Rock Island (album)

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Rock Island
Studio album by Jethro Tull
Released	August 21, 1989 UK
Recorded	Early 1989
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	50:21
Label	Chrysalis Records
Producer(s)	Jethro Tull
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link George Starostin (overall rating: 5/15) link
Jethro Tull chronology
20 Years of Jethro Tull (1988)	Rock Island (1989)	Live at Hammersmith '84 (1990)

Rock Island is an album by the British progressive rock group Jethro Tull, released in 1989.

The staging on the 1989 tour supporting Rock Island featured projected silhouettes of lithe dancers during the song "Kissing Willie", ending with an image that bordered on pornographic.

The song "Big Riff and Mando" reflects life on the road for the relentlessly touring musicians, giving a wry account of the theft of Barre's prized mandolin by a stage-struck fan.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Kissing Willie"
2. "The Rattlesnake Trail"
3. "Ears Of Tin"
4. "Undressed To Kill"
5. "Rock Island"
6. "Heavy Water"
7. "Another Christmas Song"
8. "The Whaler's Dues"
9. "Big Riff And Mando"
10. "Strange Avenues"

[edit] Remaster

In September 2006, a remastered edition of the album was released. It included three bonus tracks, all recorded live in Zurich, Switzerland on October 13, 1989. These had previously been released on the UK CD single of Another Christmas Song.

• "A Christmas Song"
• "Cheap Day Return"/"Mother Goose"
• "Locomotive Breath"

Jethro Tull
Ian Anderson | Martin Barre | Jonathan Noyce | Andrew Giddings | Doane Perry
Mick Abrahams | Clive Bunker | Glenn Cornick | Barriemore Barlow | Jeffrey Hammond | John Evan | David Palmer | John Glascock | Mark Craney | Peter-John Vettese | Eddie Jobson | Dave Pegg | Gerry Conway | Maartin Allcock | Dave Mattacks
Discography
Studio: 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 | 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 Live: Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 | Bursting Out | Live at Hammersmith '84 | A Classic Case | Jethro Tull In Concert | A Little Light Music | Living with the Past | Aqualung Live Compilation: M.U. - The Best Of Jethro Tull - Vol I | Repeat - The Best of Jethro Tull - Vol II | Original Masters | 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights | The Best Of Jethro Tull - The Anniversary Collection | The Very Best of Jethro Tull | The Essential Jethro Tull Compilation containing previously-unreleased material: Living in the Past | Nightcap Box set: 20 Years of Jethro Tull | 25th Anniversary Box Set