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.
Contents
Track listing
"Teacher" – 4:07
"Aqualung" – 6:34
"Thick as a Brick (Edit No.1)" – 3:01
"Bungle in the Jungle" – 3:34
"Locomotive Breath" – 4:23
"Fat Man" – 2:50
"Living in the Past" – 3:18
"A Passion Play Edit #8" – 3:28
"Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" – 4:02
"Rainbow Blues" – 3:37
"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