nervous at his first audition that he could hardly play at all, and yet he came back for a second audition, however without a cable to connect his guitar to the amplifier. However, Barre the langstblijvende band member after Anderson; He is still in the band today. ===Progressive rock<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">This new line-up released Stand Up in 1969, the only album of the band that achieved place 1 in the u.k chart. It was written by Anderson, complete with the exception of the jazzy re-arrangement of Bach's Bourée, and it developed further from the blues towards the emerging progressive rock genre. Stand Up sounds, instrumental seen, a little like a jazz-bezweemd early Led Zeppelin-album, with a heavy and rather dark sound. The single Living In The Past by the same year, reached number 3 in the UK charts, and although most other progressive bands deliberately refused to make singles during that time, Jethro Tull also had success with other singles, Sweet Dream (1969), The Witches ' Promise (1970), and a 5 track ep Life Is A Long Song (1971), all of which came in the top 20. Although inspired by Take Five by Dave Brubeck, jazz musician Living In The Past is much closer to the American rock and roll than in jazz-a trend that persists throughout the history of Jethro Tull to this day.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1970 came keyboardist John Evan strengthen the line-up (formally he was only a guest musician at this time) and the band released the album Benefit from which Anderson extended his qualities in the studio and recording techniques, as well as his compositional skills. This was the first album by Jethro Tull that the limit of 1 million sold plates by broke.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2004, a cd of a concert from 1970 released: Nothing Is Easy: Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970, and early 2005 a dvd of the same title. This contains a large portion of the concert, but is in fact a documentary.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Bassist Cornick left the band after Benefit, and was replaced by Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, a childhood friend of Anderson whose name in the songs A Song for Jeffrey, Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square, and For Michael Collins, Jeffrey, And Me. Jeffrey was often mentioned on Jethro Tull albums as Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, but the extra ' Hammond ' was false.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">This line-up released Jethro Tulls most well-known work from Aqualung in 1971, where already sold 12 million of its. The album is a combination of hard rock music, focused on themes such as social derelicts and organized religion, and some lighter acoustic pieces over the worldly things from everyday life such as the love song Wond'ring Aloud. Aqualung is worshiped and hated at the same time, but the title track andLocomotive Breath are still regularly played on the radio.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The reason why the album is hated are Anderson's lyrics that give a scathing opinion on religion and society. The title track from the Aqualung character is an alcoholic and the paedophile Wanderer, fictional character in the song cross-eyed Mary is an immature prostitute. My God, Hymn 43 and wind-up are a frontal assault on religious excess, such as:

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Drummer Clive Bunker was beginning 1971 replaced by barriemore Barlow, according to John Bonham "the greatest rock drummer England ever produced has" and whose playing style is described as musicalgeometry ; He took over first along with the band the ep Life Is A Long Song on, and made his debut in 1972 with Jethro Tull album Thick As A Brick. This was a concept album wrapped in a (homemade) newspaper, consisting of only 1 very long song divided into two parts on both sides of the lp, with a number of movements melded together and the main theme to a poem by Gerald Bostock, the fictional boy nicknamed Little Milton.The first movement with its distinctive acoustic guitar riff was pretty much turned on the radio and also now it is sometimes run as rare piece of music. Thick As A Brick was the first Jethro Tull album that place 1 in the US Billboard Pop Albums charts reached (the following year, A Passion Play reached the same place as any other album; it is striking that both albums consisted of only 1 number of approximately 45 minutes long). This quintet — Anderson, Barre, Evan, Hammond and Barlow — was one of the most loved Jethro Tull-line-ups, and remained together until 1975.
 * "People-what have you done-locked Him in His golden cage. Made Him bend to your religion-Him resurrected from the grave. He is the God or nothing-if that's all that you can see. ";
 * "If Jesus saves-well, he'd better save Himself from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death."

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Also in 1972 was the release of the double album Living In The Past; a compilation of singles, B-sides and outtakes (including the complete ep Life Is A Long Song, which the album shut it down), with one lp-side recorded live in 1970 in Carnegie Hall in New York. The album is seen by many Jethro Tull fans as one of their best expenditure. The title track (in 5/4 time) is one of them most popular singles, and also with the specific intent to Anderson wrote the high in the charts to come so as to win fame.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1973 it was the intention of the band to record a double album in the duty-free Château d'Hérouville (something The Rolling Stones and Elton John also did in that period), but they were not happy with the quality of the recording studio and went away, and she jokingly renamed Château d'Isaster (a portion of these recordings was later released on a 3 CD boxset 20 Years Of Jethro Tull -the complete recording was released in 1993 on Nightcap). Instead, they took A Passion Play on and quickly brought that out. Also this was a concept album with just one number, just as Thick As A Brick, this time with very allegorical lyrics. After several years of growing popularity A Passion Play sold very well, but received generally poor critical reviews with headlines like Play Without Passion and Tull Quit. Up to this point Anderson had a friendly relationship with the music press, but this album marked a turning point in this relationship. They had passed the peak in popularity with the critics after the three samples Aqualung, Thick As A Brick and Living In The Past, even though kept their popularity with the public without prejudice to to.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1974 came War Child, an album written as music for a film production, reached place 2 on the Billboard charts and was received with some more cheers than the previous album. The number Bungle In The Junglebecame a summer hit in America. The song Only Solitaire is allegedly aimed at L.A. Times music critic Robert Hilburn-, one of Anderson's most violent commentators:


 * Brain-storming habit-forming battle-warning weary winsome actor spewing spineless chilling lines-
 * the critics falling over to tell themselves he's boring and really not an awful lot of fun.
 * Well who the hell can he be when he's never had V.D., and he doesn't just sit on toilet seats?
 * Court-jesting, never-resting-he must be very cunning to assume an air of dignity
 * and bless us all with his oratory prowess, his lame-brained antics and his jumping in the air.
 * And every night his act's the same and so it must be all a game of chess he's playing-
 * "But you're wrong, Steve: you see, it's only solitaire."

<p lang="en" len="330" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Steve is Steve Peacock, another great scribing of Jethro Tull.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1975, the band released Minstrel In The Gallery, an album that looks like Aqualung with the contrast that it is softer, acoustic guitar-based pieces with much longer, more bombastic solos of Barres electric guitar. This album received mixed reviews, but it eventually became known as one of the most beloved albums of Jethro Tulls fans, and even at a group of people who actually find a good album Aqualung especially but not very like the more progressive other albums. After this album, the band left Hammond, and was replaced by John Glascock.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">This line-up released a new concept album, this time about a rocker hit on age: [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FToo_Old_To_Rock_%2527n%2527_Roll%3A_Too_Young_To_Die! Too Old To Rock ' n ' Roll: Too Young To Die!]. Anderson, stimulated by the critics (especially those of A Passion Play), came up with a response: razor-sharp lyrics. The press went this tactical move out of the way, and asked instead or the album autobiographical was — which Anderson fervently denied.

<p lang="en" len="627" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1976 and 1977 are respectively the two-unit compilation albums defence M.U.-The Best Of Jethro Tull and [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRepeat%3A_The_Best_Of_Jethro_Tull_-_Vol._II Repeat: The Best Of Jethro Tull-vol. II] released.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">During the early 1970s Jethro Tull grew from a progressive blues band to one of the largest concert shows in the world. The concerts of the band were famous for their theatrical and long medleys with superior instrumental improvisations. And while the early Jethro Tull shows a manic Anderson with wild MOP of hair and beard, dressed in ragged overcoat and worn clothing, were the costumes contain more professional (but not less special) once the band became more famous. This reached its peak during the War Childtour: Anderson in a oversized codpiece and idiot colourful Carnival costume. Other band members did not remain behind, with Hammond-Hammond in a black and white diagonal striped outfit and guitar, Evan in a tight white suit with tie, Barlow in a way too small shorts and Barre in dressing gown with binocle. Live shows contain interactive interludes, including on-stagephone calls, short films, and plays such as The Story Of The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Once the band a little more established style developed in the late 1970s, also changed the costumes in and also what the concerts were more normally. Anderson often wore a costume as the landowners of the village in Scottish history that did. Yet still the shows contain bombastic instrumental pieces that promote to a climax, and also the famous giant balloons which Anderson on his head and balances in the audience throws. ===Folk Rock<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Jethro Tull closed the decade with a trio of folk rockalbums, Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses and Stormwatch. Songs From The Wood was the first album of the band that got unanimous positive reviews sinceLiving In The Past.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The band had a time friendly ties with folk-rockers Steeleye Span. Although Jethro Tull is not formally to the folk rock movement was calculated (which was started by ten years earlier as a Fairport Convention), there was a clear exchange of musical ideas between the folk-rockers and Jethro Tull. In addition, Anderson was moved from London to a farm in Scotland, and this new rural lifestyle is reflected on these albums. For example is the title track of Heavy Horses a hymn for the draft horses.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The band continued the tour life, and they released a live double album in 1978, entitled Live: Bursting Out, and contains dynamic live tracks by many fans of the lineup that is seen as the golden era of the band. Also the often lewd podiumscherts by Anderson with the audience and band members is present ("David is away to piss. Ah, he's back. Did you get a good pendulum to given? "). In addition to the double-lp (and now double-cd) there is also a cheaper single cd in circulation where the numbers Quatrain, Conundrum and Sweet Dream are omitted.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1978, Jethro Tull, Uriah Heep with the support Act, the honor of being the first transatlantic live television broadcast to do. Their concert was from Madison Square Garden, New York, via satellite broadcast live in Europe and both North and South America, with which they reached a total of 400 million people. During this tour, by the way, because of heart surgery was temporarily replaced by Glascock Tony Williams.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">During this period David Palmer was a full-time folk rock band member as a second keyboard player. Previously he composed all the music pieces for Orchestra that were present in many previous albums. Bassist Glascock died in 1979 after a heart surgery and Stormwatch was finished without him (Anderson played the bass on a few songs). Next, Anderson decided to make his first solo album. ===Electronic rock<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">During the recording of Anderson's solo album was a group process that turned out to be more than a solo expression, and therefore decided to release it as a Jethro Tull. This was in 1980, and the album is called A.Besides Anderson plays Barre on electric guitar, David Pegg (who after the death of Glascock was attracted from Fairport Convention) on bass guitar, and Mark Craney on drums. The album had a very electronic sound, contributed by keyboardist and violinist Eddie Jobson ( UK, among others and Roxy Music). The sound was completely different than earlier Jethro Tull recordings, mainly due to the prominent use of synthesizers.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">With the same emotions as the album made the band a music video Slipstream, a film of a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London in september 1980 with this A-line up. The electronic style was even more prominent in the live shows and also left its traces in existing numbers like Locomotive Breath. The more classic Jethro Tull sound was more pronounced in a complete acoustic version of Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day with Pegg on mandolin. Slipstream has long been a rarity on VHS, but is since 2004 free as a bonus-dvd with A.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Jobson and Craney parted their ways after Atour and Jethro Tull entered a period with varying drummers (including Phil Collins and Paul Burges, although mainly Gerry Conway and Doane Perry). Peter-John Vettesereplaced Jobson on keyboards, and the band returned to a more folk rock style-although also with synthesizers-to Broadsword in 1982 to bring out. The album was about Celtic and Germanic themes, and on the cover was a mythological Viking-like figure. The tour had Spinal Tap-worthy proportions; the stage was transformed into a wandering Viking ship, and Anderson ran with a huge monster on his shoulders around. The album was a great success especially in Germany and Scandinavia. 1981 was the first year that the band has no album released.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Anderson finally came with his first solo album in 1983, in the form of a heavily electronic Walk Into Light. As with later solo expressions of Anderson and Barre some of these songs found their way into Jethro Tull-liveset.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1984, Jethro Tull released Under Wraps from been a heavily electronic album. Although the band was very proud and pleased with the album, it was not well received, especially not in North America. As a result of the throat problems Anderson was Under Wrapsat the singing of the material during the tour, the band took a two-year break (only one concert in 1985 and only six in 1986). In this period made Anderson fortune bysalmon farms are very active with to get started.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Under Wraps-a concert of the tour was broadcast by the BBC and is later released on cd: Live At Hammersmith ' 84.

<p lang="en" len="354" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">To the fans to give a signal that the break the band from 1985 slotting as for them is temporary, is the compilation album Original Masters released in that same year. ===Hard rock<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Jethro Tull in 1987 came back stronger and more powerful than one could expect with Crest Of A Knave, without Vettese (Anderson played the keyboards on the album). The band leaned much stronger on Barres electric guitar than they had done since the early seventies, and the album received good reviews and was a commercial success. Right away they won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, with which they defeated big favorites Metallica . The award was controversial partly because many people find no hard rock band Jethro Tull, and not at all heavy metal. And of course, they were actually in the base still a progressive-rock band. Comment by Anderson to this:


 * "It is a fact that Jethro Tull is not pure heavy metal band and also no pure hard rock band. But I challenge anyone to prove that in ourínvloeden are no hard rock-music, especially if you go to our live shows are watching. Our more hard rock-elements: hard riffs, rock hard drums, screeching guitar solos and howling vocals. "

<p lang="en" len="72" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">And actually takes more than the prog-rock hard rock Anderson:


 * "Music has more elements such as drama, light and shadow, texts, volume and tones, and all who hear. Metallica is red meat and potatoes I find. I put some salad, pastiches and seafood. Making music is like love;You can do it quickly up and down as Metallica, or make some beautiful out of there together. "

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The first Grammy in this category ever was in any case a good slap in the face of much heavymetal-fans (after this ceremony, and perhaps because of this ceremony, were awarded in the subsequent years two different Grammys: one for hard rock and heavymetal). The advice of Jethro Tulls management was not to go to the ceremony because they had no chance of winning anyway. Perhaps just as well, because when it was announced that they had won started many metal fans in the audience with boos. In response to the criticism they received about the price (as if they could do something to myself) the band placed an advertisement in a British music magazine with the slogan "The flute is a (heavy) metal instrument!".

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Metallica won a Grammy the following year, and their thanks went out to Jethro Tull: "The first thing we've got to do is obviously-like you guys were expecting-we've got to thank Jethro Tull for not putting out an album this year, right."

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The style of Crest Of A Knave is sometimes compared to that of Dire Straits, in part because Anderson no longer appeared to have the vocal range of before. Jethro Tulls candid treatment method was undiminished.The album includes the popular song Budapest that nowadays many live played, and depicts a backstage scene with a shy girl who worked as a sidekick for them at a concert in Budapest. The Rock Island-tour in 1989 contained a shadow play of lithe dancers during the numbers Kissing Willie, ending in poses that border on pornography.

<p lang="en" len="635" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Another song from Rock Island (an album that stylistically elaborates on Crest Of A Knave, with guest Martin Allcockkeyboardspeler), Big Riff And Mando tells the story of the theft of Barres expensive mandolin during a tour across America by a fan, which via a radio broadcast announced the mandolin only to give it back in Exchange for a performance:


 * "Big Riff, rough boy, wants to be a singer in a band.
 * A little slow in the brain box, but he had a quick right hand. "
 * "Ringing on the radio, got a proposition for those English boys.
 * I'll make the sing-song you can make the background noise. "
 * I'll make the sing-song you can make the background noise. "

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1991 than Catfish Rising. This is also called a heavy blues-album called because it next to hard rock much of their early blues-elements. That one had lost the thread at all in terms of style in which Jethro Tull box had to be placed, was noticing the fact that Catfish Rising simultaneously both in the folk rock-charts as the hard rock-charts in the top 10 was.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">A concert of the Catfish Rising tour was broadcast by the BBC and is later released on cd: Jethro Tull In Concert.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1992, follows a semi-acoustic live album A Little Light Music that was well received by fans because of the remarkable change in composition of many songs, and an adaptation of a traditional English song John Barleycorn. The song comes into its own remarkably well in this setting. The occupation on this album is Anderson, Barre and Pegg, now working with Dave Mattacks (Fairport Convention) that both the drums as the keyboardist. ===Birthdays<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Jethro Tull existed 20 years In 1988 and gave the occasion a Limited Edition 3 CD- 20 Years Of Jethro Tull boxed set from including live tracks and unreleased songs. It is also a cheaper single cd version released.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Logical continuation is the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Jethro Tull in 1993 with a Limited Edition 4 CD-25th Anniversary Box Set, a 2 CD-Edition The Best Of Jethro Tull-The Anniversary Collection and a VHS with a documentary called A New Day Yesterday. Another significant action for that birthday is still bringing out the offending Château d'Isaster Tapes at the request of the die-hardfans. It was accompanied by a bonus-cd exclusively contained unreleased songs (mainly from the period 1988-1993); This cd combination was called Nightcap . ===Alternative rock<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The band toured in 1994 for the first time by Asian countries such as India and Dubai with Perry the city from this point if the hard hard-drummer, and keyboard player Andrew Giddings (both played previously for the band, but then temporarily). Anderson was very inspired by this Oriental cultures, and the album Roots To Branches (1995) clearly demonstrates world-music-hear inlvoeden. Anderson wielded on the album in addition to the original flute also the Indian bamboo flute, or baby bansuri (India again several times and later Jethro Tull would the Middle East visit, and there has occurred with the world's best-known bansuri player, Hariprasad Chaurasia). The album has a very Oriental sound, and go the lyrics among other things about the disastrous life of young children who roam in cities like Bombay as prostitutes, the oppression of Muslim women and outlines Anderson third world-street scenes. But also airy songs find their way to this album. The title of the album, the Jethro Tull fans shudder. This Was the last album of the artists? They were not disappointed.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Also in 1995, Anderson's second solo album, Divinities: Twelve Dances With God. This was a completely instrumental album recorded with the Jethro Tull-music. It is perhaps best described as modern classical. On the cover are the symbols of four major world religions. Striking that this album was on place 1 on the Billboard charts.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Directly after the recordings of the band Pegg Roots To Branches left to continue with his band Fairport Convention (the last years he combined the rows with both bands at the same time), because he wanted to do, and this band not nearly such a active tour live. His Deputy made the occupation as he still is today: Jonathan Noyce became the new bassist.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 1999, they released the album J-Tull Dot Com. Also here are Oriental influences can be heard again, with even a background singer from India on the title track. The album is about the modern internet era, aging and Anderson's cats. In addition to the Eastern influences, this album is also quite heavy. One reviewer even wrote: "This is it! Jethro Tull goes Iron Maiden!" ===New millennium<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Then, in 2000, Anderson's third solo album, The Secret Language Of Birds. The title numbers is an ode to the dawn chorus. On this album makes Anderson what he also in Jethro Tull does, but without the other band members. It is an acoustic album-Anderson is the unplugged guy in a rock band with songs that, if they were rewritten electrically, so by could go for Jethro Tull-songs in terms of texts and complexity. Andrew Giddings assisted Anderson on this album, just as they also together Divinities: Twelve Dances With God have created.

<p lang="en" len="635" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2001, a new compilation album, The Very Best Of Jethro Tull, and were some concerts of Jethro Tull filmed where in 2002 a dvd of was issued (Living With The Past), as well as a live cd of the same name.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2003, Anderson's fourth solo album Rupi's Dance named after one of his cats, and this album is even more than Walk Into Light and The Secret Language Of Birds a Jethro Tull-like album. This time semi-acoustic, with a striking number of guest musicians and orchestral pieces.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The Jethro Tull Christmas Album was released in the same month as Rupi's Dance, and exists for a third two-thirds new from existing, and (Christmas) songs. The idea came from the record company, and it is also a less rocking album than normal. It is similar to the folk rock albums from the period.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2005 there was a live dvd and double cd of Anderson, called Ian Anderson Plays The Orchestral Jethro Tull. It was also released the album Aqualung Live, recorded during a live radio broadcast in 2004, and was continued global tours.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Further all band members still work as a guest musician with other bands. Purely for pleasure, and to those bands to help further.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Also, Martin Barre and Ian Anderson solo tours. Martin Barre does that with another guitarist, Willy Porter. Ian Anderson has a hand-picked band, with his son James Duncan behind the drums. He does both Rubbing Elbows With Ian Andersonshows, where he plays many of his solo albums, but also semi-acoustic versions of Jethro Tull songs. This setup is for two-thirds of music, and a third from a cabaret-like Theatre form. But also he does, with the same band Ian Anderson Plays Orchestral Jethro Tull gigs (of the eponymous dvd and double cd), where Jethro Tull-songs and also his solo songs played are submitted by Anderson and his band, along with a Symphony Orchestra.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">On 20 december 2005 gave Ian Anderson along with the Frankfurt Neue Phil harmony, led by John O'Hara, a concert in the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam. This concert left much room for newcomer Lucia Micarelli, which among other things with its version of Led Zeppelin's Kashmir performed.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2006 the then occupation after 11 years to exist-it was the most stable occupation in the history of Jethro Tull. David Goodier, John O'Hara and James Duncan of Anderson's Rubbing Elbows Band are officially joined Jethro Tull, and they replaced Jonathan Noyce and Andrew Giddings. At the end of 2005 was Lucia Micarelli added already to the occupation and the end of 2006 Ann Marie Calhoun took the baton from her. Anna Phoebe did that again In 2007 by her.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In the fall of 2006 Jethro Tull did an acoustic tour, where they also were doing to Netherlands. 23 and 24 november, they were in a sold out 013 in Tilburg.

<p lang="en" len="259" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">They gave a concert In Netherlands on 2 June 2007 in the Waerdse Temple to Heerhugowaard.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Record company EMI has in March 2007 The Best Of Acoustic Jethro Tull issued. Something special for the fans of this edition has two bonus live tracks to Anderson decided to like this album. This edition was promoted by an acoustic tour in their homeland. In addition, a dvd titled Live At Montreux 2003 released.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2008, Jethro Tull its 40th anniversary. In their homeland they did an extensive tour with guest appearances by ex-band members and friends of Ian Anderson. Then they did some gigs in Europe and their largest stadium tour since the 70 's in the United States, where Peter Frampton was support act. In the autumn was returned to Europe, including a concert scheduled for 29 November 2008 in Mumbai to IJsselhallen Zwolle.The 2dvd-documentary titled Their Fully Authorised Story, the music-dvd called Jack-In-The-Green, and a special edition of their first album This Was all came in this anniversary year.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2009 the band toured until september, after which Ian Anderson with an acoustic solo tour started. On Saturday 16 may they stood on the Highlands Festival in Amersfoort. In september, the cd and dvd Live At Madison Square Garden 1978 issued in november, after which the dvd Live At AVO Session Basel and Christmas At St. bride's 2008 followed.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In 2010, the band with a private radio station on the internet. Within a week they stormed the charts and were more listened to than similar drives by their contemporaries The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin.Jethro Tull Online Radio received the award "Editor's Pick" for its quality.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Anderson took In 2011 without harsh and Perry a follow-up album on Thick As A Brick on called Thick As A Brick 2: Whatever Happened To Gerald Bostock?. On the cover of the album, which was released in the spring of 2012, Ian Anderson Jethro Tull is mentioned as an artist. Anderson is also without Barre and Perry went on tour in which both his successor as Thick As A Brick to be executed. The decision of Anderson to Barre not to involve in this project and Perry, according to some critics is the beginning of the end of Jethro Tull. ==Relationship with the press<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">After A Passion Play was the relationship between the British and American music press and Jethro Tull (especially Anderson) severely disrupted. With some exceptions like the Grammy award is the band completely ignored, but so slowly there comes change in around the year 2000. However he verbruidt it in America again soon by a number of statements in an interview. The riot was even so large that many radio stations refuse to run their music. It came to these statements, done in time that there is a lot of fuss about the war in Iraq was, by Ian Anderson in an interview:


 * "I hate to see the American flag hanging out of every bloody station wagon, out of every SUV, every little Midwestern house in some residential area. It's easy to confuse patriotism with nationalism. Flag waving ain't gonna do it! "
 * "Americans are in a dreadful pickle at the moment, being they're the villains of the planet as far as roughly half the population of the world is concerned. Half the world pretty much hates Americans. "
 * "We keep the flag-waving out of normal society these days, because we know that it just engenders old animosities-we old Europeans who are a little sadder and wiser as a result of having the shit beaten out of us a number of times, and our cities and national monuments destroyed. We're probably a little more sanguine about this than the very sensitive American psyche, which has not experienced or had to endure these offenses on its home turf. "

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Should be noted that not all media engage. It's mainly the large reputable music magazines; the smaller magazines and local mainstream press don't do this or less. In many countries on the continent of Europe (especially Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy), South America and Asia, this is also not the case. In Germany, the band even frequently asked for television shows and large events and experience they currently their second highlight in terms of popularity.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">In the home country England seems to be also a turnaround since 2005. The BBC has frequently interviewed Anderson for their 2006 tour for both the tv and the radio, and also the sheets are involved. This tour was already completely sold out months in advance. ==Popularity<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Partly due to the boycott of the press since the mid-70s is known and loved Jethro Tull at the moment less than before. Just remember that they are at their peak popularity in the polls were on place 2 between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. So high they would now certainly not end up, although few people will argue that they are to the large six of the progressive rock belong-that his Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, King Crimson,Yes, Genesis and Emerson, Lake and Palmer -in the 70 's had more Platinum and gold albums than any other from that genre, and that without the release of singles. There remains a host of very loyal fans that the band. It is often said that the music of Jethro Tull is not very accessible, but are you really get that far then you're also sold for the rest of your life. And actually is also known as a property of many progressive-rock bands seen. Their popularity is also evident from literally hundreds of illegal to obtain bootlegs and the dozens of fan clubs and cover bands.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">The counter of cd is now at over $ 1 billion earnings over the years. Jethro Tull has concerts over the years. They have 5 Platinum and 11 gold albums. Anderson surprised everyone (and possibly himself) in the top of Britain's largest taxpayers, and is the richest musician in the world according to sources<sup class="noprint nopopups" len="335" style="line-height:1;">[source? ]. ==Jethro Tull in Netherlands and Belgium<span class="mw-editsection" len="360" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Jethro Tull In Netherlands has really only in the 1970s, a period of only popularity experienced. Today, there is little attention to this band spent more. Although the Netherlands has a fan club This is not the way Ian planned it, but their popularity has always lagged behind that in the u.s., Germany and Great Britain. ==In popular culture<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===LPs of Jethro Tull<span class="mw-editsection" len="346" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===CDs by Ian Anderson<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Videos of Jethro Tull<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===DVDs by Ian Anderson<span class="mw-editsection" len="348" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===DVDs of Jethro Tull<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Radio 2 Top 2000<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Jethro Tull is already active and successful for so many years that they have acquired a certain cult status. You can see this, for example, back in the many films and tv series in which referred to them, as in Breaking The Waves, The Sopranos, Anchorman, Ugly Betty, Friends, Armageddon, Beautiful Girls, Big Daddy and Breaking Bad.
 * In episode 375, season 17 (2006) of The Simpsons is the end credits of the episode, entitled "Girls Just Want to Have Sums", accompanied by "Thick as a Brick" by the band Jethro Tull.
 * In the GTA-game series about a character named Jethro with appearance of Ian Anderson as a fringing and bandana.
 * At the end of each concert are large balloons by Anderson in the audience thrown after he has let them a little while balancing on his head.
 * During performances is Anderson often on one leg to whistle, a typical and famous pose. Frequently asked him in interviews where that habit comes from. Invariably than its answer: "In our early years I always wore a very tight pants during the performances. If I then had to treble flutes, caused that certain contractions in the cross which flashed one of my legs up. "
 * All albums (outside the compilations) to Roots To Branches are in Digitally Remastered version issued. These usually include outtakes, live tracks or video clips as a bonus, and an extended booklet with a foreword by Anderson.
 * In 1979 its sound intensity measurements carried out at hundreds of rock acts and Jethro Tull was the fifth loudest band measured.
 * This Was (1968)
 * Stand Up (1969)
 * Benefit (1970)
 * Nothing Is Easy: Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 (1970) (live)
 * Aqualung (1971)
 * Thick As A Brick (1972)
 * Living In The Past (1972) (2 CD)
 * A Passion Play (1973)
 * War Child (1974)
 * Minstrel In The Gallery (1975)
 * Defence M.U.-The Best Of Jethro Tull (1976)
 * Too Old To Rock ' n ' Roll: Too Young To Die! (1976)
 * Songs From The Wood (1977)
 * Repeat: The Best Of Jethro Tull-Vol. II (1977)
 * Heavy Horses (1978)
 * Live: Bursting Out (1978) (2 CD) (live)
 * Live At Madison Square Garden 1978 (1978) (live)
 * Stormwatch (1979)
 * (A) (1980)
 * The Broadsword And The Beast (1982)
 * Under Wraps (1984)
 * Live At Hammersmith ' 84 (1984) (live)
 * A Classic Case (1985)
 * Original Masters (1985)
 * Crest Of A Knave (1987)
 * 20 Years Of Jethro Tull (1988) (3 CD)
 * 20 Years Of Jethro Tull (1988)
 * Rock Island (1989)
 * Catfish Rising (1991)
 * Jethro Tull In Concert (1991) (live)
 * A Little Light Music (1992) (live)
 * 25th Anniversary Box Set (1993) (4 CD)
 * The Best Of Jethro Tull-The Anniversary Collection (1993) (2 CD)
 * Nightcap (1993) (2 CD)
 * Roots To Branches (1995)
 * Through The Years (1997)
 * J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
 * The Very Best Of Jethro Tull (2001)
 * Living With The Past (2002) (live)
 * Extended Versions (2002) (live)
 * The Essential Jethro Tull (2003)
 * Live At Montreux 2003 (2003) (live)
 * The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
 * Aqualung Live (2004) (live)
 * The Best Of Acoustic Jethro Tull (2007)
 * Christmas At St. bride's 2008 (2008) (live)
 * Walk Into Light (1983)
 * Divinities: Twelve Dances With God (1995)
 * The Secret Language Of Birds (2000)
 * Rupi's Dance (2003)
 * Ian Anderson Plays The Orchestral Jethro Tull (2005) (live) (2 CD)
 * Thick As A Brick 2: Whatever Happened To Gerald Bostock? (2012)
 * Gay Erraticus (2014)
 * Nothing Is Easy: Live At The Isle Of Wight 1970 (1970, dvd)
 * Live At Madison Square Garden 1978 (1978, dvd)
 * Slipstream (1980, vhs/dvd)
 * 20 Years Of Jethro Tull (1988, vhs)
 * Jack-In-The-Green (1993, dvd)
 * A New Day Yesterday (1993, vhs/dvd)
 * Living With The Past (2002, dvd)
 * Live At Montreux 2003 (2003, dvd/blu-ray)
 * Their Fully Authorised Story (2008, 2dvd)
 * Live At AVO Session Basel (2008, dvd)
 * Ian Anderson Plays The Orchestral Jethro Tull (2005)