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Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II
Greatest hits album by Jethro Tull
Released	9 September 1977 (UK) 7 November 1977 (US)
Recorded	1969–1975
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	39:26
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Ian Anderson Terry Ellis
Jethro Tull chronology
Songs from the Wood (1977) Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II (1977) Heavy Horses (1978)

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

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.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ian Anderson, except where noted

Notes

• "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

• Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, mandolin, acoustic guitar, guitar, soprano & alto saxophone, voices, producer
• Martin Barre – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• John Evan – accordion, piano, synthesizer, piano-accordion, Hammond organ, keyboards on 1, 2, 5-10
• Glenn Cornick – bass guitar on tracks 3, 4, 8
• Jeffrey Hammond – bass guitar on tracks 1, 2, 5–7, 10
• John Glascock – bass guitar; vocals on track 9
• Clive Bunker – drums, percussion on tracks 2–4, 8
• Barriemore Barlow – drums, percussion on tracks 1, 5–7, 9, 10
• Dee Palmer – arranger, saxophone, synthesizer, keyboards, conductor
• Maddy Prior – backing vocals on 9

Recording personnel

• Terry Ellis – producer
• John Burns – engineer
• Andy Johns – engineer
• Robin Black – engineer
• Frank Duarte – illustrations

Charts

Notes

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

References

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.

External links

• Jethro Tull - Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II (1977) album review by Dave Connolly, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
• Jethro Tull - Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II (1977) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
• Jethro Tull - Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II (1977) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com

v t e Jethro Tull
Ian Anderson David Goodier John O'Hara Scott Hammond Jack Clark Mick Abrahams Clive Bunker Glenn Cornick Tony Iommi Martin Barre John Evan Jeffrey Hammond Barriemore Barlow John Glascock Dee Palmer Dave Pegg Mark Craney Eddie Jobson Gerry Conway Peter-John Vettese Paul Burgess Doane Perry Don Airey Maartin Allcock Andrew Giddings Dave Mattacks Jonathan Noyce Florian Opahle Joe Parrish
Studio albums	This Was Stand Up Benefit Aqualung Thick as a Brick A Passion Play War Child Minstrel in the Gallery Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! Songs from the Wood Heavy Horses Stormwatch A The Broadsword and the Beast Under Wraps Crest of a Knave Rock Island Catfish Rising Roots to Branches J-Tull Dot Com The Jethro Tull Christmas Album The Zealot Gene RökFlöte
Live albums	Bursting Out Live at Hammersmith '84 A Little Light Music Jethro Tull in Concert Living with the Past Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Aqualung Live Live at Montreux 2003 Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at Carnegie Hall 1970
Compilations	Living in the Past M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II Original Masters 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights Nightcap The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection Through the Years The Very Best Of The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull The Essential 50 for 50
Boxed sets	20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Box Set
Videos	Slipstream 20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Video Living with the Past A New Day Yesterday Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Live at Montreux 2003 Jack in the Green Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at AVO Session Basel Around the World Live
Songs	"Sunshine Day" "A Song for Jeffrey" "Love Story" "Living in the Past" "Bourée" "Sweet Dream" "The Witch's Promise" "Teacher" "Aqualung" "Cross-Eyed Mary" "Mother Goose" "Hymn 43" "Locomotive Breath" "Life Is a Long Song" "Bungle in the Jungle" "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" "The Whistler" "Songs from the Wood" "Heavy Horses" "Dun Ringill"
Related	Discography Members A Billion Hands Concert The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus A Classic Case Thick as a Brick 2 Jethro Tull – The String Quartets
Category

• 1977 greatest hits albums
• Jethro Tull (band) compilation albums
• Chrysalis Records compilation albums