The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection

The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection is a greatest hits album by Jethro Tull, released in 1993. It includes some of the band's hits from 1968 to 1991.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "A Song for Jeffrey" – 3:19
2. "Beggar's Farm" – 4:19
3. "A Christmas Song" – 3:07
4. "A New Day Yesterday" – 4:09
5. "Bourée" (Instrumental) – 3:46
6. "Nothing Is Easy" – 4:23
7. "Living in the Past" – 3:21
8. "To Cry You a Song" – 6:15
9. "Teacher" – 4:01
10. "Sweet Dream" – 4:02
11. "Cross-Eyed Mary" – 4:09
12. "Mother Goose" – 3:53
13. "Aqualung" – 6:36
14. "Locomotive Breath" – 4:25
15. "Life Is a Long Song" – 3:19
16. "Thick as a Brick" (extract) – 3:02
17. "A Passion Play" (extract) – 3:47 ("Magus Perdé")
18. "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" – 3:52
19. "Bungle in the Jungle" – 3:39

Disc two

1. "Minstrel in the Gallery" (Edited version) – 6:10
2. "" – 5:40
3. "Songs from the Wood" – 4:54
4. "Jack-in-the-Green" – 2:30
5. "The Whistler" – 3:32
6. "Heavy Horses" – 8:57
7. "Dun Ringill" – 2:41
8. "Fylingdale Flyer" – 4:32
9. "Jack-a-Lynn" – 4:42
10. "Pussy Willow" – 3:53
11. "Broadsword" – 4:59
12. "Under Wraps II" – 2:14
13. "Steel Monkey" – 3:34
14. "Farm on the Freeway" – 6:28
15. "Jump Start" – 4:53
16. "Kissing Willie" – 3:31
17. "This Is Not Love" – 3:54

Musicians

Disc one

• Ian Anderson – flute, balalaika, mandolin, Hammond organ, acoustic guitar, vocals <small>(all tracks)</small>
• Mick Abrahams – electric guitar <small>(tracks 1 – 2)</small>
• Clive Bunker – drums, glockenspiel, percussion <small>(tracks 1 – 14)</small>
• Glenn Cornick – bass, Hammond organ <small>(tracks 1 – 10)</small>
• Martin Barre – electric guitar <small>(tracks 4 – 19)</small>
• Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond bass <small>(tracks 11 – 19)</small>
• Barriemore Barlow – drums <small>(tracks 15 – 19)</small>
• David Palmer – orchestral arrangement and conducting <small>(tracks 3, 10 a 17 – 19)</small>

Disc two

• Ian Anderson – flute, balalaika, Hammond organ, acoustic guitar, vocals <small>(all tracks)</small>
• Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond bass <small>(track 1)</small>
• Martin Barre – electric guitar <small>(tracks 1 – 17)</small>
• Barriemore Barlow – drums <small>(tracks 1 – 7)</small>
• John Glascock bass, vocals <small>(tracks 2 – 7)</small>
• David Palmer – orchestral arrangement and conducting <small>(tracks 1 – 7)</small>
• Dave Pegg – bass, mandolin, vocals <small>(tracks 8 – 17)</small>
• Mark Craney – drums <small>(track 8)</small>
• Gerry Conway – drums, percussion <small>(tracks 9 – 11 and 15)</small>
• Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, piano, synthesizer <small>(tracks 9 – 12)</small>
• Doane Perry – drums <small>(tracks 12, 14 a 16 – 17)</small>
• Maartin Allcock – keyboards <small>(track 16)</small>
• Andrew Giddings – keyboards <small>(track 17)</small>

Guest musicians

• Lou Toby – string arrangement, conducting <small>(disc 1, track 7)</small>
• Maddy Prior – backing vocals <small>(disc 2, track 2)</small>
• Darryl Way – violin <small>(disc 2, track 6)</small>
• Eddie Jobson – keyboards, electric violin, <small>(disc 2, track 8)</small>

Charts

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