Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull, Vol. II by Jethro Tull - VitaMusik

COMPILATION

For a time, Repeat: The Best of Jethro Tull, Vol. 2 held the distinction of being the band's lowest-charting album (and by a wide margin, at that). This little tidbit of information usually engenders an internal dialogue along the lines of one of two things: the album must have little merit or the timing of its release was inopportune. The answer, is both...and neither. Repeat is an excellent sampler from their career to date, but M.U. had uncontested first choice of the white meat; thus "To Cry You a Song" is tapped as the second-round pick from Benefit, "Thick as a Brick Edit #4" from its namesake, etc. However, unless you're one of those Tull fans who grew disillusioned with the band after Benefit, Repeat is a better listen than M.U. (which charted much higher, by the way). Kicking off with "Minstrel in the Gallery," storming into "Cross-Eyed Mary" next, digging out the searing "New Day Yesterday" from deep in their pockets, the choices are for the most part unimpeachable. So the timing of the release must have been bad, right? Actually, M.U.'s was worse -- sandwiched three months after Minstrel in the Gallery, three months before Too Old to Rock 'N' Roll, Chrysalis was guilty of glutting the market. It's true that the timing of a second best-of compilation was premature, but Repeat at least filled a proper void of 14 months between albums. And so this record's lukewarm reception remains something of a conundrum. No matter now, since over a long career this compilation remains an excellent entry point into Jethro Tull's most fertile period. Petty observations aside -- such as the decision to include two more tracks from Stand Up at the expense of Living in the Past or anything from This Was -- this album is quality material, and the addition of an unreleased gem, "Glory Row," is icing indeed. ~ Dave Connolly

1. Minstrel in the Gallery

Acoustic Guitar: Ian Anderson; Performer
Background Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Primary Artist: Jethro Tull; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Drums: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Electric Guitar: Martin Barre; Performer
Flute: Ian Anderson; Performer
Lead Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Engineer: Robin Black; Production
Organ: John Evan; Performer
Producer: Ian Anderson; Production
Percussion: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Violin: Patrick Halling; Performer
Composer: Ian Anderson; Composer

2. Cross-Eyed Mary

Background Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Primary Artist: Jethro Tull; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Drums: Clive Bunker; Performer
Electric Guitar: Martin Barre; Performer
Flute: Ian Anderson; Performer
Lead Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Mellotron: John Evan; Performer
Percussion: Clive Bunker; Performer
Piano: John Evan; Performer
Composer: Ian Anderson; Composer
Engineer: John Burns; Production
Producer: Terry Ellis; Production

3. A New Day Yesterday

Primary Artist: Jethro Tull; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Glenn Cornick; Performer
Bass Guitar: Glenn Cornick; Performer
Drums: Clive Bunker; Performer
Electric Guitar: Martin Barre; Performer
Flute: Ian Anderson; Performer
Harmonica: Ian Anderson; Performer
Lead Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Composer: Ian Anderson; Composer
Engineer: Andy Johns; Production
Producer: Ian Anderson
Terry Ellis; Production

4. Bourée

Bass Guitar: Glenn Cornick; Performer
Bass Guitar: Glenn Cornick; Performer
Primary Artist: Jethro Tull; Main Performer
Drums: Clive Bunker; Performer
Electric Guitar: Martin Barre; Performer
Flute: Ian Anderson; Performer
Lead Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Percussion: Clive Bunker; Performer
Arranger: Ian Anderson; Composer
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach; Composer
Engineer: Andy Johns; Production
Producer: Ian Anderson
Terry Ellis; Production

5. Thick as a Brick (Edit #4)

Acoustic Guitar: Ian Anderson; Performer
Background Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Drums: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Electric Guitar: Martin Barre; Performer
Flute: Ian Anderson; Performer
Harpsichord: John Evan; Performer
Lead Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Lute: Martin Barre; Performer
Organ: John Evan; Performer
Piano: John Evan; Performer
Orchestral Arrangement: Dee Palmer; Composer
Engineer: Robin Black; Production
Percussion: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Saxophone: Ian Anderson; Performer
Producer: Terry Ellis; Production
Primary Artist: Jethro Tull; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Timpani: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Trumpet: Ian Anderson; Performer
Violin: Ian Anderson; Performer
Composer: Ian Anderson; Composer
Spoken Voice Vocals: Jeffrey Hammond; Other

6. War Child

Background Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Drums: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Electric Guitar: Martin Barre; Performer
Lead Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Orchestral Arrangement: Dee Palmer; Composer
Conductor: Dee Palmer; Conductor
Engineer: Robin Black; Production
Orchestra Leader: Patrick Halling; Performer
Producer: Ian Anderson
Terry Ellis; Production
Piano: John Evan; Performer
Saxophone: Ian Anderson; Performer
Primary Artist: Jethro Tull; Main Performer
Composer: Ian Anderson; Composer

7. A Passion Play (Edit #9)

Primary Artist: Jethro Tull; Main Performer
Acoustic Guitar: Ian Anderson; Performer
Background Vocals: Ian Anderson
Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Conductor: Dee Palmer; Conductor
Bass Guitar: Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Drums: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Electric Guitar: Martin Barre; Performer
Flute: Ian Anderson; Performer
Glockenspiel: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Lead Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Marimba: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Organ: John Evan; Performer
Orchestral Arrangement: Dee Palmer; Composer
Piano: John Evan; Performer
Saxophone: Ian Anderson; Performer
Synthesizer: John Evan; Performer
Spoken Voice Vocals: John Evan; Other
Timpani: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Composer: Ian Anderson; Composer

8. To Cry You a Song

Background Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Primary Artist: Jethro Tull; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Glenn Cornick; Performer
Bass Guitar: Glenn Cornick; Performer
Drums: Clive Bunker; Performer
Electric Guitar: Ian Anderson
Martin Barre; Performer
Lead Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Composer: Ian Anderson; Composer
Engineer: Robin Black; Production
Producer: Terry Ellis; Production

9. Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!

Acoustic Guitar: Ian Anderson; Performer
Assistant Engineer: Peter Smith
Trevor White; Production
Background Vocals: Maddy Prior
John Glascock; Performer
Bass Guitar: John Glascock; Performer
Bass Guitar: John Glascock; Performer
Drums: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Electric Guitar: Ian Anderson
Martin Barre; Performer
Flute: Ian Anderson; Performer
Harmonica: Ian Anderson; Performer
Keyboard: John Evan; Performer
Conductor: Dee Palmer; Conductor
Engineer: Robin Black; Production
Lead Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Percussion: Ian Anderson
Barrie Barlow; Performer
Primary Artist: Jethro Tull; Main Performer
Piano: John Evan; Performer
Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Composer: Ian Anderson; Composer
Orchestral Arrangement: Dee Palmer; Composer
Producer: Ian Anderson; Production

10. Glory Row

Accordion: John Evan; Performer
Acoustic Guitar: Ian Anderson; Performer
Primary Artist: Jethro Tull; Main Performer
Background Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Conductor: Dee Palmer; Conductor
Engineer: Robin Black; Production
Orchestral Arrangement: Dee Palmer; Composer
Bass Guitar: Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Bass Guitar: Jeffrey Hammond; Performer
Drums: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Electric Guitar: Martin Barre; Performer
Producer: Ian Anderson
Terry Ellis; Production
Flute: Ian Anderson; Performer
Guitar: Martin Barre; Performer
Lead Vocals: Ian Anderson; Performer
Marimba: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Orchestra Leader: Patrick Halling; Performer
Organ: John Evan; Performer
Percussion: Barrie Barlow; Performer
Piano: John Evan; Performer
Saxophone: Ian Anderson; Performer
Synthesizer: John Evan; Performer
Composer: Ian Anderson; Composer

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

10 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

43 minutes and 34 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1500x1500 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

9/10 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

6/10 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock, Prog-Rock, Art Rock, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock, Arena Rock, Classic Rock, Art & Progressive Rock

Label

Parlophone UK

Music Distribution Service

Warner

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Oct 31, 1977

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

94632113559