| Artist: | Jethro Tull |
| Studio: | 23 |
| Live: | 9 |
| Compilation: | 15 |
| Video: | 12 |
| Ep: | 4 |
| Singles: | 33 |
This is the discography of the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull who formed in Luton, Bedfordshire 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 were led by vocalist/flautist/guitarist Ian Anderson, and have included other significant members such as guitarist Martin Barre, drummer Doane Perry, and bassist Dave Pegg.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Certifications sales thresholds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS [1] | AUT [2] | GER [3] | NOR [4] | SWE [5] [6] | SWI [7] | US [8] | ||||
| This Was |
| 10 | – | – | 28 | – | – | – | 62 | ||
| Stand Up |
| 1 | 12 | – | 5 | 5 | 11 | – | 20 | ||
| Benefit |
| 3 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 11 | – | 11 |
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| Aqualung |
| 4 | 3 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 7 | – | 7 | ||
| Thick as a Brick |
| 5 | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 1 |
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| A Passion Play |
| 16 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | – | 1 |
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| War Child |
| 14 | 9 | – | 24 | 8 | – | – | 2 |
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| Minstrel in the Gallery |
| 20 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 50 | – | 7 | ||
| 25 | 27 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 27 | – | 14 | |||
| Songs from the Wood |
| 13 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 8 |
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| Heavy Horses |
| 20 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 30 | 19 |
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| Stormwatch |
| 27 | 17 | – | 8 | 15 | – | 42 | 22 |
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| A |
| 25 | 47 | 10 | 21 | 9 | – | – | 30 | ||
| The Broadsword and the Beast |
| 27 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 14 | – | 15 | 19 |
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| Under Wraps |
| 18 | 45 | – | 15 | – | 43 | 9 | 76 | ||
| Crest of a Knave |
| 19 | 57 | 19 | 10 | – | 40 | 7 | 32 |
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| Rock Island |
| 18 | – | 20 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 7 | 56 |
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| Catfish Rising |
| 27 | – | 36 | 21 | 12 | 48 | 12 | 88 | ||
| Roots to Branches |
| 20 | – | – | 55 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 114 | ||
| J-Tull Dot Com |
| 44 | – | – | 15 | – | – | 50 | 161 | ||
| The Jethro Tull Christmas Album |
| – | – | – | 51 | – | – | – | – | ||
| The Zealot Gene |
| 9 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 22 [16] | 3 | 37 | ||
| RökFlöte |
| 17 | – | 4 | 4 | 36 [17] | 3 | 3 | 24 | ||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart position | Certifications sales thresholds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | GER | NOR | SWI | US | |||||
| Live – Bursting Out |
| 17 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 20 | 12 | 21 |
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| Live at Hammersmith '84 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| A Little Light Music |
| 34 | – | – | – | – | 22 | 150 | |||
| In Concert |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Living with the Past |
| – | – | – | 75 | – | – | – | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Aqualung Live |
| – | – | – | 78 | – | – | – | |||
| Live at Montreux 2003 |
| – | – | – | 38 | – | – | – | |||
| Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Live at Carnegie Hall 1970 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | style="text-align:center;" | - | ||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications sales thresholds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | GER | NOR | SWE | SWI | US | |||||
| Living in the Past |
| 8 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 12 | – | 3 |
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| M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull |
| 44 | 31 | – | – | – | – | 13 | |||
| Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II |
| – | 92 | – | – | – | – | 94 | |||
| Original Masters |
| 63 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Box Set |
| 78 | 100 | – | – | – | – | 97 | |||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 25th Anniversary Box Set |
| – | – | 81 | – | – | – | – | |||
| Nightcap |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection (two-CD compilation) |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Through the Years |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| The Very Best of Jethro Tull |
| – | – | 65 | 13 | – | 99 | – |
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| The Essential Jethro Tull |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| Jethro Tull Essential |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 10 Great Songs | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 50 for 50 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 50th Anniversary Collection | 73 | – | 48 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||
| Title | Details | Peak chart position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | GER | IRL [24] | ||||||||
| Life Is a Long Song |
| 11 | 41 | 14 | ||||||
| Ring Out, Solstice Bells |
| 28 | – | – | ||||||
| Home |
| – | – | – | ||||||
| Ring Out, Solstice Bells |
| 78 | – | – | ||||||
| North Sea Oil |
| – | – | – | ||||||
| "–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||
| Year | Title | Peak chart position | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [26] [27] | AUS | BEL (WA) [28] | CAN | GER | IRL | NLD [29] | US [30] | US Main [31] | ||||||
| 1968 | "Sunshine Day" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | non-album single | |||
| "A Song for Jeffrey" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | This Was | ||||
| "Love Story" | 29 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | non-album singles | ||||
| 1969 | "Living in the Past" | 3 | – | – | – | – | 5 | – | – | x | ||||
| "Sweet Dream" | 7 | – | 37 | – | 14 | 11 | – | – | x | |||||
| "Bourée" | – | – | 20 | – | 37 | – | 5 | – | x | Stand Up | ||||
| 1970 | "The Witch's Promise" | 4 | 91 | 46 | – | 28 | 6 | 23 | – | x | non-album single | |||
| "Inside" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Benefit | ||||
| 1971 | "Locomotive Breath" | – | – | – | 85 | – | – | – | 62 | x | Aqualung | |||
| "Hymn 43" | – | – | – | 86 | – | – | – | 91 | x | |||||
| "Aqualung" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | |||||
| 1972 | "Thick as a Brick" (part I) | – | – | 44 | – | – | – | – | – | x | Thick as a Brick | |||
| "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 | |||
| "A Passion Play" (Edit #10) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 105 | x | |||||
| 1974 | "Bungle in the Jungle" | – | 32 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 12 | x | War Child | |||
| 1975 | "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | ||||
| "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 | |||
| "Songs from the Wood" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | |||||
| 1978 | "Moths" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Heavy Horses | |||
| "A Stitch in Time" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | non-album single | ||||
| "Sweet Dream" (live) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Bursting Out | ||||
| 1979 | "Warm Sporran" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | Stormwatch | |||
| "North Sea Oil" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | |||||
| "Home" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | |||||
| 1980 | "Working John, Working Joe" / "Fylingdale Flyer" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | x | A | |||
| 1982 | "Broadsword" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | The Broadsword and the Beast | |||
| "Fallen on Hard Times" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 108 | 20 | |||||
| "Beastie" / "Pussy Willow" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | |||||
| 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 | |||
| "Farm on the Freeway" [US radio promo] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | |||||
| "Jump Start" [airplay] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | |||||
| "Said She Was a Dancer" | 55 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 1988 | "Part of the Machine" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 20 Years of Jethro Tull | |||
| 1989 | "Kissing Willie" [US radio promo] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | Rock Island | |||
| "Another Christmas Song" | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 1991 | "This Is Not Love" | 77 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | Catfish Rising | |||
| "Still Loving You Tonight" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| 1992 | "Rocks on the Road" | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 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
| Title | Details | |
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| Slipstream |
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| 20 Years of Jethro Tull |
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| 25th Anniversary Video |
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| Living with the Past |
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| A New Day Yesterday |
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| Live at Montreux 2003 |
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| Jethro Tull Box |
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| Classic Artists: Jethro Tull – Their Fully Authorised Story |
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| Live at AVO Session Basel |
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| Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 |
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| Around the World Live |
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