M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull

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M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull
Greatest hits album by Jethro Tull
Released	January 1976
Recorded	1968-1975
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	43:17
Label	Chrysalis
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Jethro Tull chronology
Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)	Original Masters (1985)	Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)

M.U. - The Best of Jethro Tull, released in 1976, is the first proper greatest hits album by Jethro Tull. It spans the years 1969-75. The earlier Living in the Past compilation mainly dealt with non-album material, but this album only features one previously unreleased song, "Rainbow Blues".

"M.U." in the album title stood for "Musician's Union" ^[1], an obscure dig at what bandleader Ian Anderson considered overly restrictive performance and recording laws in Great Britain.

The album peaked at #44 in the UK charts and #13 in the USA, and went gold in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and Platinum in the USA and Canada.^[1]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Teacher" – 4:07
2. "Aqualung" – 6:34
3. "Thick as a Brick" – 3:01
4. "Bungle in the Jungle" – 3:34
5. "Locomotive Breath" – 4:23
6. "Fat Man" – 2:50
7. "Living in the Past" – 3:18
8. "A Passion Play" – 3:28
9. "Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of a New Day)" – 4:02
10. "Rainbow Blues" – 3:37
11. "Nothing Is Easy" – 4:23

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} David Rees, Minstrels in the Gallery: A History of Jethro Tull, SAF Publishing. 1998.