The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull
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The Best of Acoustic is a greatest hits
album by Jethro Tull
. It includes some of the band's biggest acoustic
hits from 1969 to the present day.
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...
album by Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)
Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
. It includes some of the band's biggest acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
hits from 1969 to the present day.
Track listing
- "Fat Man" - 2:51
- "Life Is A Long Song" - 3:18
- "Cheap Day Return" - 1:22
- "Mother GooseMother Goose (song)"Mother Goose" is a song by the British multi-genre band Jethro Tull. It is the fourth track from their album Aqualung which was released in 1971. The lyrics are a pastiche of surreal figures based on images that Ian Anderson saw while wandering around Hampstead Heath. The song is mostly acoustic...
" - 3:53 - "Wond'ring Aloud" - 1:55
- "Thick as a BrickThick as a Brick-Differences between various CD releases:By 2011 the album received three major releases on CD: the first release , the MFSL-release , and the 25th Anniversary Edition . Whereas the first release and the MFSL-release run with identical speed, the 25th Anniversary edition runs 0.5% slower...
(Intro) (Edit No 1)" - 3:03 - "Skating Away (On The Thin Ice Of The New Day)" - 4:11
- "Cold Wind To Valhalla (Intro)" - 1:29
- "One White Duck / 010 = Nothing At All" - 4:38
- "Salamander" - 2:51
- "Jack In The Green" - 2:29
- "Velvet Green" - 6:03
- "Dun Ringill" - 2:41
- "Jack Frost And The Hooded Crow" - 3:23
- "Under Wraps 2" - 2:14
- "Jack-A-Lynn" - 4:56
- "Someday The Sun Won't Shine" - 2:01
- "Broadford Bazaar" - 3:39
- "The Water Carrier" - 2:56
- "Rupi's Dance" - 3:01
- "A Christmas Song" - 2:41
- "Weathercock" - 4:20
- "One Brown Mouse" (2006 version) - 3:41
- "Pastime with Good CompanyPastime with Good Company"Pastime with Good Company", also known as "The King's Ballad" , is an English folk song written by King Henry VIII in the first years of the 16th century, shortly after being crowned. It is regarded as the most famous of his compositions, and it became a popular song in England and other European...
(Live in Denmark)" - 4:13