Bursting Out

Bursting Out
Live album by Jethro Tull
Released	22 September 1978
Recorded	May — June 1978
Genre	Rock, progressive rock, hard rock
Length	93:43
Label	Chrysalis Records
Producer	Ian Anderson
Jethro Tull chronology
Heavy Horses (1978) Bursting Out (1978) Stormwatch (1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Rolling Stone	(mixed+)

Bursting Out is a 1978 live album by rock band Jethro Tull. It was recorded at various locations during the European Heavy Horses tour of May and June 1978, but it is not certain where each track was recorded. As shows the introduction from Claude NOBS (founder of Jazz Montreux Festival), as well as the "thanks" given by Ian Anderson, it looks like this album has been recorded at the Bern Festhalle (Switzerland), on 28/5/1978. It is also known as Bursting Out: Jethro Tull Live, Bursting Out — Live, and Live — Bursting Out.

A spelling error on the side of the original LP lists the title as "Busting Out".

Originally the CD was released in a single disc version in the United States, with three tracks ("Quatrain", "Sweet Dream" and "Conundrum") omitted, so it could fit on one CD, and a double set in the United Kingdom. In 2004, the full album was re-released as a digitally remastered 2-CD set.

Track listing

Unless noted otherwise, all songs by Ian Anderson.

Disc one

          "Introduction By Claude Nobs" – 0:50

1. "No Lullaby" – 5:35
2. "Sweet Dream" – 4:52
3. "Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day" – 5:03
4. "Jack In The Green" – 3:37
5. "One Brown Mouse" – 4:08
6. "A New Day Yesterday" – 3:08
7. "Flute Improvisation / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Bourée^†" – 5:42
8. "Songs From The Wood" – 2:32
9. "Thick as a Brick" – 12:32 (Anderson / Bostock)

† Bourée by Bach, arranged by Anderson.

Disc two

          "Introduction By Ian Anderson" – 0:43

1. "Hunting Girl" – 6:01
2. "Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll; Too Young To Die!" – 4:19
3. "Conundrum" – 6:55 (Martin Barre / Barriemore Barlow)
4. "Minstrel In The Gallery" – 5:47
5. "Cross-Eyed Mary" – 3:39
6. "Quatrain" – 1:32 (Martin Barre)
7. "Aqualung" – 8:35 (Anderson, Jennie Franks)
8. "Locomotive Breath" – 5:32
9. "The Dambusters March" / "Medley" – 3:27 (Eric Coates / Anderson)

Personnel

• Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, acoustic guitar
• Martin Barre – Electric guitar, mandolin, marimba, vocals
• John Evan – Piano, organ, accordion, synthesiser, vocals
• Barriemore Barlow – drums, glockenspiel, vocals, flute
• David Palmer – Portative organ, synthesisers, vocals
• John Glascock – Bass guitar, electric guitar, vocals

External links

• Bursting Out (1978) at Allmusic
• Bursting Out (1990) at Allmusic (bonus tracks)
• Bursting Out (2004) at Allmusic (remastered)
• Progressive World Review
• 1978 Jethro Tull concert schedule