This is the discography of the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull who formed in Luton, Bedfordshire in 1967. Initially playing blues rock, the band's sound soon incorporated elements of British folk music and hard rock to forge a progressive rock signature. The band were led by vocalist/flautist/guitarist Ian Anderson, and have included other significant members such as guitarist Martin Barre, drummer Doane Perry, and bassist Dave Pegg.
| Jethro Tull discography | |
|---|---|
 Jethro Tull with Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt in June 2007 | |
| Studio albums | 23 |
| Live albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 15 |
| Video albums | 12 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Singles | 33 |
Albums edit
Studio albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Certifications sales thresholds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
GER [4] |
NOR [5] |
SWE [6][7] |
SWI [8] |
US [9] | |||
| This Was |
|
10 | – | – | 28 | – | – | – | 62 | |
| Stand Up |
|
1 | 12 | – | 5 | 5 | 11 | – | 20 | |
| Benefit |
|
3 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 11 | – | 11 |
|
| Aqualung |
|
4 | 3 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 7 | – | 7 | |
| Thick as a Brick |
|
5 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 1 |
|
| A Passion Play |
|
16 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | – | 1 | |
| War Child |
|
14 | 9 | – | 24 | 8 | – | – | 2 |
|
| Minstrel in the Gallery |
|
20 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 50 | – | 7 | |
| Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! |
|
25 | 27 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 27 | – | 14 | |
| Songs from the Wood |
|
13 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 8 | |
| Heavy Horses |
|
20 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 30 | 19 | |
| Stormwatch |
|
27 | 17 | – | 8 | 15 | – | 42 | 22 |
|
| A |
|
25 | 47 | 10 | 21 | 9 | – | – | 30 | |
| The Broadsword and the Beast |
|
27 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 14 | – | 15 | 19 |
|
| Under Wraps |
|
18 | 45 | – | 15 | – | 43 | 9 | 76 | |
| Crest of a Knave |
|
19 | 57 | 19 | 10 | – | 40 | 7 | 32 | |
| Rock Island |
|
18 | – | 20 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 7 | 56 |
|
| Catfish Rising |
|
27 | – | 36 | 21 | 12 | 48 | 12 | 88 | |
| Roots to Branches |
|
20 | – | – | 55 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 114 | |
| J-Tull Dot Com |
|
44 | – | – | 15 | – | – | 50 | 161 | |
| The Jethro Tull Christmas Album |
|
– | – | – | 51 | – | – | – | – | |
| The Zealot Gene |
|
9 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 22 [15] |
3 | 37 | |
| RökFlöte |
|
17 | – | 4 | 4 | 36 [16] |
3 | 3 | 24 | |
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||
Live albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Certifications sales thresholds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
AUT [3] |
GER [4] |
NOR [5] |
SWI [8] |
US [9] | ||||
| Live – Bursting Out |
|
17 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 20 | – | 21 | ||
| Live at Hammersmith '84 |
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| A Little Light Music |
|
34 | – | – | – | – | 22 | 150 | ||
| In Concert |
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Living with the Past |
|
– | – | – | 75 | – | – | – |
| |
| Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 |
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Aqualung Live |
|
– | – | – | 78 | – | – | – | ||
| Live at Montreux 2003 |
|
– | – | – | 38 | – | – | – | ||
| Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Live at Carnegie Hall 1970 |
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | - | ||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||
Compilation albums edit
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications sales thresholds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [2] |
GER [4] |
NOR [5] |
SWE [6] |
SWI [8] |
US [9] | ||||
| Living in the Past |
|
8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | – | 3 |
| |
| M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull |
|
44 | 31 | – | – | – | – | 13 | ||
| Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II |
|
– | 92 | – | – | – | – | 94 | ||
| Original Masters |
|
63 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Box Set |
|
78 | 100 | – | – | – | – | 97 | ||
| 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights |
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 25th Anniversary Box Set |
|
– | – | 81 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Nightcap |
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection (two-CD compilation) |
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Through the Years |
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| The Very Best of Jethro Tull |
|
– | – | 65 | 13 | – | 99 | – |
| |
| The Essential Jethro Tull |
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull |
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Jethro Tull Essential |
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 10 Great Songs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 50 for 50 |
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 50th Anniversary Collection | 73 | – | 48 | – | – | – | – | |||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||
Extended plays edit
| Title | Details | Peak chart position | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
GER [4] |
IRL [22] | |||||||
| Life Is a Long Song |
|
11 | 41 | 14 | |||||
| Ring Out, Solstice Bells |
|
28 | – | – | |||||
| Home |
|
– | – | – | |||||
| Ring Out, Solstice Bells |
|
78 | – | – | |||||
| North Sea Oil |
|
– | – | – | |||||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||
Singles edit
| Year | Title | Peak chart position | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1][24] |
AUS | BEL (WA) [25] |
CAN | GER [4] |
IRL [22] |
NLD [26] |
US [27] |
US Main [28] | ||||
| 1968 | "Sunshine Day"[A] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | non-album single | |
| "A Song for Jeffrey" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | This Was | ||
| "Love Story" | 29 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | non-album singles | ||
| 1969 | "Living in the Past" | 3 | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | x | ||
| "Sweet Dream" | 7 | – | 37 | – | 14 | 11 | – | – | x | |||
| "Bourée"[B] | – | – | 20 | – | 37 | – | 5 | – | x | Stand Up | ||
| 1970 | "The Witch's Promise" | 4 | 91 | 46 | – | 28 | 6 | 23 | – | x | non-album single | |
| "Inside" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Benefit | ||
| 1971 | "Locomotive Breath"[C] | – | – | – | 85 | – | – | – | 62 | x | Aqualung | |
| "Hymn 43" | – | – | – | 86 | – | – | – | 91 | x | |||
| "Aqualung"[D] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | |||
| 1972 | "Thick as a Brick" (part I)[E] | – | – | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | x | Thick as a Brick | |
| "Living in the Past" (re-release) | – | 36 | 25 | 16 | – | – | – | 11 | x | Living in the Past | ||
| 1973 | "A Passion Play" (Edit #8) | – | – | – | – | 50 | – | – | 80 | x | A Passion Play | |
| "A Passion Play" (Edit #10)[F] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 105 | x | |||
| 1974 | "Bungle in the Jungle" | – | 32 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 12 | x | War Child | |
| 1975 | "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | ||
| "Minstrel in the Gallery" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 79 | x | Minstrel in the Gallery | ||
| 1976 | "Too Old to Rock N' Roll, Too Young to Die!" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Too Old to Rock N' Roll, Too Young to Die! | |
| 1977 | "The Whistler" | – | – | – | 71 | – | – | – | 59 | x | Songs from the Wood | |
| "Songs from the Wood"[G] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | |||
| 1978 | "Moths" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Heavy Horses | |
| "A Stitch in Time" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | non-album single | ||
| "Sweet Dream" (live)[H] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Bursting Out | ||
| 1979 | "Warm Sporran"[I] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Stormwatch | |
| "North Sea Oil" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | |||
| "Home"[J] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | |||
| 1980 | "Working John, Working Joe" / "Fylingdale Flyer" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | A | |
| 1982 | "Broadsword"[K] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | The Broadsword and the Beast | |
| "Fallen on Hard Times" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 108 | 20 | |||
| "Beastie" / "Pussy Willow"[L] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | |||
| 1984 | "Lap of Luxury" | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | Under Wraps | |
| 1986 | "Coronach" (with David Palmer)[M] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | non-album single | |
| 1987 | "Steel Monkey" | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | Crest of a Knave | |
| "Farm on the Freeway" [US radio promo] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | |||
| "Jump Start" [airplay] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | |||
| "Said She Was a Dancer" | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1988 | "Part of the Machine" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 20 Years of Jethro Tull | |
| 1989 | "Kissing Willie" [US radio promo] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | Rock Island | |
| "Another Christmas Song" | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1991 | "This Is Not Love" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | Catfish Rising | |
| "Still Loving You Tonight" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 1992 | "Rocks on the Road" | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1993 | "Living in the Past" (live) | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | A Little Light Music | |
| 1999 | "Bends Like a Willow" | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | J-Tull Dot Com | |
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country | "x" denotes that the chart did not exist at the time. | ||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ released in the UK
- ^ released in Europe
- ^ US/Canadian peak in 1976
- ^ released in Italy
- ^ released in Europe
- ^ released in the US/Canada
- ^ released in Australia and New Zealand
- ^ released in Germany
- ^ released in Germany
- ^ released in the US/Canada
- ^ released in Germany
- ^ released in Germany
- ^ released in the UK
Videos edit
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|
| Jethro Tull Box |
|
| Jack in the Green: Live in Germany 1970–1993 |
|
| Classic Artists: Jethro Tull – Their Fully Authorised Story |
|
| Live at AVO Session Basel |
|
| Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 |
|
| Around the World Live |
|
References edit
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- ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 155. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b "Jethro Tull - A Little Light Music". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
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- ^ a b c "Norwegian Charts - Jethro Tull - A Little Light Music". Norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Swedish Charts - Jethro Tull - Catfish Rising". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ "HITS ALLER TIJDEN". www.hitsallertijden.nl. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
- ^ a b c "Jethro Tull Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "BRIT Certified". BPI. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - 9 June 2009". Riaa.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
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- ^ Rapp, Allison (5 November 2021). "Hear Jethro Tull's 'Shoshana Sleeping' from new 'Zealot Gene' LP". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 5". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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- ^ "50th Anniversary Collection". Burningshed.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ "Jethro Tull – 50th Anniversary Collection". Discogs.com. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ a b "The Irish Charts". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Jethro Tull - Ring Out, Solstice Bells". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "UK charts". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Belgian charts (Wallonia)". Ultratop.
- ^ "Dutch charts portal". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ "Jethro Tull Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Jethro Tull Chart History: Mainstream Rock". Billboard. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
External links edit
- Jethro Tull discography at Discogs