Complete List Of Jethro Tull Songs From A to Z

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The story of Jethro Tull begins in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire, where school friends Ian Anderson, John Evan, Jeffrey Hammond, and Barriemore Barlow first formed a musical bond. Their early groups included the Blades and the John Evan Band, which developed into a larger rhythm-and-blues and soul ensemble.

After the John Evan Band relocated south in 1967, financial difficulties caused most of the lineup to return home. Anderson and bassist Glenn Cornick remained and joined guitarist Mick Abrahams and drummer Clive Bunker. The new four-piece worked under several temporary names before a booking agent suggested Jethro Tull, after the eighteenth-century English agricultural pioneer. A recurring engagement at London’s Marquee Club helped make the name permanent.

Jethro Tull’s early breakthrough came through relentless live work and a strong reception at the 1968 National Jazz and Blues Festival. Their debut album, This Was, was rooted in blues rock and jazz. After Abrahams departed and Martin Barre joined, Ian Anderson became the group’s principal songwriter. Stand Up, released in 1969, expanded the band’s sound through folk, classical, jazz, and hard-rock influences and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. The same period produced “Living in the Past,” one of the band’s most successful early singles.

The band’s artistic and commercial power continued with Benefit and Aqualung. Although Aqualung was often described as a concept album, Anderson rejected that label. He responded with Thick as a Brick, a deliberately elaborate and satirical concept record presented as one continuous composition across both sides of the original album.

Jethro Tull continued changing throughout the 1970s. A Passion Play, War Child, Minstrel in the Gallery, and Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! explored increasingly theatrical and progressive arrangements. The band then moved toward folk rock with Songs from the Wood, Heavy Horses, and Stormwatch, three albums closely associated with pastoral imagery, rural life, and the changing relationship between tradition and the modern world.

The 1980s brought another reinvention. A and Under Wraps made extensive use of synthesizers and electronic production, while Crest of a Knave returned to a harder guitar-driven sound and earned Jethro Tull the 1989 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental. Later albums including Rock Island, Catfish Rising, Roots to Branches, and J-Tull Dot Com continued to combine progressive rock, folk, blues, and global musical influences.

After The Jethro Tull Christmas Album appeared in 2003, nearly two decades passed before the next Jethro Tull studio album. The band returned with The Zealot Gene in 2022 and RökFlöte in 2023. Curious Ruminant, Jethro Tull’s twenty-fourth studio album, followed on March 7, 2025. Its nine tracks included the title song, “The Tipu House,” and the extended “Drink from the Same Well.”

Across more than five decades of recordings, Jethro Tull created one of rock music’s most varied catalogs. Ian Anderson’s flute, distinctive voice, observational lyrics, and restless approach to arrangement remained central as the band moved through blues, progressive rock, folk, hard rock, electronic music, and acoustic traditions.

Complete List Of Jethro Tull Songs From A to Z

Numbers

“10:08 to Paddington” – A Passion Play (1973)
“17” – Stand Up (1969)
“4.W.D. (Low Ratio)” – A (1980)

A–E

“A Christmas Song” – This Was (1968)
“A Christmas Song” (Live) – Rock Island (1989)
“A Christmas Song” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“A Gift of Roses” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“A New Day Yesterday” – Stand Up (1969)
“A Small Cigar” – Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
“A Song for Jeffrey” – This Was (1968)
“A Stitch in Time” – Stormwatch (1979)
“A Time for Everything?” – Benefit (1970)
“A Winter Snowscape” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“Acres Wild” – Heavy Horses (1978)
“Alive and Well and Living In” – Benefit (1970)
“Allfather” – RökFlöte (2023)
“And Further On” – A (1980)
“…And the Mouse Police Never Sleeps” – Heavy Horses (1978)
“Another Christmas Song” – Rock Island (1989)
“Another Christmas Song” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“Another Harry’s Bar” – Roots to Branches (1995)
“Apogee” – Under Wraps (1984)
“Aqualung” – Aqualung (1971)
“Astronomy” – Under Wraps (1984)
“At Last, Forever” – Roots to Branches (1995)
“Automotive Engineering” – Under Wraps (1984)
“AWOL” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“Back to the Family” – Stand Up (1969)
“Back-Door Angels” – War Child (1974)
“Bad-Eyed and Loveless” – Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
“Baker St. Muse” – Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
“Barren Beth, Wild Desert John” – The Zealot Gene (2022)
“Batteries Not Included” – A (1980)
“Beastie” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Beggar’s Farm” – This Was (1968)
“Beltane” – Songs from the Wood (1977)
“Bends Like a Willow” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“Beside Myself” – Roots to Branches (1995)
“Best Friends” – A Passion Play (1973)
“Big Dipper” – Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
“Big Riff and Mando” – Rock Island (1989)
“Birthday Card at Christmas” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“Black Mamba” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“Black Satin Dancer” – Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
“Black Sunday” – A (1980)
“Bourée” – Stand Up (1969)
“Bourée” – Aqualung (1971)
“Bourée” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“Broadford Bazaar” – Heavy Horses (1978)
“Broadsword” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Budapest” – Crest of a Knave (1987)
“Bungle in the Jungle” – War Child (1974)
“Cat’s Squirrel” – This Was (1968)
“Cheap Day Return” – Aqualung (1971)
“Cheap Day Return/Mother Goose” (Live) – Rock Island (1989)
“Cheerio” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Clasp” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Cold Wind to Valhalla” – Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
“Cornucopia” – RökFlöte (2023)
“Crazed Institution” – Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
“Critique Oblique” – A Passion Play (1973)
“Cross-Eyed Mary” – Aqualung (1971)
“Crossfire” – A (1980)
“Crossword” – Stormwatch (1979)
“Cup of Wonder” – Songs from the Wood (1977)
“Curious Ruminant” – Curious Ruminant (2025)
“Dangerous Veils” – Roots to Branches (1995)
“Dark Ages” – Stormwatch (1979)
“Dharma for One” – This Was (1968)
“Doctor to My Disease” – Catfish Rising (1991)
“Dogs in the Midwinter” – Crest of a Knave (1987)
“Dot Com” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“Down at the End of Your Road” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Dr. Bogenbroom” – Life Is a Long Song EP (1971)
“Drink from the Same Well” – Curious Ruminant (2025)
“Driving Song” – Stand Up (1969)
“Dun Ringill” – Stormwatch (1979)
“Dunsinane Hill” – Curious Ruminant (2025)
“Ears of Tin” – Rock Island (1989)
“El Niño” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“Elegy” – Stormwatch (1979)
“Epilogue” – A Passion Play (1973)
“European Legacy” – Under Wraps (1984)

F–J

“Fallen on Hard Times” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Far Alaska” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“Farm on the Freeway” – Crest of a Knave (1987)
“Fat Man” – Stand Up (1969)
“Fat Man” (BBC) – Aqualung (1971)
“Fire at Midnight” – Songs from the Wood (1977)
“Fire at Midnight” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“First Snow on Brooklyn” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“Flight from Lucifer” – A Passion Play (1973)
“Flying Colours” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Flying Dutchman” – Stormwatch (1979)
“For a Thousand Mothers” – Stand Up (1969)
“For Later” – Life Is a Long Song EP (1971)
“For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me” – Benefit (1970)
“Forest Dance No. 1” – A Passion Play (1973)
“Forest Dance No. 2” – A Passion Play (1973)
“From a Dead Beat to an Old Greaser” – Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
“Fylingdale Flyer” – A (1980)
“General Crossing” – Under Wraps (1984)
“Ginnungagap” – RökFlöte (2023)
“Glory Row” – War Child (1974)
“God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“Gold-Tipped Boots, Black Jacket and Tie” – Catfish Rising (1991)
“Grace” – Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
“Greensleeved” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“Guardian’s Watch” – RökFlöte (2023)
“Hammer on Hammer” – RökFlöte (2023)
“Heat” – Under Wraps (1984)
“Heavy Horses” – Heavy Horses (1978)
“Heavy Water” – Rock Island (1989)
“Holly Herald” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“Home” – Stormwatch (1979)
“Hot Mango Flush” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“Hunt by Numbers” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“Hunting Girl” – Songs from the Wood (1977)
“Hymn 43” – Aqualung (1971)
“I Am Your Gun” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“In Brief Visitation” – The Zealot Gene (2022)
“Inside” – Benefit (1970)
“Interim Sleep” – Curious Ruminant (2025)
“It’s Breaking Me Up” – This Was (1968)
“Ithavoll” – RökFlöte (2023)
“Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“Jack-A-Lynn” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Jack-in-the-Green” – Songs from the Wood (1977)
“Jacob’s Tales” – The Zealot Gene (2022)
“Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square” – Stand Up (1969)
“Journeyman” – Heavy Horses (1978)
“Jump Start” – Crest of a Knave (1987)
“Jump Start” (Live) – Catfish Rising (1991)
“Just Trying to Be” – Benefit (1970)

K–O

“Kelpie” – Stormwatch (1979)
“King Henry’s Madrigal” – Stormwatch (1979)
“Kissing Willie” – Rock Island (1989)
“Ladies” – War Child (1974)
“Lap of Luxury” – Under Wraps (1984)
“Last Man at the Party” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“Later, That Same Evening” – Under Wraps (1984)
“Lick Your Fingers Clean” – Aqualung (1971)
“Life Is a Long Song” – Life Is a Long Song EP (1971)
“Lifebeats” – A Passion Play (1973)
“Like a Tall Thin Girl” – Catfish Rising (1991)
“Living in the Past” – Stand Up (1969)
“Living in These Hard Times” – Heavy Horses (1978)
“Locomotive Breath” – Aqualung (1971)
“Locomotive Breath” (Live) – Rock Island (1989)
“Look into the Sun” – Stand Up (1969)
“Love Story” – This Was (1968)
“Magus Perdé” – A Passion Play (1973)
“Mango Surprise” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“Mayhem Maybe” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Memory Bank” – A Passion Play (1973)
“Mine Is the Mountain” – The Zealot Gene (2022)
“Minstrel in the Gallery” – Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
“Mother Goose” – Aqualung (1971)
“Moths” – Heavy Horses (1978)
“Mountain Men” – Crest of a Knave (1987)
“Move on Alone” – This Was (1968)
“Mrs. Tibbets” – The Zealot Gene (2022)
“My God” – Aqualung (1971)
“My Sunday Feeling” – This Was (1968)
“Night in the Wilderness” – Catfish Rising (1991)
“No Lullaby” – Heavy Horses (1978)
“Nobody’s Car” – Under Wraps (1984)
“North Sea Oil” – Stormwatch (1979)
“Nothing @ All” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“Nothing Is Easy” – Stand Up (1969)
“Nothing to Say” – Benefit (1970)
“Nursie” – Life Is a Long Song EP (1971)
“Occasional Demons” – Catfish Rising (1991)
“Old Ghosts” – Stormwatch (1979)
“One Brown Mouse” – Heavy Horses (1978)
“One for John Gee” – This Was (1968)
“One White Duck / 010 = Nothing at All” – Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
“Only Solitaire” – War Child (1974)
“Orion” – Stormwatch (1979)
“Out of the Noise” – Roots to Branches (1995)
“Over Jerusalem” – Curious Ruminant (2025)
“Overhang” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Overseer Overture” – A Passion Play (1973)

P–T

“Paparazzi” – Under Wraps (1984)
“Paradise Steakhouse” – War Child (1974)
“Part of the Machine” – Crest of a Knave (1987)
“Pavane” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“Pibroch (Cap in Hand)” – Songs from the Wood (1977)
“Pied Piper” – Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
“Play in Time” – Benefit (1970)
“Prelude” – A Passion Play (1973)
“Protect and Survive” – A (1980)
“Puppet and the Puppet Master” – Curious Ruminant (2025)
“Pussy Willow” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Quartet” – War Child (1974)
“Queen and Country” – War Child (1974)
“Quizz Kid” – Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
“Radio Free Moscow” – Under Wraps (1984)
“Rainbow Blues” – War Child (1974)
“Raising Steam” – Crest of a Knave (1987)
“Rare and Precious Chain” – Roots to Branches (1995)
“Re-Assuring Tune” – A Passion Play (1973)
“Reasons for Waiting” – Stand Up (1969)
“Requiem” – Minstrel in the Gallery (1975)
“Rhythm in Gold” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Ring Out, Solstice Bells” – Songs from the Wood (1977)
“Ring Out, Solstice Bells” – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003)
“Rock Island” – Rock Island (1989)
“Rocks on the Road” – Catfish Rising (1991)
“Roll Yer Own” – Catfish Rising (1991)
“Roots to Branches” – Roots to Branches (1995)
“Round” – This Was (1968)
“Rover” – Heavy Horses (1978)
“Saboteur” – Under Wraps (1984)
“Sad City Sisters” – The Zealot Gene (2022)
“Salamander” – Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
“Saturation” – War Child (1974)
“Savannah of Paddington Green” – Curious Ruminant (2025)
“Seal Driver” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Sealion” – War Child (1974)
“Sealion II” – War Child (1974)
“Serenade to a Cuckoo” – This Was (1968)
“She Said She Was a Dancer” – Crest of a Knave (1987)
“Shoshana Sleeping” – The Zealot Gene (2022)
“Singing All Day” – Benefit (1970)
“Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day” – War Child (1974)
“Sleeping with the Dog” – Catfish Rising (1991)
“Slipstream” – Aqualung (1971)
“Slow Marching Band” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Some Day the Sun Won’t Shine for You” – This Was (1968)
“Something’s on the Move” – Stormwatch (1979)
“Son” – Benefit (1970)
“Song for Jeffrey” – Aqualung (1971)
“Songs from the Wood” – Songs from the Wood (1977)
“Sossity; You’re a Woman” – Benefit (1970)
“Sparrow on the Schoolyard Wall” – Catfish Rising (1991)
“Spiral” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“Steel Monkey” – Crest of a Knave (1987)
“Still Loving You Tonight” – Catfish Rising (1991)
“Strange Avenues” – Rock Island (1989)
“Strip Cartoon” – Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
“Stuck in the August Rain” – Roots to Branches (1995)
“Stygian Hand” – Curious Ruminant (2025)
“Sweet Dream” – Stand Up (1969)
“Taxi Grab” – Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
“Teacher” – Benefit (1970)
“The Betrayal of Joshua Kynde” – The Zealot Gene (2022)
“The Chequered Flag (Dead or Alive)” – Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
“The Dog-Ear Years” – J-Tull Dot Com (1999)
“The Feathered Consort” – RökFlöte (2023)
“The Fisherman of Ephesus” – The Zealot Gene (2022)
“The Foot of Our Stairs” – A Passion Play (1973)
“The Navigators” – RökFlöte (2023)
“The Navigators” (Single Edit) – RökFlöte (2023)
“The Perfect One” – RökFlöte (2023)
“The Pine Marten’s Jig” – A (1980)
“The Rattlesnake Trail” – Rock Island (1989)
“The Silver Cord” – A Passion Play (1973)
“The Story of the Hare Who Lost His Spectacles” – A Passion Play (1973)
“The Third Hoorah” – War Child (1974)
“The Tipu House” – Curious Ruminant (2025)
“The Waking Edge” – Crest of a Knave (1987)
“The Whaler’s Dues” – Rock Island (1989)
“The Whistler” – Songs from the Wood (1977)
“The Zealot Gene” – The Zealot Gene (2022)
“Thick as a Brick” – Thick as a Brick (1972)
“Thinking Round Corners” – Catfish Rising (1991)
“This Free Will” – Roots to Branches (1995)
“This Is Not Love” – Catfish Rising (1991)
“Three Loves, Three” – The Zealot Gene (2022)
“To Cry You a Song” – Benefit (1970)
“Too Many Too” – The Broadsword and the Beast (1982)
“Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die” – Too Old to Rock ‘n’ Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976)
“Trickster (And the Mistletoe)” – RökFlöte (2023)
“Tundra” – Under Wraps (1984)
“Two Fingers” – War Child (1974)