The Very Best Of (Jethro Tull album)

The Very Best Of

Greatest hits album by Jethro Tull

Released

May 14, 2001 (UK)

Recorded

1968 - 2001

Genre

Progressive rock, progressive folk, hard rock

Length

78:00

Jethro Tull chronology

Live at the House of Blues
(1999)

The Very Best of Jethro Tull
(2001)

Living with the Past
(2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	^[1]

The Very Best Of (2001) is a greatest hits album by Jethro Tull. It includes some of the band's biggest hits from 1969 to the present day. Ian Anderson selected the tracks himself, approving edits necessary for timing purposes, e.g. "Heavy Horses".

Track listing

All tracks written by Ian Anderson, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Living in the Past" (Anderson, Terry Ellis; Non-album single, later from the album of the same name)	3:39
2.	"Aqualung" (Anderson, Jennie Anderson; from Aqualung)	6:35
3.	"Sweet Dream" (Non-album single, later from Living in the Past)	4:02
4.	"The Whistler" (from Songs from the Wood)	3:28
5.	"Bungle in the Jungle" (from War Child)	3:35
6.	"The Witch's Promise" (Non-album single, later from Living in the Past)	3:49
7.	"Locomotive Breath" (from Aqualung)	4:24
8.	"Steel Monkey" (from Crest of a Knave)	3:36
9.	"Thick as a Brick (Edit #1)" (edit of the first 3 minutes of the song; from the album of the same name)	3:00
10.	"Bourée" (Anderson, Johann Sebastian Bach; instrumental; from Stand Up)	3:44
11.	"Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" (single edit; from the album of the same name)	3:54
12.	"Life is a Long Song" (from the EP of the same name; later from Living in the Past)	3:16
13.	"Songs from the Wood" (from the album of the same name)	4:51
14.	"A New Day Yesterday" (from Stand Up)	4:08
15.	"Heavy Horses" (edit; from the album of the same name)	3:19
16.	"Broadsword" (from The Broadsword and the Beast)	4:59
17.	"Roots to Branches" (the CD pressings had mistaken the name of the song as "Root to Branches"; from the album of the same name)	5:11
18.	"A Song for Jeffrey" (from This Was)	3:17
19.	"Minstrel in the Gallery" (single edit; Anderson, Martin Barre; from the album of the same name)	3:49
20.	"Cheerio" (from The Broadsword and the Beast)	1:10

References

↑ Sleger, Dave. The Very Best Of at AllMusic

External links

The Very Best Of at Collecting Tull

Jethro Tull

Ian Anderson Clive Bunker Glenn Cornick Mick Abrahams Tony Iommi Martin Barre John Evan Jeffrey Hammond Barriemore Barlow John Glascock David (Dee) Palmer Dave Pegg Mark Craney Eddie Jobson Peter-John Vettese Gerry Conway Paul Burgess Doane Perry Don Airey Maartin Allcock Andrew Giddings Dave Mattacks Jonathan Noyce David Goodier John O'Hara

Studio albums	This Was Stand Up Benefit Aqualung Thick as a Brick A Passion Play War Child Minstrel in the Gallery Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! Songs from the Wood Heavy Horses Stormwatch A The Broadsword and the Beast Under Wraps Crest of a Knave Rock Island Catfish Rising Roots to Branches J-Tull Dot Com The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

Live albums	Bursting Out Live at Hammersmith '84 A Little Light Music Jethro Tull in Concert Living with the Past Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Aqualung Live Live at Montreux 2003 Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at Carnegie Hall 1970

Compilations	Living in the Past M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II Original Masters 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights Nightcap The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection Through the Years The Very Best of Jethro Tull The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull The Essential

Boxed sets	20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Box Set

Videos	Slipstream 20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Video Living with the Past A New Day Yesterday Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Live at Montreux 2003 Jack in the Green Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at AVO Session Basel Around the World Live (Jethro Tull)

Singles / EPs	"Sunshine Day"/"Aeroplane" "A Song for Jeffrey"/"One for John Gee" "Love Story"/"Christmas Song" "Living in the Past"/"Driving Song" "Sweet Dream"/"Reasons for Waiting" "Bourée"/"Fat Man" "The Witch's Promise"/"Teacher" "Inside"/"Alive and Well and Living In" (UK)/"A Time for Everything" (US) "Hymn 43"/"Mother Goose" "Life Is a Long Song"/"Up the Pool"/"Doctor Bogenbroom"/"From Later"/"Nursie" "A Passion Play" (Edit #8)/"A Passion Play" (Edit #9) "A Passion Play" (Edit #6)/"A Passion Play" (Edit #10) "Bungle in the Jungle"/"Back-Door Angels" "Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day)/"Sealion" "Minstrel in the Gallery"/"Summerday Sands" "Living in the Past"/"Requiem" (UK)/"Christmas Song" (US) "Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die"/"Rainbow Blues" (UK)/"Bad-Eyed and Loveless" (US) "Locomotive Breath"/"Fat Man" "The Whistler"/"Strip Cartoon" "Moths"/"Life Is a Long Song" "A Stitch in Time"/"Sweet Dream" "North Sea Oil"/Elegy" "Home"/Warm Sporran" "Working John, Working Joe"/Fylingdale Flyer" "Beastie"/"Pussy Willow" "Fallen On Hard Times"/Broadsword" "Lap of Luxury"/Astronomy" "Living in the Past"/"Cross-Eyed Mary" "Coronach"/"Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow" "Farm on the Freeway"/"Said She Was a Dancer" "Steel Monkey"/"Down at the End of Your Road" "Said She Was a Dancer"/"Dogs in the Midwinter" "Part of the Machine" (Edit)/"Stormy Monday Blues"/"Lick Your Fingers Clean"/"Minstrel in the Gallery" "Kissing Willie"/"Heavy Water" "Another Christmas Song"/"Intro - A Christmas Song" "Rocks on the Road"/"Rocks on the Road" (Live)/"Bouree" (Live)/"Jack-A-Lynn"/"Night in the Wilderness"/"Jump Start" "Living in the (Slightly More Recent) Past" "Bends Like a Willow"/It All Trickles Down"

Tours	Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll Tour Heavy Horses Tour Stormwatch Tour

Related	Discography A Billion Hands Concert The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus A Classic Case Thick as a Brick 2

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