Essential (Jethro Tull album)

The 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. It is not to be confused with the similarly named Jethro Tull compilation "Essential", released in 2011.

Track listing

 * 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 #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

Personnel

 * 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 1 – 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