Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II

Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II is a 1977 greatest hits album from Jethro Tull, featuring one track which, up to the time of this album's release, had not been issued. The album's first volume was M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull.

Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II
Greatest hits album by
Released9 September 1977 (UK)
7 November 1977 (US)
Recorded1969–1975
GenreProgressive rock
Length39:26
LabelChrysalis
ProducerIan Anderson
Terry Ellis
Jethro Tull chronology
Songs from the Wood
(1977)
Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II
(1977)
Heavy Horses
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Ian Anderson, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Minstrel in the Gallery" (Edited version) 4:17
2."Cross-Eyed Mary" 4:11
3."A New Day Yesterday" 4:10
4."Bourée" (Instrumental)Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. by Anderson3:46
5."Thick as a Brick" (Edit #4) 3:27
6."War Child" 4:37
7."A Passion Play" (Edit #9) 3:33
8."To Cry You a Song" 6:14
9."Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" 5:42
10."Glory Row" (Previously unreleased) 3:33

Notes

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  • "Thick as a Brick (Edit #4)" consists of the section of Part I beginning with "I've come down from the upper class..." on the original album (1972).
  • "A Passion Play (Edit #9)" consists of the segment identified as "Flight from Lucifer" on a March 1998 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab gold CD issue of 1973's A Passion Play - this begins at 16:58 in Part II of the current CD issue.
  • "Glory Row" is now available as a bonus track on the remastered version of War Child (1974).
  • "Glory Row" had been previously made available in the Spanish LP edition of Aqualung (1971) (which was not released until 1975) in place of "Locomotive Breath", which was already available in Living in the Past (1972).

Personnel

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Recording personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] 92
US Billboard 200[5] 94

Notes

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  • Also known as Repeat: The Best of Jethro Tull, Vol. 2 or Repeat: The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II

References

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  1. ^ Jethro Tull - Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II (1977) album review by Dave Connolly, credits & releases
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ Jethro Tull - Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II (1977) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Jethro Tull Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
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