# Jethro Tull discography

This is the discography of the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull who formed in Blackpool, Lancashire in 1967. Initially playing blues rock, the band's sound soon incorporated elements of British folk music and hard rock to forge a progressive rock signature. The band is led by vocalist/flautist/guitarist Ian Anderson and has included other significant members such as guitarist Martin Barre, drummer Doane Perry, and bassist Dave Pegg.

## Albums
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Certifications sales thresholds |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | AUT | GER | NOR | SWE | SWI | US | Certifications sales thresholds |
| This Was | Released: 25 October 1968 Label: Island Format: LP, CD | 10 | – | – | 28 | – | – | – | 62 | |
| Stand Up | Released: 1 August 1969 Label: Island Format: LP, CD | 1 | 12 | – | 5 | 5 | 11 | – | 20 | UK: Silver US: Gold |
| Benefit | Released: 20 April 1970 Label: Island Format: LP, CD | 3 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 11 | – | 11 | US: Gold |
| Aqualung | Released: 19 March 1971 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, CD | 4 | 3 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 7 | – | 7 | GER: Gold UK: Gold US: 3× Platinum |
| Thick as a Brick | Released: 3 March 1972 Label: Island Format: LP, CD | 5 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 1 | US: Gold |
| A Passion Play | Released: 13 July 1973 Label: Island Format: LP, CD | 16 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | – | 1 | UK: Silver US: Gold |
| War Child | Released: 14 October 1974 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, CD | 14 | 9 | – | 24 | 8 | – | – | 2 | US: Gold |
| Minstrel in the Gallery | Released: 5 September 1975 Label: Island Format: LP, CD | 20 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 50 | – | 7 | CAN: Gold UK: Silver US: Gold |
| Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! | Released: 23 April 1976 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, CD | 25 | 27 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 27 | – | 14 | |
| Songs from the Wood | Released: 4 February 1977 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, CD | 13 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 8 | CAN Gold UK: Silver US: Gold |
| Heavy Horses | Released: 10 April 1978 Label: Island Format: LP, CD | 20 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 30 | 19 | CAN: Gold UK: Silver US: Gold |
| Stormwatch | Released: 14 September 1979 Label: Island Format: LP, CD | 27 | 17 | – | 8 | 15 | – | 42 | 22 | CAN: Gold US: Gold |
| A | Released: 29 August 1980 Label: Island Format: LP, CD | 25 | 47 | 10 | 21 | 9 | – | – | 30 | |
| The Broadsword and the Beast | Released: 9 April 1982 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, CD | 27 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 14 | – | 15 | 19 | UK: Silver |
| Under Wraps | Released: 7 September 1984 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, CD | 18 | 45 | – | 15 | – | 43 | 9 | 76 | |
| Crest of a Knave | Released: 11 September 1987 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, CD | 19 | 57 | 19 | 10 | – | 40 | 7 | 32 | CAN: Gold UK: Gold US: Gold |
| Rock Island | Released: 21 August 1989 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, CD | 18 | – | 20 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 7 | 56 | UK: Silver |
| Catfish Rising | Released: 2 September 1991 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, CD | 27 | – | 36 | 21 | 12 | 48 | 12 | 88 | |
| Roots to Branches | Released: 4 September 1995 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, CD | 20 | – | – | 55 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 114 | |
| J-Tull Dot Com | Released: 23 August 1999 Label: Papillon Records (UK) Fuel 2000 (US and Canada) Format: CD | 44 | – | – | 15 | – | – | 50 | 161 | |
| The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | Released: 30 September 2003 Label: Fuel 2000 Format: CD, LP | 73 | – | 60 | 12 | – | – | – | – | |
| The Zealot Gene | Released: 28 January 2022 Label: Inside Out Music Format: 2×LP, CD, Blu-ray | 9 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 22 | 3 | 37 | |
| RökFlöte | Released: 21 April 2023 Label: Inside Out Music Format: 2×LP, CD, Blu-ray | 17 | – | 4 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 24 | |
| Curious Ruminant | Released: 7 March 2025 Label: Inside Out Music Format: LP, CD, Blu-ray, Digital download, streaming | 25 | – | – | 2 | – | 58 | 5 | – | |
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |||||||||||

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Certifications sales thresholds |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | AUT | GER | NOR | SWI | US | Certifications sales thresholds |
| Live – Bursting Out | Released: 22 September 1978 Label: Island Format: LP, cassette, CD | 17 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 12 | 21 | CAN: Gold UK: Silver US: Gold |
| Live at Hammersmith '84 | Released: 10 December 1990 Label: Raw Fruit Format: LP | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| A Little Light Music | Released: 14 September 1992 Label: Chrysalis Format: Cassette, CD | 34 | – | – | – | – | 22 | 150 | |
| In Concert | Released: 1995 Label: Windsong International Format: LP | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Living with the Past | Released: 30 April 2002 Label: Eagle Format: CD | – | – | – | 75 | – | – | – | |
| Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 | Released: 2 November 2004 Label: Eagle Format: CD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Aqualung Live | Released: 20 September 2005 Label: RandM Format: CD | – | – | – | 78 | – | – | – | |
| Live at Montreux 2003 | Released: 20 August 2007 Label: Eagle Format: LP, CD | – | – | – | 38 | – | – | – | |
| Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 | Released: 2009 Label: Chrysalis/EMI Format: CD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Live at Carnegie Hall 1970 | Released: 2015 Label: Parlophone Format: LP | – | – | – | – | – | – | - | |
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. ||||||||||

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications sales thresholds |
| Title | Album details | UK | AUS | GER | NOR | SWE | SWI | US | Certifications sales thresholds |
| Living in the Past | Released: 23 June 1972 Label: Island Format: LP, CD | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | – | 3 | UK: Silver US: Gold |
| M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull | Released: January 1976 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, CD | 44 | 31 | – | – | – | – | 13 | AUS: Gold GER: Gold UK: Gold US: Platinum |
| Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II | Released: 9 September 1977 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, cassette, CD | – | 92 | – | – | – | – | 94 | |
| Original Masters | Released: November 1985 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, cassette, CD | 63 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | UK: Silver US: Platinum |
| 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Box Set | Released: 27 June 1988 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, cassette, CD | 78 | 100 | – | – | – | – | 97 | |
| 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights | Released: 10 October 1988 Label: Chrysalis Format: LP, cassette, CD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 25th Anniversary Box Set | Released: April 1993 Label: Chrysalis Format: CD | – | – | 81 | – | – | – | – | |
| Nightcap | Released: 22 November 1993 Label: Chrysalis Format: CD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection (two-CD compilation) | Released: 24 May 1993 Label: Chrysalis Format: CD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Through the Years | Released: 30 June 1998 Label: Disky Communications Europe Format: CD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| The Very Best of Jethro Tull | Released: 5 June 2001 Label: Chrysalis Format: CD | – | – | 65 | 13 | – | 99 | – | UK: Gold |
| The Essential Jethro Tull | Released: 3 June 2003 Label: Chrysalis Format: CD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull | Released: 12 March 2007 Label: Chrysalis Format: CD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Jethro Tull Essential | Released: 12 September 2011 Label: Chrysalis Format: CD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 10 Great Songs | Released: 3 April 2012 Label: Capitol / EMI Format: CD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 50 for 50 | Released: 1 June 2018 Label: Parlophone Format: CD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 50th Anniversary Collection | Released: 1 June 2018 Label: Parlophone, Chrysalis Format: LP, CD | 73 | – | 48 | – | – | – | – | |
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. ||||||||||

## Extended plays

| Title | Details | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position |
| Title | Details | UK | GER | IRL |
| Life Is a Long Song | Released: 3 September 1971 Label: Chrysalis Format: 7" vinyl | 11 | 41 | 14 |
| Ring Out, Solstice Bells | Released: 26 November 1976 Label: Chrysalis Format: 7" vinyl | 28 | – | – |
| Home | Released: November 1979 Label: Chrysalis Format: 7" vinyl | – | – | – |
| Ring Out, Solstice Bells | Released: 2004 Label: R&M Format: CD | 78 | – | – |
| North Sea Oil | Released: 2019 Label: Chrysalis Format: 10" vinyl | – | – | – |
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. |||||

## Singles

| Year | Title | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Peak chart position | Album |
| Year | Title | UK | AUS | BEL (WA) | CAN | GER | IRL | NLD | US | US Main | Album |
| 1968 | "Sunshine Day" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | non-album single |
| 1968 | "A Song for Jeffrey" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | This Was |
| 1968 | "Love Story" | 29 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | non-album singles |
| 1969 | "Living in the Past" | 3 | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | x | non-album singles |
| 1969 | "Sweet Dream" | 7 | – | 37 | – | 14 | 11 | – | – | x | non-album singles |
| 1969 | "Bourée" | – | – | 20 | – | 37 | – | 5 | – | x | Stand Up |
| 1970 | "The Witch's Promise" | 4 | 91 | 46 | – | 28 | 6 | 23 | – | x | non-album single |
| 1970 | "Inside" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Benefit |
| 1971 | "Locomotive Breath" | – | – | – | 85 | – | – | – | 62 | x | Aqualung |
| 1971 | "Hymn 43" | – | – | – | 86 | – | – | – | 91 | x | Aqualung |
| 1971 | "Aqualung" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Aqualung |
| 1972 | "Thick as a Brick" (part I) | – | – | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | x | Thick as a Brick |
| 1972 | "Living in the Past" (re-release) | – | 36 | 25 | 16 | – | – | – | 11 | x | Living in the Past |
| 1973 | "A Passion Play" (Edit #8) | – | – | – | – | 50 | – | – | 80 | x | A Passion Play |
| 1973 | "A Passion Play" (Edit #10) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 105 | x | A Passion Play |
| 1974 | "Bungle in the Jungle" | – | 32 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 12 | x | War Child |
| 1975 | "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | War Child |
| 1975 | "Minstrel in the Gallery" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 79 | x | Minstrel in the Gallery |
| 1976 | "Too Old to Rock N' Roll, Too Young to Die!" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Too Old to Rock N' Roll, Too Young to Die! |
| 1977 | "The Whistler" | – | – | – | 71 | – | – | – | 59 | x | Songs from the Wood |
| 1977 | "Songs from the Wood" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Songs from the Wood |
| 1978 | "Moths" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Heavy Horses |
| 1978 | "A Stitch in Time" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | non-album single |
| 1978 | "Sweet Dream" (live) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Bursting Out |
| 1979 | "Warm Sporran" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Stormwatch |
| 1979 | "North Sea Oil" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Stormwatch |
| 1979 | "Home" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Stormwatch |
| 1980 | "Working John, Working Joe" / "Fylingdale Flyer" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | A |
| 1982 | "Broadsword" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | The Broadsword and the Beast |
| 1982 | "Fallen on Hard Times" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 108 | 20 | The Broadsword and the Beast |
| 1982 | "Beastie" / "Pussy Willow" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | The Broadsword and the Beast |
| 1984 | "Lap of Luxury" | 70 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 30 | Under Wraps |
| 1986 | "Coronach" (with David Palmer) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | non-album single |
| 1987 | "Steel Monkey" | 84 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | Crest of a Knave |
| 1987 | "Farm on the Freeway" [US radio promo] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | Crest of a Knave |
| 1987 | "Jump Start" [airplay] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | Crest of a Knave |
| 1987 | "Said She Was a Dancer" | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Crest of a Knave |
| 1988 | "Part of the Machine" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 20 Years of Jethro Tull |
| 1989 | "Kissing Willie" [US radio promo] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | Rock Island |
| 1989 | "Another Christmas Song" | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Rock Island |
| 1991 | "This Is Not Love" | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | Catfish Rising |
| 1991 | "Still Loving You Tonight" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Catfish Rising |
| 1992 | "Rocks on the Road" | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Catfish Rising |
| 1993 | "Living in the Past" (live) | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | A Little Light Music |
| 1999 | "Bends Like a Willow" | 136 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | J-Tull Dot Com |
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country | "x" denotes that the chart did not exist at the time. ||||||||||| |
Notes
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* ↑ US/Canadian peak in 1976
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## Videos

| Title | Details |
| Slipstream | Released: 1 July 1981 Label: Pacific Arts |
| 20 Years of Jethro Tull | Released: 29 June 1988 Label: Virgin |
| 25th Anniversary Video | Released: 30 April 1994 Label: Fuel 2000 |
| Living with the Past | Released: 14 May 2002 Label: Varèse Sarabande |
| A New Day Yesterday | Released: 30 September 2003 Label: Capitol |
| Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 | Released: 4 October 2005 Label: Eagle |
| Live at Montreux 2003 | Released: 21 August 2007 Label: Eagle |
| Jethro Tull Box | Released: 26 October 2007 Label: Eagle |
| Jack in the Green: Live in Germany 1970–1993 | Released: 20 May 2008 Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment |
| Classic Artists: Jethro Tull – Their Fully Authorised Story | Released: 6 March 2009 Label: Blackhill |
| Live at AVO Session Basel | Released: 2009 Label: Edel |
| Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 | Released: 31 October 2009 Label: EMI |
| Around the World Live | Released: 11 June 2013 Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment |