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Bursting Out is a 1978 live double album by the rock band Jethro Tull. The album was recorded during the band's European Heavy Horses Tour in May/June of that year.
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| Released | 22 September 1978 | |||
| Recorded | May–June 1978 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 93:31[1] | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Producer | Ian Anderson | |||
| Jethro Tull chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed+)[4] |
Background
editThe exact date for every single song has not been made public, but the introduction by Claude Nobs, most of "Flute Solo Improvisation", "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die", "Aqualung", "Locomotive Breath" and "The Dambusters March" were recorded at the Festhalle in Bern, Switzerland, on May 28, 1978. The Bern show was recorded on a 24-track tape recorder, while the rest of the shows were recorded on a TEAC TASCAM 80-8 eight-track recorder. Ian Anderson recalled going through "hours and hours" of recordings in order to select the best takes. Additional sweetening was done at Maison Rouge Studio in June 1978. [5]
Release
editA spelling error on the spine of the first US, Canada, Spain and Sweden LP pressings listed the title as "Busting Out".
The album was later re-released as a double-disc CD in the UK and Europe. The original CD release in the United States was only one disc, with three tracks ("Quatrain", "Sweet Dream" and "Conundrum") omitted and some of the stage banter shortened to fit the 80 minutes running length. The double-disc 1990 CD version in the UK and Europe incorporated the first track, the introductions, in the song that followed. In 2004, the complete album was remastered and released worldwide as a two-disc set, with the introductions as separate tracks. A deluxe remixed edition was released June 21, 2024, incorporating new mixes of the Bern tracks that had been missing on the original album (but were released, albeit mixed by Jakko Jakszyk, on the "New Shoes Edition" of Heavy Horses) for a complete representation of the live setlist, previously unreleased soundcheck recordings and a remix of the Live at Madison Square Garden show, the latter also including the filmed footage on DVD.
Track listing, original two-CD edition
editAll tracks are written by Ian Anderson, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Source | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Introduction by Claude Nobs" | Claude Nobs | 0:50 | |
| 2. | "No Lullaby" | Heavy Horses (1979) | 4:48 | |
| 3. | "Sweet Dream" | Non-album single (1969) | 6:30 | |
| 4. | "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" | War Child (1974) | 4:30 | |
| 5. | "Jack in the Green" | Songs from the Wood (1977) | 3:13 | |
| 6. | "One Brown Mouse" | Heavy Horses | 3:53 | |
| 7. | "A New Day Yesterday" | Stand Up (1969) | 2:27 | |
| 8. | "Flute Solo Improvisation / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bourée" (instrumental medley) | Anderson / Traditional, arr. Anderson / Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Anderson | Stand Up | 6:08 |
| 9. | "Songs from the Wood" | Songs from the Wood | 2:40 | |
| 10. | "Thick as a Brick" (excerpts) | Anderson, Gerald Bostock | Thick as a Brick (1972) | 12:27 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Source | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Introduction by Ian Anderson" | 0:43 | ||
| 12. | "Hunting Girl" | Songs from the Wood | 5:45 | |
| 13. | "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" | Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976) | 3:57 | |
| 14. | "Conundrum" (instrumental) | Martin Barre, Barriemore Barlow | Previously unreleased | 6:57 |
| 15. | "Minstrel in the Gallery" | Minstrel in the Gallery (1975) | 5:41 | |
| 16. | "Cross-Eyed Mary" | Aqualung (1971) | 3:58 | |
| 17. | "Quatrain" (instrumental) | Barre | Previously unreleased; Heavy Horses outtake | 1:33 |
| 18. | "Aqualung" | Anderson, Jennie Franks | Aqualung | 8:38 |
| 19. | "Locomotive Breath" | Aqualung | 5:33 | |
| 20. | "The Dambusters March" (instrumental) | Eric Coates | The Dam Busters film (1955) | 3:26 |
Personnel
edit- Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, acoustic guitar
- Martin Barre – electric guitar, mandolin, marimba
- John Glascock – bass guitar, additional electric guitar
- John Evan – piano, organ, synthesizers, accordion
- Dee Palmer – portative organ, synthesizers, saxophone
- Barriemore Barlow – drums, percussion, glockenspiel.
Charts
edit| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[6] | 20 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] | 16 |
| Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[8] | 24 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] | 16 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] | 20 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11] | 19 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[12] | 17 |
| US Billboard 200[13] | 21 |
| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] | 85 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] | 156 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] | 75 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] | 7 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[18] | 32 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] | 12 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (Music Canada)[20] | Gold | 50,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[21] | Silver | 60,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[22] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ "Bursting Out". Amazon.de. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Horowitz, Hal. Bursting Out at AllMusic
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Bloom, Michael (28 December 1978). Bursting Out, Rolling Stone
- ^ Webb, Martin (2018). "The Berne Tapes". "Heavy Horses" New Shoes Edition liner notes. Chrysalis. pp. 24–27, 78.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0055a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ "Jethro Tull Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2024. 39. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out". Music Canada.
- ^ "British album certifications – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out". British Phonographic Industry.
- ^ "American album certifications – Jethro Tull – Live - Bursting Out". Recording Industry Association of America.
